zr rom is cool and is very good at some breadnbutter stuff... the brass is very usable and the grandpianos are awesome.. but it's a tad bit dated with the sounds. it's from the ensoniq mr/zr stuff and that's what 4yrs behind...I bought for the same reasons you are raising and found it stale and dated.. the mp7 efx help a lot but the epiano's sound like bells/dx7 patches not a one bite and rhodes grit. the wurly is well yuk!!!! the strings are passable, the basses are great(but the mp already has dope bass patches)�some of the organs work well. the drums are sad compared to what's in the mp7 already. It's a hard one to figure out with no proteus rom chip out there for sale. For the rom chip prices(or what I paid) I would be more careful and return it on my first impulse for somethingelse more useful....if that's your feeling after your purchase and playing with it. I waited and held on to to it now I'm stuck!!!
oh well.......in short for Gpianos,somestrings,pads,synths(withefx),acousticbasses,brass i'd say you'll be cool and get some use out of it for sure. for Epianos, drums save your money.
until theres a proteus romchip(never?) it will have to do!!
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jaswho? J Williams http//:www.soulminerecords.com the future of underground house sounds check the "simplyRawhouse series" >From: "heinrich22001" >Reply-To: xl7@yahoogroups.com >To: xl7@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [xl7] sound of the zr expansion - any good? >Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:40:42 -0000 > >What do you think of it: I have the mp-7 and need some bread and >butter (my mp-7 delivers lots of hits in fifths but you can hardly >use that for writing your own melodies) Beat Garden seems to be more >direted towards techno, right? But I am more of the R&B department. >How about the brass section? > >Any hints welcome > >Heinrich > > >------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> >FREE COLLEGE MONEY >CLICK HERE to search >600,000 scholarships! >http://us.click.yahoo.com/vf6MrB/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/pWZylB/TM >---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >xl7-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >
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