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

Hey there,
I'm pretty new to the wonderful world of E-MU, so take my comments 
with a grain of salt. I've got an XL-7 with an additional Pure Phatt 
ROM installed. Here's my opinions of both:

XL-7 ROM: Awesome. Simply awesome. The drums, the basses, the pads, 
the leads - everything just shines with quality sound. My friend (who 
is a real audiophile) came over to my house and was blown away by how 
clean the presets were. I would recommend this ROM to anyone who 
wants fantastic synth sounds. I think it's incredible. 

Pure Phatt ROM: I was VERY disappointed by this one. I read a million 
reviews of this ROM ahead of time, and everyone kept saying the same 
things: most of the presets are virtually unusable. I chose to ignore 
them - I shouldn't have. A HUGE number of the presets are guitar 
samples, and a good number of those are just wah wah strumming. I 
don't find much use for them, but that's just me. I can imagine some 
other E-MU users creating some damn good songs with those presets. 
Having said that, the quality of the presets are really good. The 
Pure Phatt ROM isn't all bad, however.....The basses are really good, 
and the drums are simply amazing! I haven't heard the Protean drums 
ROM  yet (though I have one arriving shortly), but the Pure Phatt 
drums are good and "huge" sounding. There's a good variety of hard 
hitting hip hop drums. I would seriously consider selling this ROM if 
it weren't for the amazing drums. 

And there you have it - my two cents. 
Fab

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "_5ht" <_5ht@y...> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am a new member here, although I have browsed before. I am 
looking 
> to buy a PX-7 (it's just too sexy, and I want the Emu sound).
> 
> ROMs seem to be going fast. I am trying to choose two (I'd like to 
> leave one slot open for now) from the following:
> 
> proteus 2000
> pure phatt
> beat garden
> xl-7 rom
> sounds of ZR
> peter Z orchestra
> 
> I have other synths so I do not need many electronic sounds, 
> although if the xl-7 rom is super-cool I may want to go for it.  
Can 
> you guys help with some suggestions? I know I want the vintage 
> collection rom and will keep an eye out for that on ebay. Pure 
phatt 
> also sounded great from the samples I heard on the Emu site.