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

Anyone? 

I opened my MP-7 up and and tinkered around with the bad button. First I tried to re-solder the button and also soldered some wires as patch points to see if I could just the button to work. No dice...it still doesn't respond at all. I guess I could get a new front panel board from from EPR, but it costs more than what I paid for the unit.

So far the only workaround I see is to sync the MP with a software sequencer, record patterns into it, save them as midi files and then reload them into the MP using E-loader. 

What a creativity killer. I wonder is there a way to send a sysex message or remap a button or key to trigger the save page.

-c
  

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "coolout1" <coolout1@...> wrote:
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> Hey guys,
> 
> I just bought an MP-7 for pretty cheap. Overall it seems to be in pretty good condition except one big thing. The save/copy button doesn't respond when pressed. The LED still blinks, but it never goes into the save menu. 
> 
> At first I thought it was a little more loose than some of the other buttons so I popped a brand new replacement in and squirted a little calube mcl in, but that changed nothing. I then ran the panel diagnostic and it still doesn't light up when pressed like the other buttons.
> 
> I have the editor up and running on my netbook, so I guess I could use that to save, but that kinda defeats the whole purpose of going back to hardware.
> 
> Am I screwed?
>