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

Matt,

>And if you input sysex through the midi port it will
> see the sysex as commands to the CS itself instead of sysex to record in
> the sequencer? Which then prevents you from doing sysex dumps directly from
> synths into the emu?

I'd rather think CS would silently skip/filter incoming "alien" sysex messages (as they'd contain, say, the Virus' Manufacturer Id and Model Id, not the CS' ones). And it does not look there's a special mode on CS for receiving just arbitrary sysex dumps or messages. 
Refer to this thread http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/xl7/message/18561

Sincerely,
Victor.

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Matt <somatt@...> wrote:
>
> Thank u that's very helpful, so if I'm understanding u correctly, the cs
> won't record sysex in realtime from a midi input but it will let you load
> it in with eloader? And if you input sysex through the midi port it will
> see the sysex as commands to the CS itself instead of sysex to record in
> the sequencer? Which then prevents you from doing sysex dumps directly from
> synths into the emu?
> On Jun 5, 2013 6:32 PM, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@...> wrote:
> 
> > **
> >
> >
> > I am sure I have written about it extensively. From what I remember, here
> > it is (in a nutshell):
> >
> > 1. Create a standard midi file with E-Mu sysex commands on either hardware
> > or software. I used Cakewalk software.
> > 2. Load the pattern into the E-Mu with e-loader.
> >
> > I did some testing [playing around] with embedded E-Mu remote control
> > sysex commands to simulate button presses. I think some demos are still in
> > the Files section. Found them:
> >
> > http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/xl7/files/SYSEX/Remote%20Control/
> >
> > See:
> > http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/xl7/message/18719
> > http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/xl7/message/16121
> >
> > Apologies: Evidently I was doing the embedded sysex with remote control
> > commands around 2005, possibly through 2007-2008. Based on my archival
> > search, I seem to have taken down all the individual posts with the
> > intention of writing it all up in one spot.
> >
> > But it seems I never did that. I recall saving all the posts so as to edit
> > them together (cut-and-paste), rewriting it as I went. I am sure that I
> > have upgraded hard drives since then (possibly due in part to hard drive
> > crashes).
> >
> > However, the above explanation is really what its all about. With the
> > demos (reuploaded in 2009), the E-Mu sysex manual, and some posts that are
> > still around--such as the two above, you can get a pretty good idea of how
> > to do it.
> >
> > There is some discussion of remote control, too. It can get pretty
> > intricate/complicated. See for example:
> >
> > http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/xl7/message/21893
> >
> > More recently, I publicly fantasized (either here or the p2k group), of
> > using a microcontroller (such as an arduino) to do E-Mu remote control
> > stuff. For example, I have wondered about a simple controller to have
> > instant access to trigger and stop 32 arp patterns. Not sure where that
> > discussion is.
> >
> > Steve
> >