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I think the sounds are in the orbit3 files
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/orbit3/

I like the p drum. Really nice cymbals and snares.
I have been getting some really good sounds working with the beat 
garden lately. While there are alot of presets I do not use, I don't 
find that to be an issue. There are plenty of nice interesting 
sounds, although sometimes a few knob twists away.
 The sied orch is nice too. Very real sounding in the mix, sometimes 
too real.
 tom

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Stu" <routerman@z...> wrote:
> Try pressing the E-mu/Ens button in the navigation menu on the 
left hand
> side...
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruddah Max [mailto:bruddahmax@c...]
> Sent: 10 April 2004 04:05
> To: Emu XL-7 Yahoo Group
> Subject: [xl7] what happened to robpapen.com? also rant on ROMs...
> 
> 
> i remember there being demos of the Orbit 3 / Beat Garden there, 
with
> additional TSCY presets for download and all of Rob's various 
projects (and
> his Virus stuff too) but now it seems to just be shilling the 
Albino
> softsynth. is the old site still available somewhere?
> 
> i was hoping to get a listen at the Beat Garden presets again, not 
just the
> rather stupid E-mu demo songs. i swear, someone should at some 
point for
> some company write an actual good tune for a demo song, something 
that says
> "yes, an actual song that one might listen to can be made with 
this product"
> versus some keyboardist going all prog-wiggy playing something i 
can never
> hope to even approximate, not that i would want to. this is 
especially true
> of any "dance" demo for any number of products that i have heard. 
as dance
> songs go they are all universally un-danceable. stop with your 
stupid
> instrument progressions and whiz-bang effects sounds and give me 
twenty
> seconds of thumping dance music, you cheerless tone deaf demo 
programming
> bastards!*
> 
> of the available ROMs, i've had in some P2K synth or other at some 
point in
> time the following:
> 
> Composer (Proteus 2000)
> Techno Synth Construction Yard
> Xtreme Lead
> Ensoniq Project
> Protozoa
> Pure Phatt
> Proteus Pop Collection
> 
> of these, the TSCY, Xtreme Lead, and the Proteus Pop collection 
were the
> only ones that struck me as particularly good (and yes i know the 
Composer
> and Proteus Pop ROMs have identical samples - Pop has much better 
presets,
> though, and is more organized). the Ensoniq Project was a major
> disappointment, exceeded only by the Pure Phatt, which i find as 
useless as
> a cheese-filled danish (although for the R&B/hip hop crowd i 
suppose one
> could make some ok tunes, but tend to hate that music these days). 
Protozoa
> has the one good bank (the mix first bank) and the rest sounds so 
very very
> dated and hollow that i found them generally unpleasant and 
lifeless. maybe
> i just want more dynamic sounds and actual synthesis than just 
straight up
> "let's play back a sample". so now my question for y'all: which 
P2K ROM
> would you recommend most highly to someone else, and why?
> 
> --
> Bruddah Max
> Lord of the Dance
> 
> * if you are one of these cheerless tone deaf demo programming 
bastards
> (CTDDPB), i only say that with the deepest respect and love. 
really. no,
> really.
> 
> 
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