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

To me, the usb port's function is the high speed transfer of patterns between the E-Mu sequencer and the PC. I seem to recall when I did a time comparison, the usb transfer was around 6X faster than midi transfer. If you have lots of patterns and you like to back them up, the usb wlll save time.

Steve



--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Szõnyi András <andras@...> wrote:
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> OK, I have found something related in an earlier post:
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> http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/xl7/message/19486
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> "As for the e-mu's usb port, you cannot use that as a substitute for
> midi. You either need a midi interface or a device such as a usb
> keyboard that has a selectable midi port.
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> --Steve"
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> Thanks for the answer Steve! :)
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> Andrew
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> On Sun, 23 Jan 2011, Szõnyi András wrote:
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> > Although I have successfully installed the USB driver
> > (on an XP) and the EMU device is recognized after connecting it,
> > the E-loader software can't communicate with the CS, only via the MIDI port.
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> > Anyway The USB MIDI device is the same as the standard MIDI device
> > in the CS? I mean, If the computer could communicate via USB using
> > E-loader, the standard MIDI ports would be still opened?
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> > Andrew
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