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

Ooops... Sorry I was so into you live set, banging rhytms with my 
fingers on the comp's keyboard, that hit enter by mistake! Bro' I 
like this set a lot better than the other one I heard, which was 
pretty cool to begin with. I like the way you leave space in the mix, 
I tend to cramp layers of sounds that sometime don't contribute 
anything to the song.... The only problem that I have is that it 
takes to long to download. I started listen to it like an hour ago 
and I've onle heard 34% of it...


Anywho, I know what you mean about them targeting different styles of 
working... I'm way more comfortable dealing with loops. Stylus sounds 
interesting 'cause I could also download the loops I rearrage to my 
Sp-505 to play live and even chop them up and treat them as samples, 
which is the method of working I usually use. I'm much better at 
chopping rhythms and making something out of them than progamming 
them with midi and just single hits.... Now If I could use the riffs 
on the xx-7 roms (BTW I read the manual in this respect and didn't 
find how to copy the patterns to use with other sounds...) or 
download some midi templates I could use with my XL-7 I might just go 
for the drum rom. I've found choosing sounds for the patterns on the 
XL7 rather tedious 'cause it's the sounds what usually inspires me to 
bang the rhythms out... I'd rather have all the hits in one track or  
just use the presets... You said that the presets on the rom drum are 
good to go, so if I could find some good groove templates it'd be for 
me just as good as getting Stylus...

What do you think?





--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "sincultura13" <sincultura13@y...> wrote:
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> > Hmm, well you're comparing vastly different things, but I can see 
> your 
> > point with them being the same price.  Here's my take on it:
> > 
> > - Stylus. The big attraction here is the sheer quantity of 
samples 
> you 
> > get, over 3GB if I remember correctly.  Most of them are very 
good 
> for 
> > sure, Eric Pershing is an ace sound designer.  The downside is 
that 
> you're 
> > more or less stuck with using the loops as is (minus the synth 
> section) 
> > unless you export them as audio files and then slice and dice 
> them.  Also, 
> > in order to use them, you need run the plug in from with in a 
> computer 
> > sequencer, so partability's out.
> > 
> > - Protean Drum ROM.  While you don't get anywhere near the amount 
> of 
> > samples as with Stylus (only 32MB), you do get nice and easy 
> intregration 
> > with the XX-7, and quality acoustic drum samples.  So it's easy 
to 
> just 
> > fire up the box and get working right away.  Not to mention you 
> won't be 
> > tied into the computer either, which may or may not be an issue 
for 
> you.
> > 
> > Personally, I think it all somes down to the way you're more 
> comfortable 
> > working.  If you typically work in the PC and prefer that way or 
> working, 
> > then Stylus may be the better choice.  However if you like 
working 
> on 
> > hardware more, than I would say the Drum ROM would be a better 
> choice.
> > 
> > rEalm
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I just came across this plug called stylus that comes with 3 gigs 
> of 
> > drum loops/sounds (mostly breakbeats/hiphop kinda sounds which 
> suites 
> > me just fine but also precussion loops and what not....) and a 
> groove 
> > control feature that lets you freely rearrange and strech loops 
> > without sound degradetion... The price is about the same as Emu's 
> > drum rom. I was almost sold on the idea of the drum rom but this 
> > Stylus plugs sounds tempting too....
> > 
> > 
> > Is anyone willing to give pros/cons for each of the options? 
> > 
> > 
> > thanks in advance.
> > 
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