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

>>>>I wouldn´t say "better". Right, the XX-7 can use 16 arps at a 
time (unmatched good stuff!!!), but can the XX-7 arpeggiate cords 
(more than one note at a time) to do guitar strumming or such? 

Not out of the box but the Beat Garden ROM # 9063 has guitar arps 
with exceptional strumming accuracy.

M2

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--- In xl7@y..., "heinrich22001" <hhuent@g...> wrote:
> --- In xl7@y..., erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> 
> (No P2500 Card for the MP-7?)
> Not sure if that's strictly hardware depandant, 
> > or if there's software changes that go along with that. <<<
> 
> >>>>>> Yes, the P2500 has 24 bit outputs, but I guess thats no 
> omission for using the P2500 ROM card (if there was)in the XX-
> 7.<<<<<<<< 
> 
> 
> I REALLY think that the new OS 
> > is going to surprise a lot of people.  There were a few easy bug 
> fixes 
> > that could have been implemented a couple weeks ago with a new OS 
> release. 
> >  Instead we're looking at the end of the month/early March until 
> the enxt 
> > one.  I'm guessing that means we're going to see quite a few 
> changes based 
> > on the comments from this list.  
> 
> 
> >>>>>>Come on, ERic, you heard the news, didn´t you? How about some 
> fortune telling?<<<<<<
> 
> 
> > 
> > I ended up testing the triton LE: > pooooowwwwwerful arpeggiators 
> (main point!), 
> > 
> > >>>You think the arps in the Korg are better than the MP-7?  That 
> kinda 
> > surprises me, as the Emu's are the most editable and best all 
> around 
> > sounding out of any I've heard.  Certainly more flexible too as 
the 
> Korg 
> > only lets you use 2 at a time, while we can use what, 16 on the 
XX-
> 7's? 
> 
> 
> >>>>I wouldn´t say "better". Right, the XX-7 can use 16 arps at a 
> time (unmatched good stuff!!!), but can the XX-7 arpeggiate cords 
> (more than one note at a time) to do guitar strumming or such? I 
> don´t believe so, but I´m not sure, haven´t programmed arps of that 
> kind until now. By the way: Wouldn´t it be cool to trackrecord a 
> short sequence (that cuts after the 32 step) and assign it as an 
> arpeggio instead of programming it the hard way? <<<<<<<<
> 
> > 
> (comparison mp-7 - triton le) 
> > >>>Not a fair comparison IMHO, you're comparing a master keyboard 
> with a 
> > "groove box".  Of course the Korg will have more bread and butter 
> sounds, 
> > that's what it's supposed to do.  Of course the MP-7 will groove 
> more, 
> > that's what it's supposed to do. <<<
> >  
> 
> 
> >>>>> Well, to me they are both hardware sequencers with sound ROM. 
> The EMu  being more than a groove box. The korg with a keyboard 
> included. Korg intended to go towards the dance crowd and rebrushed 
> the triton sounds. I forgot: The triton le is the smallest 
> workstation I´ve seen so far (keyboard included), but real 
> portability and sturdy (stable? Sorry, my Enghlish) tanklike 
hardware 
> delivers the XX-7.<<<<<<<
> 
> > Some say Emu sounds cold. 
> > 
> > >>>Some people still think the Earth is flat too, they're 
idiots.  
> The 
> > XX-7's are incredibly warm sounding, 
> 
> 
> >>>>>>>>>Oh yesssss!
> 
> and comes close to the sound of the 
> > best VA's (very over-rated definition) out there. <<<
> 
> >>>>>>>> Help me,  whats the meaning of "VA"? (I am German) I´ve 
read 
> that so many times but didnt bother to ask.
> 
> 
> Heinrich