Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

On Mon, 18 Feb 2008, Aaron Eppolito wrote:

>> this machine appears to be full of blank patterns, but when i save a 
>> pattern it tells me that only 78% of the memory is free (22% in use). 
>> if i *really* blank all of the patterns should i see 99-100% free 
>> memory? what's the best way to do that?
>
> Well, if you *really* want to blank the unit, you can reinit in the 
> diagnostics.  There's two options, one that erases everything except the 
> patterns and songs (this includes all presets, global settings, 
> everything, etc) and a second that deletes all the songs and patterns 
> too.  Note that the "factory patterns" really aren't, they're just like 
> any others - if you erase them, they're gone.
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how do i get to the diagnostics? where are those menus documented?

thanks...


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