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

Thanks fellas for these excellent posts.

I started to take Command Stations seriously when I got frustrated 
with my underpowered iBook (on which I was using Numerology and FM7 
for improvised sequencing) and found out these beasts could be gotten 
at excellent value for the money.  That's the main reason I started 
looking for one and found my XL-7.  I'm convinced the XL-7 will allow 
me to take the sequencer-as-an-instrument idea to the next level (the 
internal synth is no joke too, of course, especially with the 
expansion ROMS).  My study of the XL-7's included d-n-b style 
patterns/sequences is not with imitation as the ultimate goal - I too 
feel this study will serve as a springboard to other things.

Paolo

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, DJ 4TFY <dj4tfy@s...> wrote:
> Word to this.
> Dnb is a genre of music that uses the instruments in a whole  
different way.  Your basically using them in a way that was never 
intended (dark, rugged, distorted, beafy sounds.  loud bangin 
drums..etc..)
>  
> If what you want is amens, then the xx-7 is not the machine.  I 
make dnb, but preffer to make my own beats (that I personally think 
sound excellent) (using protean, mo-phatt, and x-lead).  So if what 
you want is ragga jungle or that real old mashed up sound, get a 
software program.  Amens are all sample based..
>  
> The xx-7 imo is a machine that does take dnb to another level.  No 
one thought this machine would suite my needs prior to investing in 
it.  I've had it for about 3-4 months and I'm making the stuff I've 
always wanted to hear, but no one makes... (which is why I even 
started to produce) 
>  
> So, like everyone says, "It's not what you got, but how you use it"
> Look outside of the box. Any good dnb/jungle can be made with just 
a simple beat kit and a few sounds with some knobs.  I personally 
have learned that you can't take other people's advice when it comes 
to hardware.  Try it, test it out, and see if it suites your needs.
>  
> Hope this helps.  
> Peace
> 
> robotchas <robotchas@y...> wrote:
> Given this:
> 
> > it's all about using the right sounds.  Actually, 
> > SPECIFIC sounds.  Specific samples. (i.e. "amen break")  If you 
> don't 
> > have the right samples, then you don't have the right tools at 
your 
> > disposal.
> 
> And this:
> 
> > In my opinion, jungle's big downfall is that the formula is so 
> rigid 
> > that it has left itself nowhere to go, and that the style was 
> played 
> > out a couple of years ago.  It seems pretty damn tired to me.
> 
> It seems that doing "inappropriate" jungle might be just the way to 
> breathe some life into it.
> 
> I hate the whole microgenre musical pigeonhole thing myself. Screw 
> the taxonomists, do what sounds good to YOU.
> 
> 
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