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

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Qwanta
Answer to question 1. The preset banks are different. The good news for
you is you can download all of the XL-1 banks from our web site,
emu.com. Go to the Xl-7 page and then to downloads.

Question number 2. Of course not. The Xl-7 is a current product and will
continue to get lots of support. You have made a wise purchase. 

sean at e-mu / ensoniq

qwanta wrote:
> 
> I just picked up my XL-7 yesterday and have been tinkering with it
> all day.  No probs so far but haven't started a project yet so I'll
> save my opinions for later.  But one thing that a friend who owns an
> XL-1 pointed out was that they do not appear to contain the same
> preset banks.  There's some overlap but many differences.  Granted I
> assumed the XL-7 came with the XL-1 preset ROMs so I have only myself
> to blame for the confusion.  But why are they partially different?
> Was there some kind of sound incompatibility or something?
> 
> Also I heard a disturbing rumor from not one but two seperate
> equipment dealers yesterday.  When I went to dealer A to pick up the
> unit the guy (who is usually very knowledgable about these things)
> told me he had sold out and had no plans to reorder because E-MU was
> discontinuing the product.  Scratching my head (news to me) I went
> down the road to national chain dealer B who had one remaining in
> stock.  I was told I was lucky because according to their database
> they had no plans to reorder.  When I asked why he said they usually
> only see that when a product is being discontinued.  !!  What's up
> with that???  Is this true??  Please tell me I didn't just sink a
> grand into a machine that's going to have no support in a year.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Qwanta
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