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

For some reason, the XL7 does not retransmit received midi clock. It 
only sends out midi clock when it's the source.
Might be better to use the XL7 as master.

magpieindustries wrote:

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> Hi,
> I have an electronic drumkit acting as midi master clock. Its 
> connected to my XL7 which has the base tempo set to 0 (it says EXT). I 
> can press start/stop on the drumkit and change the tempo, and the XL7 
> reacts fine.
>
> The problems begin when I connect something else to the midi OUTs on 
> the XL7. I have set Transmit MIDI CLock on A & B Out, but it does not 
> seem to be transmitting any clock (it is transmitting note on/off 
> quite ok). If I use the XL7 to merge the midi in to midi out A (or B), 
> then I can send the start/stop messages through the xl7, but the clock 
> messages are not arriving!!
>
> If I connect the drumkit to the slave gear, it works fine, so the 
> messages are disappearing inside the xl7, or the cables.. With this 
> setup, if I change the base tempo to a positive number, so the XL7 is 
> then the master, then the play and tempo controls on the xl7 are being 
> transmitted.
>
> I was pretty sure this has worked before, but I've been rearranging 
> some gear and changes around some cables. Any suggestions for 
> something that I may have missed?
>
> / Niall
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