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

I think there is a Miroslav Vitous sample CD that has huge acoustic 
pianos, you might search for that....
--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "sincultura13" <sincultura13@y...> wrote:
> Thanks a lot... I appreciate it... I've been doing some thinking 
and 
> I finally realized what I'm missing. I'm really unhappy about not 
> being able to replicate my acoustic piano with a keyboard... I 
posted 
> my situation at the SOS forum (since it's really not a Xl-7 
related 
> question...). if anyone wnats to try to help me out...
> 
> "I spent three years without my acoustic piano... for the first 
year 
> I hardly composed anything, then I started to compose some things 
> after I began to play with organ and electric pianos sounds. I 
just 
> moved back to the place where I left my piano and I'm flowing with 
> ideas again... I'm not a lineal composer but more of a structural 
> composer... I deal with harmony and dynamics a lot and they way my 
> body reacts to them... Most of the things are jazz-like improvised 
> pieces. I just realized that is the lack of feedback that I get 
from 
> my QS8 that puts me of... I can't work around my piano part if I 
> record my acoustic piano since it'd be out of tune enough to not 
> sounds right when I add the other melodic instruments... But when 
I 
> play my QS8 I just don't get inspired... 
> 
> For me recording an acoustic piano is just not an option... Since 
I 
> need to be able to play at what ever time I want (ei. 2am) and I 
> don't have a studio room big enough for it... Also, I don't make 
> enough money to have somebody come to my house to tune the piano 
> every week....
> 
> I looked around and found this plug called "Steinberg The Grand 
> Virtual Grand Piano"... Has anyobody tried it? I also have an EMu 
ESi 
> sampler with 128mb of memory... If anybody know of a good sample 
cd 
> or plug please help me out....
> 
> I like the feel of the alesis enough, is the sound dynamics what i 
> don't like. I especially hate how unrealistic the sustain pedal 
> sounds and the fact the the aftertouch seems to be for all the 
keys 
> and not each single key individually...
> 
> I've played some expensive roland and yamaha electric pianos and 
> though they responded better it wasn't really that close to a real 
> piano...
> 
> Do any of you is going or went through the same situation?
> 
> I'm really frustrated... Any help is more than welcome....."
> 
> 
> BTW, has anybody tried the acoustic pianos on the ZR rom? It's 
> supposed to be great...
> 
> 
> thanks...
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> > Thanks! I don't know much about the soft module/synth subject... 
> What 
> > I'm really looking for is a soft/hard module with good acoustic 
and 
> > old keyboard sounds... 
> > 
> > >>>Ah, you definitely don't want Plex then, it's more for weird 
> sounds and 
> > shit you've never heard before. <<<
> > 
> > I'm not much of a synthhead...  I'm quite happy in that 
deparment 
> with my 
> > XL-7, the ES1/2 in logic 5 and the 
> > free stuff I've downloaded like crystal 2. I just mess with the 
> parameters 
> > til i get something I like... Mostly atmospheric sounds and some 
> > background melodies/harmonies. Where I'm not fully happy is with 
> the 
> > acoustic pianos (and strings for the most part)... Any advice on 
> that 
> > deparment?
> > 
> > >>>If you want to keep it in the XL-7, I'd suggest a P2500 Rom 
> (otherwise 
> > known as the Proteus Pop ROM) which is exactly what I use for 
those 
> types 
> > of sounds.  Otherwise, in terms of software you could maybe go 
with 
> > Sampletank and a bread and butter collection of samples they 
> offer.  In 
> > terms of hardware, maybe something like a Roland JV1010, or a 
used 
> > XV-2020?  Going to be hard to find hardware that cheap though, 
even 
> used. 
> > My vote would be for the ROM. <<<
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