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

On Wed, 12 May 2010, joeyjoejoemagee wrote:

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKIDokPVqvc
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i'm highly suspicious. knobs on a command station doesn't mean that the 
command station is bent; only that knobs have been added. i think the 
knobs are controlling a box that sits next to the command station... in 
which case, why not put the knobs on the other box? it seems like they've 
drilled holes in a command station to mount knobs for their home-made 
effects box... this should only *decrease* the value of both units, since 
they become partially useless without each other.

if that's not the case, i'd be interested in hearing a rebuttal.

also, they refer to their module as being an "mm1 midi module", but the 
picture shows something that looks like a DB-25 connector, not MIDI... 
this implies that the knobs are just connected to their kit with long 
wires... further limiting usefulness and flexibility because it requires 
both units to get functionality from their unit[1]. a better approach 
would be putting all knobs on their unit, and then using it with *any* 
synth.

maybe their knobs are also wired "in parallel" with the command station's 
knobs... in which case it would again be better to keep all knobs on their 
unit and send MIDI to the command station to represent knob movements.

i've got nothing against garage mods, but this one seems like it's not 
being represented accurately. i'd stay away based on lack of details, and 
what i can infer from their info isn't looking good.

no thanks...

1) loose or beak the command station, and either you loose the knobs to 
control their box or you're stuck with a very big and heavy control 
surface. loose or break their box and you're left with a command station 
that has a lot of useless knobs.


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