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

--- In xl7@y..., NOLAbar10der@a... wrote:
>  Hi everyone. A friend of mine wants to trade his 505 for my XL-7 
(plus cash). I have a couple of questions.
> 
>  I'm assuming that some of you are 505 expatriates. Has anyone used 
both units with SonarXL? Any advantages? Does one unit work better 
with Sonar than the other?  Alos, I'm running a Boss dr-202. Will 
it 'fit' better with the Roland or does it even make a difference? 
>  I know the 505 has hardware limitations (no expansion, shitty 
presets, etc). As stand-alone, does anyone have opinions about the 
machines vs. each other? I do like the sexy part-mixer on the 505, 
but I also like my 16 tracks on the XL, not mention the USB. 
> 
>    Thanks in advance, Brian

   505 is great fun, it's easy to use and the mixer is great.It's 
also very reliable. You can edit the sounds till your heart is 
content. Major advantage over xl7- you can record the mute settings 
ie to switch on and off during a song.Also in grid record mode the 
thing will actually 'hover' at the section you are recording.Watch 
out though , I don't know if this is still the case but at one time 
the smart media cards they use for back up etc were (and probably 
still aren't) conventional -meaning that their use was an expensive 
and difficult to find affair.(this should be your only area of 
concern)
            Bryan