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

See comments below.

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "David C." <siprophet0@...> wrote:

> when I introduce the laptop and USb that things get all wonky.  
Steve: Hmmm.

  
> When I try to send the MP-7 clock into windows via the MTP, it gets lost.
Steve: Hmmmmmmmmmm.

> This would make it impossible to slave Cubase or Live to the MP-7   L.
Steve: I wonder if my observations about the Sequncer presets in the midi express relate to this.


> Either my MTP is fubar or MOTU really hates Windows and Windows users.  
Steve: Yes, motu is more Mac Friendly that Windows friendly!!


> I have a couple of older parallel versions so I will dig them out of storage
> and see if they work.  Luckily I am using an older toughbook with an LPT
> port.

> I upgraded the USB MTP firmware to 2.0.1 so I could network it with
> one of the parallel versions for a super 16x16 interface but I could never
> get it to work under windows.

Steve: I tried something similar with the midi express and the mtp and an old Mac Performa. That's when I discovered that you could do stuff with the Mac and the mtp-av that you can't do with Windows. I did have a 2 x 8x8 setup, but I couldn't justify spending time to learn how to program the mtp.

> The big dream was to optimize this setup for live use with the MTP providing
> the routings, the MP-7 as the brain and multiple controllers running
> multiple synths.  Multiple arps, sequencers and synths running near the
> point of chaos allowing for instant variation.  The clock was the only thing
> I needed stable and the majority of the setup was hardware with the PC
> running EmuX2 as a sampler, a few cool VST's and effects.   Oh well, maybe
> back to the drawing board.  I still feel the MP-7 is the key to keeping the
> mayhem in check as it is so immediate and instantly controllable.
>
Steve: A few years ago, I had a gig box set up with some modules and a midi express to do my routing.  I discovered that in transit either the battery died or got loose and I lost my motu user presets. Fortunately, I was able to change the connections and use one of the factory presets (midi machine) that routes one set of ins to some outs and other ins to different outs.

Do you have visual representations of either your set up or your ideal set up.

Do you have a link handy to the mtp-av usb manual?

Can you use midi-ox in your set-up to do routings?

Steve