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

hi and welcome,
I to recentlypurchased an xl-7 and am still getting around some of its quirks i recomend 
turning on the machine while holding the 2 curser buttons down and running some tests 
make sure to have a midi cable plugged into midi in and out for the loopback test and test 
it in auto test mode then do a reset all data function suppose you could do it in the other 
order...this should put your concerns about getting a faulty unit to rest....when the demo 
songs are gone there gono...kind of a nice feature i think that seperates this box from alot 
of other groovebox garbage...hate having tons of terrible preset patterns taking up 
space...although i think you can get the files and transfer them back to the box via midi...
enjoy your machine man....i've had tons of gear as well and have had nothing as remotely 
cool as this beast it is sure to go down in music gear history and fetch mad$$$$$$in the 
not to distant future...hope i was remotely helpful let me know if ii can help with anything 
else
cheers
--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "spot_lizard" <thelizardbloke@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> 
> Well, I pulled the trigger and purchased an XL-7 from e-bay. 
> Cosmetically, it's in very nice condition but as I started reading 
> the manual and finding my way around I noticed that some things 
> didn't seem quite right.
> 
> 1. An apparent lack of patterns and songs. Looks like these may have 
> been deleted by the previous owner.
> 
> 2. Demo song screen not available. OK, I hate Demo songs as much as 
> the next person but the manual says that if I hold down the Song and 
> Pattern buttons at the same time I should see a demo song screen. 
> When I do this I don't see the screen shown in the manual. There is 
> no mention of a demo song. This is a minor annoyance because things 
> just aren't as they should be.
> 
> So, my questions are:
> 
> 1. I've downloaded the Songs and Patterns zip file from E-Mu's 
> website, together with e-loader. If I hook this up to a USB cable can 
> I just copy (download) these back to the unit ? The e-loader manual 
> makes this seem like a drag and drop operation. Is there any 
> special 'magic' to this or things I need to be careful of ?
> 
> 2. Is it possible to delete/restore the demo song, or am I just not 
> doing something right ?
> 
> I really want to get into this thing and start playing around with 
> it, so it's quite frustrating to me that things are not where they 
> should be. I have many other synths (a Triton, JD-800, K2000 and 
> several other E-Mu's), so I'm not frightened by the thought of 
> updating/modifying the internal settings.
> 
> Thanks so much in advance for any assistance you can offer.
> 
> Best regards,
> Mark
>