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Re: Another XL-7 crashes hanging itself error error ARGH ;)

2002-02-22 by nifflas

6 of 16 people was dissaponted with it. Quite much in my opinion.

//Nifflas

--- In xl7@y..., "coscon23" <coscon@i...> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I think you should read more of the posts here before buying it. 
> The 
> > re-channelize is weird and doesn't work as you would expect (not 
> good 
> > if you want to controll external gear). The machine has a couple 
of 
> > bugs, and the sequencer doesn't always make sense. Buy it for 
it's 
> > sounds, it's great. Don't buy it for it's squencer, in my opinion 
> > it's strange and buggy. There's many better hardware sequencers 
out 
> > there. Perhaps you should buy yourself a nice hardware sequencer 
> and 
> > the Mo Phatt sound module instead?
> > 
> > Not to mention that the machine crashes a few times per day (I 
> don't 
> > use any sync, I use it on it's own, still it crashes). Not fun at 
> > all. In fact extremly disturbing.
> > 
> > I think you should have a look at the "Are you dissapointed with 
> the 
> > xx-7" poll.
> > 
> > //Nifflas
> 
> 
> i have been reading the posts since a couple of weeks (i got 
addicted 
> without even owning the machine yet!).. heard the sounds and am 
def. 
> gonna buy one for the sounds alone... i need 6 outs and love the 16 
> pots for editing.. turbo-phatt + qy700 (the only hardware seq. i 
> think will do for me) is way more expensive... i can always go back 
> to my atari + cubase set up for on stage, but would rather not.
> 
> btw, i found out you can't read polls unless you vote, so being the 
> honest fellow i am, i can't bring myself to vote for something i 
> can't judge.
> peace,
> 
> peter.

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