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

--- In xl7@y..., "argomax2002" <argomax@g...> wrote:
> The extensive synth programming functions interest no one
> here. We want a big sound library engine with realtime controls
> and easy but complete sequencing. Do not assume we all use
> software sequencers; I don't, and I'm a professional. And do not
> assume we are interested in modulating LFO2 with Velocity and
> Aftertouch with whatsoever else and its cousin. Most of us don't
> even haveTHE TIME to even access those menus, much less so
> use them. A good amount of quick edit knobs is all we want and
> use.

Interest no one where? Some of us want to be able to program our own sounds from scratch. Don't assume we're all preset twiddlers.

> EMU should have looked at the sequencing structure of a
> Roland MC-505 or a Yamaha RM1X. I  have both, and I can tell
> you that, although the waveforms and the quality of sound in the
> Roland do suck, the sequencer is massive compared to this one
> here, and the synthesis functions are all there, too. And the
> Yamaha has a seriously powerful sequencer, too.

The XX-7 sequencer could still use some work, but it sounds like it's getting some. And while the 505 and RM1x have some features I'd dearly like to see included in the E-mu, they're not without problems as well. The 505 has fixed channel assignments, has a response lag on pattern calls (no 1-bar pattern switching) and grid edits, and the RPS is internal-only and gets cut off if you switch to pattern call mode. The RM1x is pretty powerful but can't do seamless song-switching, has a grid edit mode that is broken, and has an arpeggiator that's a joke. If the XX-7's sequencer develops some of the power and flexibility of the synth engine it could be lethal.