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

> You're both almost right.

I'll settle for "almost right" over "utterly wrong" any day...

> The sequencer only saves preset information 
> for channels that it references and for which it has data.

That was roughly my guess.

Aside: tonight I started making some backups of presets and patterns,
using Digital Performer since I don't have an editor/librarian for the
XL-7. (Well, I have a copy of Galaxy and know the scripting language,
but Opcode is dead and my current PowerBook has no floppy drive, so
it's now useless to me.) I notice that a preset dumps as 8 sysex
messages, and (at least as far as DP is concerned) they come through
in indeterminate order. I've also had a quick look at the SMF's that
come out of the ELoader application: all sorts of controller messages
(including mix output and arp status, or should I call them "anchor"
and "libra" as per the manual?), but no bank select, which is a bit
odd. (Or does the pattern choose presets in its own back by default?)

Aaron, is there a way I could get the sysex spec from E-mu? I know the
Audity one is available for download on the XL-7 page, but the
architecture is ever so slightly different so I'm not sure that's of
much use. I just want to know enough to be able to capture and
sanity-check sysex dumps.

> Realm's right.  If you search back just a bit through the archives, I 
> posted just a couple weeks ago detailing the algorithm and easiest ways 
> to use this...

I've only had the XL-7 for a little over a week, so I'm still catching
up. But, yes, sounds like a good one for the FAQ.

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