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

Sorry guys ... please ignore!!
I had some bogus controller data on one of my XL7 tracks(how the hell 
it got there I have no idea) that was screwing up the Virus.  All is 
well now.
-grimley

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Justin Grimley" <grimley@i...> wrote:
> OK please bear with me for a minute while I describe my setup!!
> I am trying to sequence my Virus with the XL7.  The XL7, Virus and 
> other gear are hooked up to my PC running Cubase SX with a Midex 8 
> midi interface.  I don't want to hook the XL7 directly up to the 
> inputs on the Virus as I send other midi data to it from SX.
> So, I have created a template SX project with 16 midi tracks, each 
> with an input transformer so they only recieve midi data on the 
> correct channel, and each track has 'monitor' enabled.  I set up 
the 
> XL7 to respond to song start/stop and the tempo to 0(ext).  Each 
XL7 
> track is set to ext only.
> I hit record on the XL7 and play in SX and recording starts on the 
> XL7.  This is where my problems start!  The Virus all of sudden 
stops 
> producing sound (although it still shows a note icon indicating 
midi 
> input).  I have to shut the Virus off and power it back up to hear 
> anything.  
> Any ideas?  It is as if the XL7 seq is turning the Virus volume to 
> zero.
> I suppose a better way to do this would be to purchase a midi merge 
> box and have both midex and XL7 midi input to the Virus and bypass 
> Cubase altogether.  However, I was hoping that I could use the XL7 
in 
> this same manner to control all my other gear through the Midex, 
but 
> still use Cubase for editing sequences.
> 
> Sorry for the long post.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> -Justin.