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

If I remember correctly an earlier version of the OS did not retain current state settings at power up, but this was ultimately fixed.  

> so all you have to do is to reload your previous setup in the "M"
> tab or using the frontpanel.

If my testing and analysis are correct, users of Prodatum will need to save their current state before the very first time they use Prodatum,  and any other time Prodatum needs to initialize.

Also, just looking at the load multisetup dropdown list will wipe out current state settings.

> before you ask, yes, we could remember the current setup before we  
> initialize. but thats coding work which requires time...precious  
> lifetime and this is simply not worth it. 

I have sung very high praises of Prodatum; however, (1) I believe these flaws are serious and (2) I don't think the solutions will take that much time. So far as I can see, what's needed are two warning dialogs with options.

Certainly you could try to write code to save current system settings, but I think providing warnings and giving users the options to either wipe out the current settings or save them manually before continuing to use Prodatum would be good.  

--Steve

If Aaron is following this thread, maybe he can chime in. Where are the current/last used settings stored? Clearly during the power up/boot cycle the OS pulls last used system settings from some place. Are these accessible through some undocumented sysex address? (Obviously they can be retieved and saved as individual parameters.)