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

lol that'll learn it! seriously though i'd have to learn sysex to get my saved presets off of the machine first before i did a reset. now you have me curious. 




--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, James Ulibarri <jamesulibarri@...> wrote:
>
> I have had similar results with a PX-7 a couple years ago.  Have you tried
> resetting the machine?  That always worked for me.  I think the CS needs to
> be reset every few months.
> Removing the roms actually made the unit more stable too.  Go totally
> commando and don't use any.
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 10:32 PM, dutchbeats <dutchbeats@...> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > thanks mibrilane that is a good idea. although i would have to learn sysex
> > transfers first ; /
> >
> > i forgot to add that it did the same thing to me with internal tracks also.
> > i saved a few notes played on tracks 1 and 2 with internal presets and when
> > i reloaded the pattern the note data was there but the presets were switched
> > back to the originals.
> >
> > i was messing with multisetups recently so maybe there is a global setting
> > i changed? is it possible the machine would behave like this because of a
> > bad psu or something mechanical?
> >
> > thanks!
> >
> >
> > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Mibrilane <mibrilane@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > On 5/15/11 6:53 PM, "dutchbeats" <dutchbeats@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > the song mode bugs(bugs, and more bugs grrrr)/limitations and
> > propensity to
> > > > crash make it difficult to work with on a professional and detailed
> > level.
> > > > i've never owned an mpc but from what i've read in these aspects they
> > are
> > > > quite succinct compared to the e-mu? unless again my machine is
> > faulty(just
> > > > tell me it's my machine so i can buy another one already!
> > >
> > > Maybe I've been lucky, but I've never had a Command Station crash on me.
> > > Then again, I've never really gone beyond hobbyist noodling and haven't
> > > really used song mode all that much.
> > > >
> > > > speaking of which:
> > > >
> > > > i use the command station for sequencing a sampler and recently started
> > > > setting all of those tracks to the blank default preset at the end of
> > the
> > > > preset list before saving. but after reloading the pattern later, the
> > presets
> > > > are switched back to their original settings, even though there is midi
> > data
> > > > saved to the track. the channel routings are as i left them, but the
> > presets
> > > > are reverted back.
> > > >
> > > > however, i go to the first of those tracks and switch the preset back
> > to the
> > > > blank default preset and somehow magically by doing this all of the
> > rest of
> > > > those sampler tracks switch back to default as well. weird eh?
> > > >
> > > > what's weirder is, once i do this and revert the tracks to default
> > preset, if
> > > > i revert to saved pattern and reload the pattern i won't have to do it
> > again!
> > > > they will be already all on blank default presets. so only after
> > rebooting the
> > > > cs will i have to revert the tracks back.
> > > >
> > > > or maybe you can't save a track with no preset on it, like you can save
> > > > whatever preset you want to a track and it will remember it but not
> > with the
> > > > last default one?
> > >
> > > That is indeed weird. I wonder if that only happens when using the ROM
> > > "Default v1.0" patch. Have you tried using the V2.0 blank preset from the
> > > Blank V2.0 preset Banks.zip
> > > <
> > http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/IIXQTYixt78sfAmUzomegFOiYMhk5D0CcGCKydE2bJ1R2r
> > >
> > B7TTu1dBE-63JPdSizvsrfvBi7tUDrryc04EU6SHhJUiq-Rkc/Command%20Station%20Data/B
> > > lank%20V2.0%20preset%20Banks.zip> in the Files area?
> > >
> > > Mibrilane
> > > mibrilane@
> > >
> >
> >  
> >
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