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

jason, lewis, thank you for your thoughts!

I bought the zr expansion board, these are my two cents, if anybody 
else considers buying it:
Piano: AWSOME! The first realistic sound I found on a ROMpler.
drums: okay, but not the same punch than whats on the mp-7 sound rom.
percussion and acoustic bass: better on the mp-7
brass/woodwinds/flute and stuff: I don´t like it. You find better 
sounds on dancehall equipment like the Yammie PSR. Sax and trumpets 
are disappointing. Not Emu level.
E-Pianos: I quite liked them but I am not experienced with this and 
cant compare. 
Pads and Synths: good.

Overall: The ZR expansion board may be a good (but not overwhelming) 
bread and butter sound module, but only and really worth the price 
when a very realistic piano sound is needed. For expanding the mp-7 I 
was a little disappointed. Maybe I am expecting (to) much but for 300 
bucks you can do so. Anybody who knows something about the new 
proteus composer board Lewis was mentioning?

All the best

Heinrich




--- In xl7@y..., "kinslow32333" <kinslow.lewis@m...> wrote:
> --- In xl7@y..., "heinrich22001" <hhuent@g...> wrote:
> > 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
> 
> I e-mailed the E-MU sales rep a few weeks ago and asked about the 
> release of the Proteus Composer ROM. He said they will be releasing 
> it in the "near future". He told me to check back in mid January. 
I'm 
> hoping to hear about something at the next NAMM show Jan. 17th.
> 
> Lewis