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

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Honest Steve" <honest.twenty3@v...> 
wrote:
> A friend of mine is wanting to get into making electronic music 
again, right
> now he is most interested in jungle.  I am pushing for him to get a 
XL-7...........<snip>......I told him that for a sampler he is better 
off saving up to get
> something more powerful (like an EMU refurb unit) and then use the 
XL-7 to
> drive it.  I may be being pigheaded about it, but does anyone have 
any
> opinions on the "XL-7 vs Boss DR202 and SP303" debate.
> 

Not pigheaded, I think your right on the money! :)

I also have an XL-7 and the SP-303. It's a great inexpensive 
combination. Before I got my XL-7, I looked at some of the Boss 
rythym units. The reason I went with the EMU was expandablitity (the 
Boss's had none), nice pads (to play on), great sequencer, need I go 
on? :)
The SP-303 I had before my XL-7. The SP-303 is a nice basic sampler. 
It's good for triggering on-shot samples, like a vocal phrase, drum 
sounds, or sound fx's. That's what I use it for. It can NOT pitch a 
sample across the pads or keyboard range (like a Yamaha SU200 or an 
EMU sampler, for example). If he wants to sample or create 
synth/keyboard sounds, go for the EMU sampler.

But an XL-7 or MP-7 (maybe the MP because he wants to do Jungle) and 
an SP-303 would be a good start, IMO.