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

Hello fellow Command Station users, I have been experiencing a timing 
problem since day one. I can copy a pattern to the next open spot, 
and when I go from one to the next, the start is out of time. If I do 
not change patterns, and let just one pattern loop, it is in perfect 
time. I have tried everything to stop this problem, nothing makes it 
work. I decided to use the MP-7 as a tone generator instead, slaved 
to a rock solid sequencer in a Roland MC-909. I built a pattern in 
the MP-7 with no sequencer info, just patch selections for the 
corresponding midi tracks on the MC-909. I saved the choices each 
time I finished a channel. I saved these sound selections 16 times on 
this one pattern, to be sure they were there, I switched to a 
different pattern, and played it, then switched back. They were still 
there, so I was confident I could switch it off, after six hours of 
work. So today I turn everything back on, and the sounds have not 
been remembered by the MP-7. I saved it so often, I have to wonder, 
WHAT is it saving when it says it's saved something? there was no 
sequencer data, just sound selection, and it didn't save it. All I 
have that it saved was the name I had given it.BIG DRAG.Why would a 
Multisetup be needed to stop this, when I used an empty pattern to 
start with? What is the point of such O.S. destuctive tendencies? 
This purple box has fine sounds, but is crippled by an O.S. that 
follows no logic.I have sequenced on Roland, Korg, Sequential, Quasi-
midi, and Yamaha gear for 26 years and have never had a problem.When 
a programmer saves a pattern, the machine should SAVE THE PATTERN. I 
am very frusrated with this not working correctly. Anyone who can 
tell me how to do it so it works, would be like a friend indeed. I 
have O.S. 2.0. and I have added the XL-1 rom, and the Orch-1 rom 
(most of which shows sound names, but plays no sounds, another 
drag).  Thanks for listening to me moan like a JX-8P.   ESW.