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

Sorry to hear that rEalm decided to leave his PX7 home when gigging. 

>>>Trust me, it was a VERY hard decision to make, and not one I made 
lightly. <<<

I am in the same boat - How would I recreate complicated sequences 
reliably live? 

>>>For me, this was only partly the issue that led me to try the laptop 
route.  Basically, I had spent months prepping a new live set using the 
PX-7, and when I recorded a demo and sent it out to promoters and friends, 
I got the same response "It's good, but nowhere near as good as your 
studio tracks".  I don't think it was neccesarily the material that was 
bad, it just wasn't as punchy and full sounding as my normal tunes due to 
lack of dynamics processing.  So I began to look into getting a sampler to 
augment it, and a dynamics processor.  Eventually I began to realize that 
for the money I was about to spend on those, I could a laptop and a Indigo 
soundcard.

In the past my live sets have always been totally new tracks and not live 
performances of my studio tunes.  This setup lets me take my studio tacks 
on the road, so at least I can get some use out of the songs that I really 
liked, but could never get signed.  Had my first gig in MInneapolis last 
weekend with the new set up, and it went over extremely well, probably the 
best gig of my life.  I'm hooked now.  :)

http://www.mnvibe.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44099  <<<

For me a laptop is not the answer.  Don't get me wrong, Ableton is bad ass 
and I have used it to 'organize' some of my best songs, BUT I wouldn't 
show up at a gig w/ it.

>>>I hear you, it is a vastly different way of working, and I'm still 
working out how I want to control everything. I'm currently using a Korg 
MicroKontrol, but not sure it's the best choice for live use.  It's very 
important to me to not be clicking with a mouse the whole set.

Anyway, the PX-7 will still get plenty of use, and I'm glad I'm starting 
with a clean pallette now.  My current plan is to use it as a loop and 
sound design tool.  Basically each pattern w/effects will be dedicated to 
a single custom Preset, so instead of using Patterns as mini songs, I'll 
have a collection of hooks and loops to use as I see fit later on in my 
studio tracks.  I'd never sell the PX-7 though, if for no other reason 
than I'm hooked on the World ROM! <<<

rEalm










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