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

I wrote an email to Emu tech suport back in December concerning the weird 
sync issues I was having with my XL-7 and my Red Sound Micro sync (jumping 
BPM display, occasional lock ups).  I got the following reply this AM, 
nearly two months later ;)
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"The only thing we can determine is that the XL does 'not like' the clock 
from the Micro. It may be a spikey or glitchy signal from the Micro and 
some devices like the Korg (ER-1) may be more tolerant of errors then 
others."
Regards,E-MU / Ensoniq Tech Support


Now that helps a lot!  I guess I didn't see the sticker on my XL-7 box 
that says "Does not play well with others" :)
rEalm

I have the same problem when syncing the XL-7 to a Korg Triton. 
Sometimes the BPM counter will "jump". Haven't had any lock ups 
though. Other equipment doesn't have any problem syncing to the 
Triton so I guess it's a XL-7 problem.

/Jon




--- In xl7@y..., erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> I wrote an email to Emu tech suport back in December concerning the 
weird 
> sync issues I was having with my XL-7 and my Red Sound Micro sync 
(jumping 
> BPM display, occasional lock ups).  I got the following reply this 
AM, 
> nearly two months later ;)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
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> 
> "The only thing we can determine is that the XL does 'not like' the 
clock 
> from the Micro. It may be a spikey or glitchy signal from the Micro 
and 
> some devices like the Korg (ER-1) may be more tolerant of errors 
then 
> others."
> Regards,E-MU / Ensoniq Tech Support
> 
> 
> Now that helps a lot!  I guess I didn't see the sticker on my XL-7 
box 
> that says "Does not play well with others" :)
> rEalm

Yeah, the XL-7 "doesn't like" MIDI Clock.  Hehehe, they said it "doesn't 
like"....

rEalm



I have the same problem when syncing the XL-7 to a Korg Triton. 
Sometimes the BPM counter will "jump". Haven't had any lock ups 
though. Other equipment doesn't have any problem syncing to the 
Triton so I guess it's a XL-7 problem.

Hi to all ...

I've got synch problems when synchronizing to software sequencer (sonar) ...
i've got other machines that respond all well ! no problem of configuration
there ...
sometimes the tempo slow down ... then the mp7 lost the tempo (on the led
also) then retake the tempo ...
also when i start the sequencer there is a 'latency' ... the mp7 is at the
tempo but not placed at the right time ...

i hope future os will resolve those problems ... or i'll get mad ...

mewimewi

It happened to me as well, syncing the mp-7 withe cakewalk sonar 
(master): the display shows completely different bpms all the time 
but the timing seemed stable. I synced sonar with the korg le - no 
problem at all! Doesn´t "like" midi clocks??? They must be joking! 
But I won´t get mad. I simply wait for the next OS to make me a happy 
mp-7 owner. If those bugs are not fixed, I´ll get rid of my box and 
EMU is loosing another customer! Period. 

Heinrich



--- In xl7@y..., <mewimewi@m...> wrote:
> 
> Hi to all ...
> 
> I've got synch problems when synchronizing to software sequencer 
(sonar) ...
> i've got other machines that respond all well ! no problem of 
configuration
> there ...
> sometimes the tempo slow down ... then the mp7 lost the tempo (on 
the led
> also) then retake the tempo ...
> also when i start the sequencer there is a 'latency' ... the mp7 is 
at the

> tempo but not placed at the right time ...
> 
> i hope future os will resolve those problems ... or i'll get mad ...
> 
> mewimewi