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

Hi:

I have looked quite a bit but so far cannot find sources for these, but:

1) are there any significant pattern collections out there for Proteus ROMs other than the 
normal command station ROMs?  As far as I know, there's only factory patterns for only 
PX7, XL7, MP7 and P2500.  What about pattern sets for TSCY, Beat Garden, Vintage Pro and 
other ROMs?

2) has anyone done any work with or attempted to automatically translate the factory 
patterns into patterns for other ROMs?  My understanding is that the patterns are nothing 
more than short MIDI phrases with ROM and patch selection info embedded.  So if one was 
to 'decompile' it, it would make the work of substituting patch selections from another 
ROM quite easy, while expanding the sonic phrase palette of a command station 
significantly.

3) and along the same lines, has anyone tried translating the patterns / phrases from 
other similar products (Yamaha RS7000, Roland MC909, etc.) and translate them into 
patterns for the command stations (both standard and optional ROMs?)  

My guess is some programmer could easily write up a translator program that would 
semi-automate this process, making it very easy to generate a much expanded set of 
patterns.   Seems like it would be a great way to expand the value and versatility of the 
Command Stations.  These are awesome boxes.  Yes, you can build your own patterns with 
some incredibly powerful voice tweaking options and what-not.  But it takes quite a bit of 
effort and time.  Also, many of the newer 'groove boxes' come with multiple hundreds of 
phrases / patterns with stock units.  Why should we at most only have 128 for a given box 
/ ROM?

Any info would be much appreciated.

Peace & blessings,
Donn