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

Just for comparative purposes: The Advanced Orchestra ROM lists a 
paultry 58 ROM Instruments (with two banks of presets based on those 
instruments).  I have seen no documentation on this, but I highly 
suspect (i.e., willing to bet just on the basis of my own two ears) 
that each of those 58 instruments has multiple samples.

Point 1: If I am right, the number of rom instruments does not tell 
you anything about the number of samples a rom has. (Anyone know if 
sample lists/maps are available for the roms?)

Point 2: If I am right, I suppose I could create my own orchestras by 
putting different rom instruments on different layers and zoning them 
across the playable spectrum.  I believe you (realm) has already 
described how to do this to create customized drum maps.

Point 3: I haven't compared the Advanced Orchestra ROM with other 
orchestras (roms, synths, software), but others seem to have rated 
this ROM very highly.  (That's why I got it.)

Hope this adds to the quality v. quantity discussion.

--Dr. Steve

PS: rEalm, thanks for your very kind words of a week or so ago.


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "realm619" <erik_magrini@B...> wrote:
> I think the PX-7 ROM actually has the least amount of samples of
> all the ROMs, I personally think the acoustic kits are great.  What 
> didn't you like about it?
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Matt Picone" <matman@m...> wrote:
> > I will say the PX-7 Rom seems a bit stuffed.
> > I would rather have had quality over quantity.
> > Are the others as "diverse"?