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

My 2 cents:
I paid the full price and hard earned money for my emu gear. The Emu 
marketing department offers its potential customers at least a 
functioning unit with certain features. Minor glitches should be 
tolerated as long as they are going to be straightened out in  
reasonable time. This box is on the market since 7 months for all I 
know. The OS has been in a beta version state when it came out. The 
very welcome support is partly adressing user problems and partly 
stuff which wouldn´t be necessary to do if it had undergone a proper 
bug report. Every box has its problems. More or less. And I had gear 
(korg and roland) that had much less. Until now I kept the mp-7 
because I like the general concept and the sounds. I dont like the 
partly complicated workflow and the OS quality. If you think I am 
bitching to much, you may do so. If the reported bugs/strange 
settings are not fixed I will sell the mp-7. If they are this will be 
a extremely powerful box for people who are willing to learn it.

Heinrich 



--- In xl7@y..., erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> Being able to manually control which part of the pattern is being 
edited 
> in grid mode would go a long way toward eliminating that "almost," 
of 
> course.
> 
> >>>Yeah, the more I play with my XL-7, the more I wish this was 
> implemented the way you suggest.  Having to stop a pattern to go 
back and 
> fix a drum hit can be tedious.  Hopefully in February...<<<
> 
> True, and that's a good thing, but there's also no way to do one-
button 
> pattern switching a la Roland's Pattern Call (or drop MIDI phrases 
in at 
> will a la Roland's RPS). Right now you're limited to dialing, which 
is 
> less than ideal live.
> 
> >>>When I play out live, I copy all of the patterns I'm going to 
play into 
> a seperate User Bank, that way you only have to scroll a single 
increment 
> to get the next pattern.  Even if you don't lay out your sets in a 
linear 
> fashion this way, it still helps to avoid having to scrol through 
numerous 
> banks. <<<
> 
> As well as this. As frustrating as it may be to hear something you 
worked 
> hard on criticized, it's reassuring to know that the criticism is 
being 
> listened to.
> 
> >>>We've all said it before, but the EMu tech support this list has 
seen 
> is just phenominal.  I'm sure it's not easy for those guys to hear 
us 
> bitch about their hardwork all the time (certainly nowhere near as 
easy as 
> it is for us to complain!), but I think it's a good thing for 
everyone 
> involved.  Let's face the brutal truth, no sequencer (any gear 
really) is 
> going to have every feature that every user wants.  Largely it 
comes down 
> to what can be implemented easily, and will satisfy the most people 
out 
> there using the gear.  I think Emu has done a tremendous job on 
that front 
> so far, and we all know there's more to come.  I wish more people 
> expressed patience with Emu, instead of venting angrily.  We're 
lucky to 
> have such support, let's not drive them away :) <<<
> 
> rEalm