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

I browsed the online manual looking for the ability to switch 
patterns spontaneously, but found no implication of it. I'm 
considering switching from the yamaha rm1x which does have this 
feature, but without this feature I won't want to.

It works by having the 16 buttons switched to "section" mode in which 
each button is assigned to starting a pattern (made up of 16 tracks), 
with the option of switching being quantized to beat one. This allows 
one not to be locked into a predetermined song arrangement, jam over 
a groove as long as you want, switch to a break, start another 
section, etc.

Switching is also controllable with a yamaha foot controller (mfc10), 
but more ideally each of the 16 pattern/section switching should be 
controllable by say a midi cc# so any midifoot pedal could be used.

If this is not capable on the xl-7, what is the likelihood it could 
be incorporated in an os update?