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

Bought a scruffy MP7 with XL7 ROM and I opened it up with the intention of trying to replace the faulty data encoder. Then another faulty XL7 came up on eBay so I bought that assuming I would have enough parts to make a working Command station, which I now have. If you would like photos of the boards, buttons and the acrylic posts that channel the light from the LEDs let me know and I will upload here.

This has left me with most spare parts for Command Stations. For anyone interested, I have decided to sell these parts on eBay in the next few days...

Regards

Adrian

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "bonzai2050" <bonzai2050@...> wrote:
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> Good tips here Adrian!
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> I haven't opened mine up to investigate yet but after reading this it seems clear that replacing the button/switches on the XL7 with less flaky ones isn't going to be a walk in the park.
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> Thanks
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> Btw... what did you open it up for? Did you also try to replace the buttons with entirely different ones?
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> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "adrian.gay@" <adrian.gay@> wrote:
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> > Hi
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> > If you plan on opening it up to take a look to figure out how you might overhaul it, you should know that it takes 2 minutes to unscrew the button/knob boards and remove, but much longer to get it back together, because...
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> > The LEDs are surface mount and the light is channelled up to the holes in the panel via small clear acrylic posts that are shaped like an upturned tuning fork. Its the acrylic posts that poke out of the panel. These posts fall out the moment you remove the boards, as I found out the first time I opened up an MP7 :o( There are  26 of the little bastards on the knob board alone and to replace the board they all have to be lined up correctly as the fork straddles the LED. You will have to resort to glueing and aligning each one to get it all back together.
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> > Adrian
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> > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "bobsvitilla" <bobsvitilla@> wrote:
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> > > My main encoder wheel and the cursor buttons are getting a little flakey as well as the track 14 button.
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> > > I am digging my command station enough that I think I want to give it an overhaul to increase performance.  I am not worried about improving the appearance or care much if it detracts either.  I want my machine to work a bit smoother.
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> > > Who out their has modded the Command Station?  I know there were some that changed out the display.  Are there parts on the market?  What values do replacements need to have?  Anyone know a good tech on the east coast (Philly/ NYC) that could perform the surgery?
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> > > I am happy with the 4x4 grid and volume pots and the key pads.  I definitely want to replace the tempo button with something a little squishier so I could drum out the tempo.  The main encoder wheel definitely needs to be replaced.  It works fine, but is a bit jumpy.  The cursor buttons and the track/trigger buttons need to be replaced.  If I am doing those I might just do all "clicky" buttons.
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> > > So, what's available out there?  I am not super happy with the current feel, but I do not want to sacrifice too much precision (squishier but not too squishy).
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> > > Thanks,
> > > Bob
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