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

Hi Mark,

noob here as well on the CS. Where did you find the eloader software?
couldn't find it anywhere :(

cy


> 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
>