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From: Greg W

To: xl7@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 18:51

Subject: Re: [xl7] Re: rack ears

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I couldnt stand the heat they generate, I feared the electronics would suffer over a long period, so

I hacked a computer fan into mine, tapped the +5 v off the pwr sup

mounted on the back indented section facing down, had to drill holes in the case.

But mine never gets to the cooking level heat they seem to get to!.

From: dutchbeats
To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 16 May, 2011 10:17:53 AM
Subject: [xl7] Re: rack ears

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thanks again! my xl7 does heat up after being on for a few hours but the most noticeable is the smell. not burnt plastic or electronics but burnt hair or an old space heater. the inside looks brand new but the outside shows it was clearly used for live performances and really used hard. ie the first two track buttons are indented and the custom paint and hand written silver marker tell me it was used for some sort of dance or techno raves or something. probably it was left on all night at these events too.

yes i will use midi ox to transfer presets, i knew there was a reason i downloaded it years ago(!) all my patterns are safely backed up already thanks in total to this group.

i'll report back once i get to setting up again after my move.

markus

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Bruno wrote:
>
> Hi Dutch,
>
> 2011/5/16 dutchbeats :
> > 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.
>
> If we are talking about the simple procedure:
>; - set some sounds
> - records some stuff
> - recall the pattern
> - be stunned with a different sounds that you have had assigned,
> then it never happened to me. I would assume your CS can have some
> flaw on the hardware level. Also, if you could come up with a
> repeatable crash procedure, that would allow us to try it and bring
> more details.
>
> Speaking about making dumps: If you have a PC with Windows, use MIDI
> Ox. It can record the SysEx dump initiated on the instrument side, so
> you can just dump the whole bank at once. With regard to the patterns,
> I'm afraid you *have* to use eLoader for patterns, although I think
> the pattern dump can be requested with some SysEx sent from MIDI Ox.
>
> If you have a Mac with OS X, there were a nice app mentioned (on this
> list, or maybe on the P2K one), quick search on Google reveals this
> one: http://www.snoize.com/SysExLibrarian/ - I never used it, though,
> but probably will try.
>
> If you have a Linux, you should be able to send SysEx using a MIDI
> cable and a paper clip (and calculate the control sum on the fly).
> With handshaking. In the complete darkness.
>
> > 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?
>
> Overheating?
>
> Anyway, wish you getting it cleared soon.
>
> Bruno
>