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

Well I start by saying that I was the guy who started the 
group "IBGEEK"  It is all about using the chord section of emu 
products.  I am all about that in emu gear and it is one of the main 
reasons I am a total emu head.  I like the fact that emu makes SYNTHS 
not TOYS.  There are tons of products out there that will give you 
less for your monies so I totaly dont see what this is all about.

As for sequencer stuff and all the other complaints....I have had 
times where I thought I was going to freak out on the XL7 (in fact i 
have freaked out) but that stuff is not so much hardware dependent as 
I understand it.  So it can be added.  So as long as the cpu can run 
it it can be added, space provided.  I can see the reply now the box 
was not finished when it was put on the market, this I do agree 
with.  But honestly I would rather be using the XL missing some 
things over a 505 or a RM1x as they are.   

I highly recomend that you look into finding out how to use a synth.  
Not just to play a synth.  It takes me very little time to make 
serious edits to a synth.  ahd it alows me to concentrate on creating 
the sounds that I need to make the music i like as apposed to trying 
to cover up the sounds that arnt quite what i want with tons of FX, 
almost the best way to make a track muddy.

I don't want to slam the hobbiest here but it is great fun for me to 
understand synths.  It is kinda like building modles I guess.  It is 
a hobby for me that now many years later has become the best way to 
reach the level of expression that I have been wanting for my hole 
life.

So peace to ya all and I hope that is not to harsh.  It is just my 
prospective.

Mike G.