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

Argh! Oh no, that is very bad news :(
Im trying to add another drum module and it too does not retransmit midi clock. It's starting to look like I can't get my stuff connected no matter what way I arrange it.

/ Niall


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Greg Waltzer <egw@...> wrote:
>
> 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:
> 
> >  
> >
> > 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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