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

mmm... i seem to have been a bit hasty with my conclusions in my last 
mail.. i just went back and tried to understand/predict the hickups 
some more and very strange things are happening indeed...
trying to test my theory some more (see last mail) i found out on 
some occasions the saving/3 times stop technique didn't help and a 
hickup occured between changing patterns with exactly the same 
information in them.... then i got the idea to power off and on 
(works most of the times with my pc!) and now i notice the patterns 
don't "remember" the mutes anymore!... maybe it's time to read the 
manual now.... but i'm 99% sure they were remembered (without saving 
them) before powering off!... didn't change anything except the 
viewing angle of the display so what's happening here?
mmm... i hear the manual calling... i hope i didn't seem too foolish 
presuming to understand the timing glitch problem the first time i 
noticed it!

coscon23 wrote:

> dear EMU-people (especially Aaron!)
>
> i just got the mp7 and i LOVE it immediately.... this is the best
> instrument i bought EVER!
> after reading this groups' messages, i was a bit worried about the
> difficulty of the sequencer but i think it's made as simple as
> possible and i can do everything i want without even reading the
> manual - i'm trying not to boast here, just complimenting the
> programmer ;-)

Thanks, I appreciate it!


> one thing i knew about before buying it was the fact that people
> complained about the timing hickups when changing patterns... i have
> to say, regretfully i'm having the same problems sometimes... these
> hickups tend to come up when i didn't save

This is exactly it.  Switching to the pattern with the "*" by it (i.e. an
edited unsaved pattern) will sound bad.  This problem has already been fixed
and will be in the next release (due out _very_ soon).


> but i'm 99% sure they were remembered (without saving
> them) before powering off!

Careful!  You have to save before powering off or editing another pattern!
Any and all edits to a pattern will be lost if you power down before saving.
The moral of the story?  Save often!  =)


> i hope i didn't seem too foolish presuming to understand
> the timing glitch problem the first time i noticed it!

Nah, you were pretty much right on!

-Aaron