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

This is a great question, atom.  Looks like you're getting some good responses too.  I was going to try and consolidate some of the comments, but I guess I'll tackle them individually.


Zsolt, you hit the nail on the head.  "Never Stopping" was my main design goal.  I wanted it so that you could do absolutely everything, from tracking to preset editing to saving to switching modes (song/preset) to event list editing without EVER having to stop.  There are a very few exceptions (such as offline quantize) that we ended up having to stop because there were bugs otherwise.


Much like you guys, I was frustrated by the lack of live abilities and the interruption to my improvisational flow that comes from stopping anytime you wanted to do something.


-Aaron


----- Original Message ----

From: Zsolt Szabó <Zsolt.Szabo@...>

To: xl7@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 12:14:31 AM

Subject: Re: [xl7] XL7, compared to...



 For me, one thing:



I have to seldom stop the seq while I'm working.

Only required on a few tasks. Big plus, as I'm doing

music mostly live, while recording to audio, then lately

cutting and assembling the parts.



I know this was not mentioned but I'm looking forward

to the LinnDrum II from Dave Smith/Roger Linn.

Combined with my XL-7 it would be a dream setup

both for sequencing and songwriting. The LinnDrum II

would work along the same concept - you don't have to

stop the sequencer to accomplish the most editing tasks,

at least that's how it is advertised. I'm collecting money...





Regards,



    Zsolt | http://adsr.hu









  ----- Original Message ----- 

  From: Atom Smasher 

  To: xl7@yahoogroups.com 

  Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 8:05 AM

  Subject: [xl7] XL7, compared to...





  this should be an interesting forum to ask this question...



  i've never had any hands on with these:

  XL-7, RM1x, MPC-xxx, MC-303/505/etc



  of the RM1x and assorted roland garbage, i don't have to hear the  XL-7 to 

  know that the sounds are better, and i doubt that anyone here would  debate 

  me on that.



  but regarding a sequencer, who can tell me what makes the XL7 better  than 

  the rest for live performance? i'm not looking to start a flame war,  and 

  i'm definitely leaning towards the XL7, but if anyone has used the  other 

  gear, i'm interested in hearing about how they compare.



  thanks...



  -- 

  ...atom







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