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

Hello to all,
firstly I´m very impressed of the emu-guys who are in this forum. 
Only because of that I would never repent of buying an emu-gear. I 
have also a novation nova and the support of the novation guys is 
very bad so that I would never buy any novation product any more.
Here are my questions:
1.Will there be an update for the E-Loader? I use Wi98SE and have an 
resolution of 1152X864 and there is a graphic problem. The first 
panel with the menus does not appear correctly.(In my tests the 
resolution is not important!)
2.Will it be possible to connect an USB MIDI-interface to the USB 
port?
3.Will it be possible to implement MIDI-Timecode, or how can I sync 
Cubase to the song position of my XL-7? The song position marker does 
not function.(or I am doing something wrong?)
4.Will it be possible to implement the opportunity to transmit MIDI-
controller over #95?
5.If I insert a new pattern in my song the pattern after will be 
erased? Is this a bug or I am doing something wrong?

PS.: My condolence to all Americans.

Gerald

On Friday, September 14, 2001, at 04:01 AM, ellmu@... wrote:

> 1.Will there be an update for the E-Loader? I use Wi98SE and have an
> resolution of 1152X864 and there is a graphic problem. The first
> panel with the menus does not appear correctly.(In my tests the
> resolution is not important!)

Note there is nothing in the Toolbar window that can't be done in other 
ways, so at least you are not losing any functionality. We did notice 
that if you use an alternate system font size (Large Fonts?) that there 
can be some drawing problems. Is this what you are seeing? We will 
address that in a future revision of the software.

> 2.Will it be possible to connect an USB MIDI-interface to the USB
> port?

The Host port will connect the XL/MP-7 to your computer, not to any 
other peripheral. A USB MIDI interface can also be connected to your 
computer at the same time (You may need a USB Hub if you run out of USB 
ports). This is the model of USB - all peripheral devices connect to the 
Host as a Centralized Hub. Peripheral devices cannot connect directly to 
each other.

Scott

ellmu@... wrote:

> 3.Will it be possible to implement MIDI-Timecode, or how can I sync
> Cubase to the song position of my XL-7? The song position marker does
> not function.(or I am doing something wrong?)

You did turn on MIDI clock out right?  SPP does not transmit if MIDI clock
out is off.

> 4.Will it be possible to implement the opportunity to transmit MIDI-
> controller over #95?

To control what?

> 5.If I insert a new pattern in my song the pattern after will be
> erased? Is this a bug or I am doing something wrong?

The manual is slightly incorrect in this regard.  Think of "insert" as
"divide".  Go to a bar that does not otherwise have a pattern change command
on it, and press repeat.  This divides the pattern that used to span that
measure into two parts.  For example:

S01 PatternA  len:8  bar:001
S02 PatternB  len:8  bar:009
S03 PatternC  len:8  bar:017

if you go to bar:005 (halfway through the first step) and press repeat,
you'll get this:

S01 PatternA  len:4  bar:001
S02 PatternA  len:4  bar:005
S03 PatternB  len:8  bar:009  <- note this didn't move
S04 PatternC  len:8  bar:017

Now, you can change the length of any step and have the times slide around.
Ditto with erase, by the way.  It simply removes the step, leaving all the
other times as is.

-Aaron

> ellmu@y... wrote:

> > 4.Will it be possible to implement the opportunity to transmit MIDI-
> > controller over #95?
> 
> And Aaron Eppolito responded: To control what?


I, for one, could control my ASR-X Pro and Korg ER-1 using non-
registered parameter numbers 98 and 99.

For that purpose, it would be sweet if we had the option to twirl a 
knob in program mode and have the LCD momentarily display what CC# is 
being transmitted, its value as you turn the knob, and the original 
value of the CC# before you altered it.

As it is now, we have no way of knowing the CC# value when we turn the 
knob. If this isn't too difficult to program (along with event list 
editing), XL-7 would eliminate the last reason I hold on to my RM1X....