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

Barry

I am not sure what part of the US you live in. If you are lucky to be 
in Southern California like myself, many places that service EMu will 
be willing to check it out for little or no money.  My first reaction 
when someone tells me the main board is blown is to get a second 
opinion. (Same goes for the main board in me as well! <g>)

If you are in southern california let me recommend Professional Sound 
and Music in San Diego.

I know you are worked up, important gear taking a dump in the middle 
of an project does that, but its a computer.  They are not that tough 
to fix.  I have not read the message of the original problem (won't 
power on?), but if they don't light up, its usually in the power path. 
 That stuff is composed of the less expensive components on the board 
(5 cent diodes, $2.00 switches) as opposed to the DSP chips or the 
memory or display guts.

Feel free to email me directly if you want to discuss. I am not an EMu 
tech, but I do build lots of synths, and fix many of my oldies 
(Salutes the ProOne).  

Bottom line - your beast can live again

Bruce