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

Agh! If you know BASIC synth theory you can easily understand the 
manual and program the XL-7, I mean, programming the XL-7 is so very 
very simple compared to many other synths. Why do you think people 
get synths like the Nord Modular?

Effects? Why do you need them inside a synth? Just plug the XL-7 into 
some external effect processors. And oh, btw I like the XL-7 sounds 
as well. But I try to explain why programming is so much more 
important than effects.

I care about programming. It's important in order to shape a sound 
the way you want. And if it wasn't for the programming, I would never 
get the XL-7. If you don't understand or care about programming, you 
can always find some cheap sound modules to plug in your midi setup.

//Nifflas

--- In xl7@y..., "heinrich22001" <hhuent@g...> wrote:
> I´m curious, what you think about that:
> 
> I was travelling by train last weekend and took the chance to read 
> through the manual, that means: the programming section. I only did 
> very basic sound tweaking, altered the factory stuff a little, 
never 
> needed indepth programming. So I studied this chapter to find what 
my 
> mp-7 can do for me.
> 
> I was a little "shocked" by the endless possibilities. And I know 
I´m 
> never gonna use it. After reading it I felt like "damn, you need to 
> be an engineer to use the real strengths of this machine". Unlike 
> somebody else in this group I do not think this chapter is well 
> written. Parts are simply overexplained but then again an overview 
> and working examples are missing. 
> 
> I remember a market research study saying that most synthi users 
are 
> tweaking their own sounds way less than you might think. If I took 
my 
> limited time to compose songs and die care about all theses 
features 
> I would never end up with a finished song (I am no pro, don´t have 
a 
> studio, I only use my gear in late evenings - if my girl friend 
lets 
> me, that is ;-)))
> 
> So my question is: Why did EMu put so much effort in sound fiddling 
> possibilities and offer such a limited effect section? An extended 
> but easy to use efx section is what most users are after, I guess. 
So 
> do I. How many of you are really (!) working with the programming 
> features of the XX-7? Maybe this is the way to go for minimal, 
> industrial, techno. But R & B??? 
> 
> No offence, just a question. 
> 
> HEinrich