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

On Feb 13, 2007, at 3:40 PM, vermis_rex wrote:

> You can please some of the people some of the time, but not all of the
> people all of the time... especially when your parent company is more
> interested in PC sound cards than in people looking for professional
> instruments.

To be fair- when the command stations were released they were very  
much geared towards the professional user.
And I think their maintained popularity and resale value confirms that.

Additionally, if you think about it- this isn't a hinderance at all.

If you're some sort of anal "clean signal" junkie, then think about  
what would happen if the command stations could do this.

a) your external sources are all analog inputs to the fx returns-
b) the xl7 A/Ds them and sends them out the SPDIF- and you pick it up  
on your computer as digital.

It's the same number of A/D conversions as summing analog in the XL7,  
then doing the conversion externally in your sound card.
This would be an advantage- as a sound card is upgradeable while the  
A/D convertors in the XL7 would not be.
I would say buy a nice cable, or a nice sound card if you don't have  
one, and be done with it.

Myself?
I don't care.
If my beats can't generate enough of a presence to make anyone  
listening not notice any -70db hum, I've got far bigger problems.

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