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

Hey Jack,

 I am definitely interested in such a product - feel free to put me on any mailing list to let me know when it becomes available.

Cheers,
Andrew

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Ian Lamb <ianblamb@...> wrote:
>
> ➢ I don't know why many consider $50 to $150 as "heavily overpriced" for
> ROMs.....
> 
> Most likely, it is because they have a different hierarchy of values than
> you.
> 
> ➢ that is still less than the original price for those ROMs and certainly
> worth it for about 500 new samples that are based in a hardware ROM, plus
> some presets to boot.
> 
> I paid less than that for a couple of ROMs from E-mu, but your point is
> well-taken here.
> 
> ➢ There are plenty of ROMs for less than $130 out there and I would not wait
> on your music on the hope of something a few dollars cheaper, even if
> reusable/reloadable.  When the universal Flash SIMM is available, it will be
> just one more tool, not the only tool.  And there still needs to be beta
> tested prototypes on the Universal Flash SIMMs and software to load and
> translate common files and that seems still a while away....
> 
> Fair call â€" if one has need now, then choose and work with what is available
> now. That said, I can also understand and appreciate that many have an idea
> of and a rough plan for what could be accomplished with the arrival of a
> user-programmable Flash SIMM whose capabilities and function are a superset
> of anything previously offered by E-mu.
> 
> ➢ I paid about $50 for my last Xtreme Lead ROM and that has plenty of
> material to work with....Emu has put much time and effort in squeezing so
> many samples into the 32MB.
> 
> That is one aspect of the E-mu ROMs that I hope to address with the
> user-programmable Flash SIMM â€" to have a waveform set that focuses on
> quality rather than quantity.
> 
> I very much like the wavesets in the VintagePro and the ProteanDrums ROMs,
> as well as the Audity2K portion of the XL-ROM, but the old Orbit and Phatt
> wavesets have too many single-cycles without enough multisampling to my ear.
> 
> ➢ I have Flash ROMs with my own sounds using the Emu Flash SIMM and an Ultra
> sampler but have only been able to put a small fraction of the number of
> samples into the 32MB space so I still predominately use the commercial
> ROMs.  There is so much processing available in the P2000/Command Station
> series that 2 people can use the same sample and create an entirely
> different sound and atmosphere....
> 
> I agree, but in the end, user choice as to the quality, quantity, and nature
> of samples brings the greatest potential power to the E-mu P2K systems.
> 
> 
> cheers,
> Ian
>