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

1.  USB: I don't right now have a MIDI interface for my computer.  Is 
there any way to get the OS update into my box through the USB connection, 
or do I need to buy a MIDI port for my computer?  If I need to buy, what's 
a good, reliable, supercheap 1x1 port?

>>>Yes, you'll need to buy a MIDI interface for your comptuer to update 
the OS (which is very needed!).  I recommend the MIDIMan MidiSPORT 1x1, I 
think they're like $59, so pretty cheap. <<<

2.  Factory Restore: Is there a way to clear all the other person's user 
presets and restore factory presets?  Or is that irrelevant because the 
factory presets can't be altered and I just just overwrite the old user 
presets?

>>> Yes, the Factory Presets can't be over written, so your best bet is to 
use overwrite the User Presets. <<<

3.  AUXES as Inputs: Anybody made use of the auxes as auxiliary inputs as 
described in the manual?   Can you mix levels?  Is there anything else 
cool you can do with it?  The manual appears to suggest you can't run the 
aux input throguh the xx7's filter section but it would be super cool if 
you could. 

>>>They're not really inputs (though that would be cool!), but send and 
returns.  So anything you send into the unit, will be added AFTER all of 
the filters and synth sections. <<<

Welcome aboard!
rEalm