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

Hi,

I just got a used MP7 in the mail and it's great machine.  You can 
count on a bunch of newbie questions from me for the next few weeks 
as I figure this thing out.  So far, I'm really impressed, but it's 
my first synth (unless you count by old Roland TR-505 drum machine) 
and I will need some help to figure this thing out.  I'm an 
experienced bassist and home studio guy, so I'm not totally clueless -
- just about synths.

1.  USB: I don't right now have a MIDI interface for my computer.  Is 
there any way to get the OS update into my box through the USB 
connection, or do I need to buy a MIDI port for my computer?  If I 
need to buy, what's a good, reliable, supercheap 1x1 port?

2.  Factory Restore: Is there a way to clear all the other person's 
user presets and restore factory presets?  Or is that irrelevant 
because the factory presets can't be altered and I just just 
overwrite the old user presets?

3.  AUXES as Inputs: Anybody made use of the auxes as auxiliary 
inputs as described in the manual?   Can you mix levels?  Is there 
anything else cool you can do with it?  The manual appears to suggest 
you can't run the aux input throguh the xx7's filter section but it 
would be super cool if you could.  

I'm really excited about this machine.  Can't wait to start tweaking 
sounds and building my own patterns (I just got through the "instant 
gratification" stuff last night).

Best,
--JES

Hi,

usb will work fine, need to download latest os and esp the new E-loader, have not used aux ins so unsure about this question. #3 all factory presets and sequences are on the cd that comes with machine, use eloader here also, they don't use an "initialize" feature, I wish they did. This is an outragous machine..enormous potential...have fun!

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1.  USB: I don't right now have a MIDI interface for my computer.  Is 
there any way to get the OS update into my box through the USB connection, 
or do I need to buy a MIDI port for my computer?  If I need to buy, what's 
a good, reliable, supercheap 1x1 port?

>>>Yes, you'll need to buy a MIDI interface for your comptuer to update 
the OS (which is very needed!).  I recommend the MIDIMan MidiSPORT 1x1, I 
think they're like $59, so pretty cheap. <<<

2.  Factory Restore: Is there a way to clear all the other person's user 
presets and restore factory presets?  Or is that irrelevant because the 
factory presets can't be altered and I just just overwrite the old user 
presets?

>>> Yes, the Factory Presets can't be over written, so your best bet is to 
use overwrite the User Presets. <<<

3.  AUXES as Inputs: Anybody made use of the auxes as auxiliary inputs as 
described in the manual?   Can you mix levels?  Is there anything else 
cool you can do with it?  The manual appears to suggest you can't run the 
aux input throguh the xx7's filter section but it would be super cool if 
you could. 

>>>They're not really inputs (though that would be cool!), but send and 
returns.  So anything you send into the unit, will be added AFTER all of 
the filters and synth sections. <<<

Welcome aboard!
rEalm