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

I just took a quick look at the Mopho manual (v1.2 I think). Some diaghnostic questions:

(1) Does the lock-up occur when you press stop once or only when you press stop twice?
(2) Does the lock-up occur when you dial up a new pattern before pressing play, or stop?
(3) How are the two wired in terms of midi i/o?
(4) Which is providing midi clock? Are you using one as a slave? Do you have the right clock settings in the PX7 and the Mopho to do what you want?
(5) Does sending bank switching/program change commands to the mopho cause it to lock up? 

I am not sure of your answers to these questions, but if I had the gear, I would try to isolate the cause of the problem by first setting the PX-7 as clock master and the Mopho as slave. Depending on whether or not the lock-up happens, I'd switch the two and retest.

I would be surprised if the Mopho was confused by the E-Mu sysex data. If that is the source of the problem, I assume DSI would be interested to know that. I'd rule out other possible cuases first.

It looks like a nice module. Hope you can get it working right with your Command Station.

--Steve






--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "soundcrafter_23320" <aurastar@...> wrote:
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> Rob,
> 
> I might be too late here, but I would say DON'T sell your Mopho just yet!  The Mopho is a relatively new piece of hardware, and you may be experiencing a bug in the OS.  The XL7 spits out a lot of MIDI data when you press stop twice (as I'm sure you're aware from looking at MIDIOx...)  It may just be "confusing" the Mopho.
> 
> Look around for a Mopho / DSI group or forum, they may be able to verify and help you out.  
> 
> HTH
> 
> DTK
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Rob" <awol9000@> wrote:
> >
> > Hitting stop twice on my PX-7 causes my Mopho to freeze- stops all sound until I unplug it.  Frustating trying to write tunes.  Midi ox didn't uncover anything unusual.  I was hoping to be able to send a command to fix it, that's what got me into the whole sysex or whatever it's called.
> > 
> > I've since decided to sell my synth module
>