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

Hey Realm, I've been considering the MPC1000 too... One thing to 
concider with them, though, is the countinous problems people have 
reported about akai products and their first OS. I'm planning to 
wait 'til they iron out the OS before jumping in. MPC4000 users are 
still waiting for the implementation of some features that were 
listed in the spcecs and haven't made it yet to the machine... Also 
there were plenty of bug reports with their last to S series samplers 
and even more about the Z series... I'm saving $20 a month, figuring 
that by the time the MPC1000 is all good I'll have about half the 
money to get it.... HEHE..

Also, Realm, are you planning on dropping the XL-7 too? What concerns 
me a bit about getting the MPC1000 is paying for a sequencer I might 
not use.... I'm to busy right now with work (and in debt 'til 
february, hehe...) an all to really push the limits of my studio 
(other than the piano/string thing) I'm hopin that by the time the 
MPC drops I'd figure out if I'd be better of running a laptop with a 
midi tweak box, a Z4, or just buying two processors for my Emu ESi. 
maybe a Kaoss and a Line6 Echo unit...


About the Boss SP's, I have the Sp-505 is really fun to use and an 
excellent tool... Still is rather limiting with its only 4 stereo 
voices. I guess it be the same thing with the Sp-303. The good thing 
about them, is that you can find them really cheap second hand... If 
I find a 303 or 505 or even a 202 really cheap I'm getting another. 
Especially concidering what realm pointed out about the space in 
clubs... A XL-7 + two Sp-505 is a nice combo if you work mainly by 
triggering loops...





--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> Not to sound too unpro, but what about the Boss SP-303? 
> 
> >>>I did actually seriously consider that one as well, though if I 
do get 
> rid of the Sp808, I'd prefer to gain features or at least make the 
move 
> lateral.  Th Sp303 is definitely a nice robust portable sampler, 
but I'm 
> hoping to cover my bases for any future direction I decide to take, 
one 
> reason the MPC1000 is slightly in the lead. ,<<
> 
> Sure, it's not velocity sensative, but it's got some ok effects. 
Might 
> even be able to control velocity that way (will have to check).
> 
> >>>I'm pretty sure that it does respond to velocity via external 
midi. ,<<
> 
> rEalm
> (thanks for the suggestion, I need to keep that on in mind. <<<
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