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

Midiquest is supposed to have an editor out "by fall 2003" which I 
hope means soon...
Dana
--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "flibfree" <flibfree@w...> wrote:
> Hello all,
>       Just wanted to say that I emailed Emagic regarding the 
> possibility of an editor for the XX-7 series for SoundDiver.  They 
> said they had no current plans to write one.  Major bad news...
>        I would be very willing to PAY! for a decent editor for 
these 
> machines (and an EOS sampler editor would be great, too...).  These 
> are such incredible machines, but without an editor you are 
hamstrung 
> using them.  Very frustrating.  I would hazard a guess that sales 
of 
> these kinds of instruments would soar simply if a good editor were 
> made available.  This is a major oversight in the marketing 
> area...       
>       Somebody mentioned using the AN200 a while back and I have to 
> agree - I've got an AN1x and the editor makes it a joy to work 
with.  
> I do tweak it from the front panel a lot, but for the more complex 
> stuff, the editor takes all the pain away.  Wake up E-mu - you NEED 
> to do this... You've got the sonic excellence - now you just need 
to 
> work on the user interface.  
>       I am pretty disappointed with Emagic, I must say.  To not 
> support these machines is criminal.  However, they didn't say they 
> wouldn't do one - just that it wasn't on the agenda at this point 
in 
> time... So, maybe they will change their minds and make it a 
> priority... Would sure be nice...  Maybe we all need to fire off 
> emails to them to help them make the decision ;)  Squeaky wheels 
and 
> all...
> 
>                Flibfree