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

I will note however that I've found the capabilities of the apprigio 
system in the XL-7 to be most usefull for (thus far) essientially serving 
as sort of a replacement to Roland's RPS system (of course it works well 
for apprigios as well). 

>>>Ditto, it's the closest thing to RPS in the XX-7's at present, as long 
as you don't mind editing User arps. <<<

I'll also chime in that something I'm really digging into with the XL-7 is 
it's ability to jump in and out of record mode while playing (just wish it 
could do this with grid mode as well); 

>>>Hold down PLAY while pressing RECORD (while the XX-7's playing).  :) 
Damn those manuals!<<<

Can't say that I like having to surf through channel buttons in order to 
reach a desired channel.  Is there any way to go about reaching a desired 
channel utlilizing no more than one or two button clicks?

>>>Yeah, that's a good point.  Jumping to a track/channel to spur of the 
momment use the Quick Edit knobs can take too long while you scroll.  I 
think it would be cool to just hold down EDIT + the Track MUTE button for 
that channel to select it.  Much quicker. <<<
 
On another issue, I also was wondering where on earth is the USB port on 
the XL-7, I can't locate it at all and granted I am yet to read the manual 
cover to cover, I can't find any mention of it in the manual (contents or 
index).

>>>I hope you're kidding.  It's on the back, and it's the connector that 
doesn't look like a mains, 1/4", or RCA port :) <<<
 
And yes, yet another question, I've been searching through the manual and 
have yet been able to find how exactly I go about setting what exactly 
Mod1 and Mod2 effect.  Can someone tell me how to go about doing this.

>>>It's on the Patch Cords page for each Preset (the settings of the Quick 
Edit knobs are Preset dependant).  Go to the Patch Cords page and set 
Controllers "M" and "N" to control whatever parameter you want them to 
control, as well as the amount. <<<
 
To wrap up my own personal questions in regard to this beast, I'm having 
some trouble with one of my mute/trigger buttons, specifically 
mute/trigger button 3.  I often find that I have to hit it a couple times 
in order to have it work.  I was thinking that I can probably just dig 
underneath the hood of this thing and do some simple realigning in order 
to solve the problem.  rEalm, as you've been underneath the hood of this 
thing already, mind telling me your thoughts on where this problem may be 
steming from and if my idea on how to fix it might work or not.

>>>It might be just pressing against the case itself, I know my data knob 
wasn't soldered onto the PCB board 100% flat, so my knob was rubbing 
against the case at one point every rotation.  In my case, I just pulled 
the knob off and sanded down the edge of the knob and all was well (you 
can't see it either).  Be careful if you open up the case, especially for 
that section.  The LEDs in the XX-7 all have light pipes that trasmit the 
light to the front of the case, and they ARE NOT glued on.  So if you pull 
off that board to take a look, chances are a bunch of small plastic pieces 
will come loose with it.  Not saying it's an impossible task, but to put 
everything back together you need to use a hot glue gun or rubber cement 
to hold them in place while you reassemble.  It's easy to do, just a 
little bit time consuming. 

So if you're up for it, take it apart and press that button out of the 
case to see if it still sticks.  If it doesn't then it's probably rubbing 
against the case, just sand down the inside of that button hole to make it 
smoother and remove a little bit of the paint (you won't see it).  If it 
does still stick, then it's a faulty button and probably needs to be 
replaced,  I know you just got your XL-7, so I would just take it back and 
get another one if you haven't gone over the store warrenty.  Much easier, 
and you don't need to worry about messing anything up internally and 
ruining your manufacturer's warrenty.<<<

rEalm