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

Yep, still glad i brought mine.. 
Ive tryed (and owned..) MPC2K, QM309, MMT8's.
Got to say that the command station is powerful enough with the 
features it has to create good sounding tracks on its own.
I dont like many of the presets but that is where you ve got to get 
in there and program your own. 
Mine was expanded (XL-7) with the Techno synth construction yard and 
the beat garden rom. I put in the Protean drum rom as well.
With all of that in there there are 3037 (ish..!) samples, thats alot!
How many kick drums etc do you really need??
Ive heard some stuff come out of this box that sounds very much like 
my Waldorf XT (not 100% of course). Thats good in my world.
I wish that you could map out your own drum kits more sensibly beyond 
the 4 layer and transposing layers.. also wish it had a flash card 
interface.
I sat here yesterday wondering about the filters, very subtle at 
times to the point of not working?? But then you change the sample 
are they spring into life. Depends on a samples harmonic make up i 
guess.
Also i find the effects buss routing stange as well. Maybe this was a 
hardware limitation? It works though..
Ive still got a lot more to figure out about this box, but its deep 
enough to get right in there. Love it!
At the end of the day i find this more creative interface than the 
MPC which i did feel was a battle at times, then it would crash..
The QM309 is amasing in a simular way but lacks any real power. Great 
for crunchy techno and sampling from.
MMT8's are MMT8's...
Dont know much about the roland groove boxes, other than i didnt take 
then too seriously.. Didnt like the sound of them at all, same 
old "sound" and no bollox.

Cheers a
Gonz


  



--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Brock Hiroshima <brockhiroshima@s...> 
wrote:
> the Yamaha RS 7000 is pretty beefy! I got mine for
> $450 (lucky) and am using both the Xl-7 and the
> RS....the RS has everything layed out well allowing
> you to tweak without having to use the scroll wheel
> everytime.....it also has a sampler which is nice for
> drum kits....only drawback is the stock sounds aren't
> nearly up to par with my Xl-7 (Techno,Beat Garden,and
> Xl-7 lead Rom) but the stock sounds are still cool in
> the fact that they are basic wave shapes and you can
> process them like crazy with the onboard effects....oh
> and the filters are much better on the RS...even
> though I use my Akai MFC 42 quite bit for more of an
> analog feel.....
> 
> my two cents
> 
> 
> --- Jody Douglas <jdouglas@g...> wrote:
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------
> What other sequencers/synths workstations are out
> there less than $500 US that can do what this machine
> can do?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: José Sáez [mailto:taliesin@t...] 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 12:36 PM
> To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [xl7] are there still proud owners out
> there?
> 
> 
> Mmmh, i'm not selling mine in the short term. I have
> my MC-505 too, and i'm not selling it even if i find
> myself uisng more the xl-7 for sequencing. The XL7 is
> a good machine. There could be better... but why
> should i go and change for another, having to learn
> everything again from the beginning ? Gearlust may
> become an obstacle for music making...
> 
> Jose
> 
> ........
> 
> 
> 
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