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

Thats a good idea. I think the PX-7 color would also suit my tastes. 
As far as presets I am not nesisarily a preset player. I like using 
presets (slightly tweaked)on boxes like the mc909 and cammand station 
but I own a few synths that I make my own patches always. (jupiter 6, 
Korg mono/poly, Juno 106, Korg MS2000) Im am more of a down tempo 
kind of guy and the mc909 just doesnt do that style as well as i 
would like. I also love acoustic cymbals on my music and it doesnt 
have as much as i need. I could get an expansion board for acoustic 
drum sounds but them ill be maxed out because the mc909 only has one 
slot. As far as sampling goes that is one thing I would defility miss 
in the mc909 but im thinking i can purchase a good sampler 
afterwards. For the money I could get for the mc909 i could purchase 
all those roms and the command station so im thinking it might be the 
right dirrection.


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Bruddah Max <bruddahmax@c...> wrote:
> On 9/25/04 7:18 PM, "analog_geek" <marsholie@h...> wrote:
> 
> > I currently own an MC-909 and was thinking of selling it to 
purchase
> > the MP-7 and three roms. (Protean Drums ROM, Beat Garden ROM, 
Vintage
> > Collection ROM) Im thinking this would give me more sounds than 
the
> > MC-909 currently has. But I have a few concerns.
> > The mc-909 is rock solid. Doesnt crash at all. Is the MP-7 this 
way?
> 
> the Command Stations are very stable. i've never had one crash, 
ever.
> 
> > ALso the mc909 can sequence up to 16 peices of gear. This is 
useful
> > for my collection of synths. I see that the command staion has two
> > midi outputs but can I still midi chain my synths together to
> > controll more than two pieces of gear?
> 
> the Command Station can control up to 32 pieces of external kit (32 
MIDI
> channels over two MIDI Out ports). MIDI Thru works if your external 
gear
> passes MIDI to a Thru port.
> 
> much as i love the Command Stations, i wouldn't trade an MC-909 for 
one,
> especially since the 909 has sampling and a USB connection to 
transfer
> samples to/from a computer. plus Roland's effects are better and 
more
> varied.
> 
> however, if you're not so hot on sampling and are mainly a "preset 
tweaker"
> type of person, the Command Station would suit you well,  as with 4 
ROMs
> you're talkin' a good 2048 presets. if it were me, i'd try to get a 
PX-7
> (which has the Protean Drums ROM) because it is a more neutral gray 
and has
> the OS 2.0 shift functions stenciled in above the sequencer 
controls. the
> MP-7 is nifty purple but can be too dark (as mine was) and thus 
difficult to
> read. i switched back to an XL-7 for the bright yellow - good 
contrast in
> low-light situations.
> --
> Bruddah Max
> Lord of the Dance