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

Wow! pretty sick sh*t rEalm.  Excellent track!  How long did it take 
you to finish that project?  I'm even more inspired to familiarize 
myself with my XL7 after that demo.

--- In xl7@y..., erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> Well, during a nice long break from work, I was finally able to 
get some 
> new music done, woo hoo!  The track is called "In The Spiral", and 
you can 
> check it out at:
> 
> http://www.angelfire.com/realm/2gstratus/InTheSpiral.htm
> 
> Just right click on the file and save it your hard drive to listen 
to it. 
> I'll post it to my Iuma site so it can be streamed as well, once 
they get 
> it back up and running.
> 
> Originally this was just a pattern I wrote in the Emu XL-7 to play 
out 
> live, but I liked it so much I felt it warrented a full on tune.  
The XL-7 
> pattern was transferred into the computer as a Standard MIDI File 
via 
> E-Loader.  From there it was imported into Cubase where I arranged 
the 
> song structure as MIDI, and did some minor additional 
programming.  The 
> tracks were then imported one at a time into Cubase as audio files 
where 
> they were mixed with only a minimum amount of additional plug ins 
being 
> used.  All of the sounds in this song and the main effects were 
directly 
> from the XL-7.
> 
> Mastering was performed in Wavelab using Freefilter, and a touch 
of 
> Loudness Maximizer, although I deliberately didn't make it as loud 
as I 
> could have in order to preserve the dynamics of the song.  Not 
sure how 
> well the MP3 will translate that, but I for one am sick of music 
being 
> squashed simply for the the sake of more volume. :)  Enjoy, and 
I'd love 
> to hear some feedback from other Command Station users.
> 
> rEalm