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

Yep, i second that: I love the brushed, uncompressed, punchy sounds 
of the mp-7 - that means: drums and perc. (the first decent conga 
sound I heard on a rompler), basses, guitar wahs. 
I am not so concerned about the variety of efx (only reverb and delay 
routing is stupid though) and I really like their natural feel. Some 
people worry about the quality of the fx but they somehow remind me 
of the DP2 which I had years ago. I like the efx.
2. favourite: the expandability.- I use the ZR-76 board to go with 
the mp-7 for bread and butter (wonderful piano). But for the rest, I 
would be more than happy to have a better, less outworn bread and 
butter ROM Card that stands up to the fresh sample quality of the 
mp7, is there a Proteus 2500 Sound Card that can be used with the mp7 
and has a better sound set than the ZR-76 board (except the piano, 
veeeeery good!).
3. Knob interface: its more fun working with a real knob than with 
menus. Still the ridiculously small screens are a serious limitation 
to handling this box effectively.

Good as well: the sturdy built of the hardware, stable input and 
output jacks, the gooseneck light, however, the pads are to stiff. 
That results in having a heavy weight box.

Sequencer handling leaves a lot to be desired, so the best feature of 
the mp-7 could be covered with the sound module mophatt.

HEinrich
In xl7@y..., erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> Now that most of us have had our Command Stations for awhile, and 
had time 
> to learn them, what is everyone's favorite feature?
> 
> Personally, I think my favorite thing has got to be the sound 
quality over 
> all.  I've never had a synth that could accurately reproduce enough 
low 
> end to shake the walls, yet still remain punchy and clean at the 
same 
> time.  Lots if times once you get a synth in the low end, it gets 
really 
> floppy sounding (Roland), or distorts before you get it punchy 
enough 
> (Yamaha).  I've made some of my best basslines since I got the XL-
7, and 
> in a tenth of the time it used to take me getting it to sound 
right.  Plus 
> the sounds have a lot of space to them, I rarely find myself having 
to 
> apply any drastic EQ or compresiosn to my XL-7 tracks in order to 
get them 
> to sit well in mix.
> 
> The keypads are pretty rocking too, a nice change from playing a 
regular 
> keyboard once you get use to them (and break them in a bit).  
Others?
> 
> rEalm