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

where can i hear samples of all the roms? vintage synth has some but
it's kind of a roundabout way. if i could hear directly what each rom
sounds like i could get an idea what i'm dealing with.


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Aaron Eppolito <synthesis77@...> wrote:
>
> Any of the later ones are pretty good.
> 
> 
> Drum = great acoustic kits, very well sampled, not too much space
devoted to electronica (though have fun with the synth!)
> Vintage = awesome sampled vintage stuff, you know you want that
CP-70 and the gigantic Taurus pedal in your next tune
> World = probably one of my favorites, though seemingly one of the
more rare, awesome sounds that will set your music apart from the
1,000 other 808 kits
> 
> 
> As far as earlier ROMs, they're probably more suited to your genre.
 The MP-7 ROM, as mentioned, does have lots of funky/quirky stuff. 
The P2500 ROM provides some quality bread 'n' butter sounds to fill in
when you need a real piano, strings or brass pad, etc.
> 
> 
> There's the holy grail piano ROM too, if you can find it.  Best
sounding 16MB piano ever.  The perfect piano (on the ZR ROM) gives it
a run for its money and provides another set of BnB sounds - in fact,
I'd prefer that to the P2500 ROM.
> 
> 
> The two Papen ROMs are good too, pretty vanilla, but more sounds are
always good.
> 
> 
> Hell, even the P/123 ROM has some good stuff.
> 
> 
> Then there's the two ORCH ROMs and the Siedlaczek ROM for orchestral
sounds which are great, but don't really match up to a dedicated
orchestral soft-synth.  I mean, there's only so many instruments you
can fit into 32MB per ROM.
> 
> 
> Remember too, that this box is a *SYNTH*, not just a ROMpler.  Learn
the in and outs of the synth engine and you'll be well rewarded with
new sounds.  If you approach the box like a Roland ROMpler (i.e. just
play the presets cause there's not much else you can do) you'll be
missing much of the XL-7's power.  The ROM data and factory presets
are only the base.  You could make a whole bank of presets using
nothing but a saw wave and have amazing presets.  Hmm, maybe I should
try that sometime...
> 
> 
> Finally, congratulations on your new purchase!
>   -Aaron
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: arglebargleuk <paul@...>
> To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 1:08:52 AM
> Subject: [xl7] Re: best expansion roms???
> 
> --- In xl7@...m, "semj_1" <trunkey22@> wrote:
> >
> > my xl7 is in the mail. i'm already thinking about what my next
> > purchases should be. i've heard the drum rom is good. probably also
> > planet or mophatt (one of those) would be necessary i reckon
> > 
> > i need OPINIONS
> 
> The internet's a good place for those :)
> I found the drum one a little too plain for the kind of drums I use 
> although very clean and realistic. Probably good for rock stuff. My 
> ultimate ROM is the Planet Earth which is full of cooky percussion, 
> lacking only a decent set of tablas to make it the complete world 
> pepercussion set. The mophatt is surprisingly good too. My final ROM 
> was the ROb Papen Techno one which I found full of useable basses and 
> dedecent 808/909 material.
> YMMV but there are some great ROMs out there if you can find 'em.
> 
> 
> > ps. i make ambient techno with hip hop beats ala boards of canada
> 
> Sounds groovy!
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> 
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