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

On Sat, 20 Feb 2010, Atom Smasher wrote:

> if someone is entitled to royalties for sample libraries being currently 
> sold (in a usable format), that's one thing... but being entitled to 
> royalties for hardware that's been out of production for years... it's 
> not my problem if they don't get paid, and i won't even feel bad about 
> it. i'll be happy to take them to lunch if they visit, but i'd do that 
> even if i bought their library through retail channels.
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it looks like a bunch (all?) of the ROM libraries are available in other 
formats (i wasn't aware of that).

http://www.emu.com/products/category.asp?category=526&subcategory=527

are they WAV files that could be transferred to new chips? can the 
settings be translated into anything that's useful to the old hardware? if 
those can both be answered "YES" then i would endorse spending a few bucks 
on them (it looks like most of them are available for <$50US; i would have 
no practical objections to spending that on any sample library that i 
would use).

i may even be tempted to buy a couple of those even if i can't use them in 
the XL-7.... will they load into a yamaha A4000? can i use them on linux 
as WAVs? the site says "For use with Emulator X and Proteus X"... which 
isn't encouraging...

but if there are ROMs that aren't available as sample libraries... let 'er 
rip!


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