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

On Wed, 14 Apr 2010, josh loughrey wrote:

> Nice! Great find! The synth engine is the same as the XL-7, but the 
> orbit doesn't have the sequencer. Studio-wise, using both would take 
> your poly count up to 256, but tossing the ROMs in your XL-7 is one less 
> bit of gear for live performance!
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the poly count would go up to 256 (* some conditions apply)... but 128 
should be enough... for now ;)

but i'm not sure... the manual says that the ~synthesizer~ is 128 voice 
polyphonic... but what about the sequencer? is there a hard-limit to how 
many voices it can handle at once? filter types can also cut into 
polyphony; "if you decided to use all 12th order filters, XL-7 would be 
limited to 64 voices." -pg 221. the orbit is actually worse; "Orbit-3 can 
produce 64 filters of up to 6th order or 32 filters of 12th order 
complexity. Therefore, if you decided to use all 12th order filters, 
Orbit-3 would be limited to 32 voices." -pg 136-7. i doubt any of that 
well ever be a problem in real life.

the advantage of having all the ROMs together is the flexibility of the 
ARPs, BTSs, etc.

also... the XL7 (although i can't find it referenced in the manual, now) 
can't handle changes to the resonance while a note is playing... do the 
proteus modules (in my case an orbit-3) handle that? that might be a 
consideration... ok, from the manual, it ~seems~ like the orbit-3 has the 
same limitation... so unless i run out of polyphony or get the sequencer 
to stutter under a heavy load, i guess i'll keep all the ROMs in the XL7.


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