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

I would expect that once the board is ready that there would be software to 
compile your own 'ROM' images from a variety of sources [such as .wav files or 
other formats (perhaps .e4b files)] and generate preset information as well. 
Then download them at your leisure. 


The biggest problem would be that until you hear the sounds you wouldn't know 
what presets would sound good, so the same software would probably need to also 
allow the user to "upgrade" the image with better presets from the user presets 
(perhaps through/via sysex)

The whole point of the new FLASH SIMM is to allow the owner/operator to put 
their own sounds through the effects/filters of the P2K series modules rather 
than being locked into the limits of whats available/affordable from ebay.

Not sure about the mad scientist sleight...




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From: Ian Lamb <ianblamb@...>
To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, August 3, 2010 4:49:30 AM
Subject: Re: [xl7] Re: Still a call for blank ROMs?

   
James:

I think that makes a lot of sense. While I know I can create
great-sounding (to me) multisamples that are well-looped and so on,
they may not be to your taste. One way a FLASH SIMM vendor could
overcome that is by offering instrument groups a la carte - that way,
you could pick and choose the sounds you wanted from a menu of
selections. Hopefully some would be to your taste.

That said, offering a service to map out user-supplied waves could
also be an option. As a service, my sense is that it would not come
cheap. There is a lot of work involved in that process.

If I was going to create a ROM, I think my focus would be on synthy
spectra with longer loops, derived from a mix of modular synthesis,
FM, and physical modeling. Analog-flavor waves have been done
well-enough IMO, although including a basic set would take little
space anyway.

cheers,
Ian