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

hello there i have owned an RM1x and i might add for about 3 weeks.  
I got it in order to replace the computer platform sequencer i had 
been running for years.  I got it home and was supper happy with it 
untill i reolized a few things that i could not live with.

The haveing to hit stop all the time to go into record and many many 
other reasons,limited midi and well...the sounds are not editable 
enuf.  I could go on.  But i will get to the point.  The RM1x is a 
toy compaired to this thing.  I find the sequencer to be a little 
less intuitive than the RM1x, altough I have talked to a couple of 
people that feel that i am a freak for this opinion.  The presets on 
the XL7 don't do alot for me overall but it just dont matter at all 
due to the absolutly asome editability of the synth.  compairing the 
synth in the RM1x to the synth in the XL7 is like compairing a go 
cart to a tank in a battle.  I know you dont want tech info but this 
is not clear to the eye in the specs.  you can set up the four aux 
sends as send/returns for FX as well as to recive inputs from other 
gear.  I have never heard of a more flexable input output setup on 
anything.  One thing that buggs me is the lack of a disk drive but 
that is just me and my old fashond ways.  I bought an external 
sequencer so i did not have to use a computer for music, i dont like 
relying on microsoft.  I would rather have a box of disks.  But i am 
a freak in this way as well.  The other thing that is anoying about 
the XL7 is the lack to controll program changes in external gear but 
that will be fixed soon enuf, there are a couple of other small buggs 
that need to be worked out but the people at E-MU are actualy 
dedicated to fixing them not like the people at yamaha.  For example 
i orderd the upgrade chip for the os from yamaha via a major store in 
my city and i never got a call in 17 days, this is just way to long!  
I got my XL7 home and found there was a problem and went throug the 
freak out process of calling and emailing E-MU and then promptly 
downloaded the os upgrade and it was fixed.  same day....done.   so 
there ya go, buy one i am confadent that the days that i am complaing 
about buggs will be long forgotten, and the many users to come will 
watch this thing become a classic.

Bottom line 

this thing is DA BOMB!

Phew...that was a rant, he he :P

--- In xl7@y..., faxorgy@m... wrote:
> Hi all I just signed up here (recently got an UltraProteus and love 
> it) I own an EII+ w/huge library SP808EX DX7IIfd and EA-1/ER/ES-1 + 
> Filterfactory. Now I've been using an RM for 2 years and quite 
> frankly it shits me. The interface (gags)/ the sounds(gags some 
more) 
> and the total inability to really customise them gets to me. Has 
> anyone here used an RM and can give me a fair comparison. I dont 
need 
> to know synth specs etc... its EMU need I say more but more on the 
> sequencing front as this sounds like it'd be the dogs bollocks of a 
> controller for all my other kit. Any replies would be greatly 
> appreciated. Oh anyone know the list price (AUS $) of one of these 
> babies as I'm eager as hell to ditch my RM for something far 
> for "PRO" sounding etc....
> ThaNx Oscar