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

The MPC does have a ROM.  You can buy one here if you like:
http://www.rogerlinndesign.com/01products/mpc60.html




Rob

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "uwodsi" <pkirkup@c...> wrote:
> Sorry to contradict Eric (and I should thank him in passing for all
> his work on this group) but there was indeed a discussion either 
here
> or possibly the MC909 or MPC list, and the upshot of some testing 
was
> that when you quantize on an MPC it rounds a few of the numbers 
down
> instead of up as on the EMUs and the 909, and as a consequence you
> actually get a slightly different feel. This is the swing hip hop
> people rave about. There are MPC templates for sequencer programmes
> like Logic which will provide this.  The MIDI/sound thing that 
rEalm
> mentions is a reference to the fact that psocessing ROM samples 
eats
> up processor power and can cause lagging.  The MPC does not have 
this
> problem because it has no internal ROM.  
> By the way, if anyone can find the postings which give the MPC
> quantize values please let me know (pkirkup@c...).
> P
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> > The MPC's are known for having really tight timing, not really 
for a 
> > strange swing (hold on though, I know what you're getting at).  
The
> reason 
> > they have tight timing, is that while they use MIDI for 
sequencing
> (duh), 
> > they don't use it for internal data transmission within the
> sequencer, so 
> > they aren't limited to the MIDI spec's serial nature.  So their 
groove 
> > templates and swing settings are sought after not because they 
are
> strange 
> > or that different from any other sequencer, but because the 
timing
> is so 
> > tight on them.
> > 
> > rEalm
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi peops,
> > Ive read long time ago an article in this list, explaining why 
mpc 
> > sequencer gave a strange swing/feel to midi (it talked about 
ppq, 
> > quantize et cubase in it)
> > Someome know what im talking about ?
> > 
> > If u can answer me and give me a link to it it would be great.
> > 
> > 
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