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--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "critten98" <travis.crittenden@c...> 
wrote:
> I have only heard the drum rom and was very impressed, but that's 
> not why I'm chiming in...
> 
> If I remember correctly, you only get 2 banks of presets with the 
> Orchestra ROM. If so, you had better REALLY want to only add 2 
banks 
> of Orchestra presets. Sounds like a lot, but rememeber, it's and 
> orchestra ROM. Not just strings, but Oboe, etc... too. Might not 
be 
> a huge selection of sounds you will really use in a composition 
(not 
> sure what styles your into though)
> 
> If it were me, the Drums. Need good strings? Me too. How often? 
Not 
> too often. And there are more than just strings in there, but how 
> how often do you need those other sounds?
> 
> Need good drums? Always. And three helpings, please.
> 
> -T
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, aeon <aeonlux@c...> wrote:
> > OK...so imagine you had one ROM slot left and money
> > burning a hole in your pocket (heh!)...and you knew
> > you were going to get one last ROM for that slot...
> > and the choice was going to either be the Protean Drum
> > ROM or the Siedlaczek Orchestra ROM.
> > 
> > assume that you had no greater need for one over the
> > other, and each would suit the music you create.
> > 
> > why would you choose one over the other? please
> > address the quality of the base samples, the mapping,
> > the looping and the quality of the patches that utilize
> > those samples.
> > 
> > for example, do the patches have effective velocity
> > control for expression, modwheel assignment for sound
> > shaping and the like?
> > 
> > again, I could use some realistic drums and percussives,
> > but I could also use some orchestral section sounds,
> > and I wonder what people who own one or in particular
> > both might have to say about them...the more words the
> > better!
> > 
> > 
> > thanks so much in advance!
> > aeon