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

I don't understand how having lots of equipment makes somebody rich? I have tons of things to play with and I enjoy doing it, and I9;m not rich. I don't sell music, I make it for myself to listen too. I have been making music for 30 years, and just have acquired a ton of stuff over the years, it's just fun.... You know, hooking stuff up different ways, using different modules and things. But I just think that those who say people are rich or spoiled because they like something or have stuff, is wrong to say. I just like equipment.... If people choose to spend there money on cars, are they wrong because they have more than 1, no.... Sorry guys, but do what you want and have fun at it. I've never thought about hooking the ASR-X up to the CS. I use my MPC 2500 to make everything with. I will try it out though, sounds fun. Take care all

Tom

--- On Sat, 2/26/11, James Ulibarri <jamesulibarri@...> wrote:

From: James Ulibarri <jamesulibarri@...>
Subject: Re: [xl7] CS + ASR-X combo
To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, February 26, 2011, 12:15 AM

i have no idea about wu tang. yeah the ensoniq kit sounds good. i have an ESQ-M running into the ASR-X for chords and stabs and I am really set in that dept.

Matt you really don't need all that gear. all you need is the CS and Ableton or an ASR-X.
You can do everything that emu sampler and roland phrase sampler and mpc can do easy.
you have too much stuff if you ask me. i used to think having 26 boxes all synced together was the most tits thing in the world with the lights off and watching all these blinking lights. until a few years back watching all these Youtube videos with all these rich asses having every box in the world making the most wackest sh*t ever. You simply do not need all that stuff to make albums. It's better to have just a couple machines or the "right" machines and get the most out of them than keep on buying stuff. GAS sucks!

speaking of GAS, i want that Europa sequencer so bad. It's on my list for 2011

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Matt <somatt@...> wrote:

If only I can find one. Or maybe eps16+rack for cheap.
Right now I have set up px7 with mpc500, kaoss pad 3, esi-2000, and roland sh-32 mixed thru mackie recording with sp-808ex. Rig all fits on the kitchen table.
Usually when I play out ill bring the cs and a buddy. The sh-32 or the esi or the kp3.
Not really a fan of mpc500 sound, I have to turn it up all the way and turn the gain up super high on the mixer.
Sh-32 the arp is kind of glitchy and crashes when you press buttons. But it sounds awesome. And I kinda like that its all right there in front of you. But its hard to save patches because if you touch a knob it will change your patch drastically. But this makes every time you play with it super organic and keeps it fresh. Great lfo and arp.
I really like the esi sound it sounds real fat for drums and I got it for $100 on craigslist. No filters and no effects though. I can't figure out how to send it anything but mod. I can't find an adsr. And it hangs when you load samples. Baw.
Ensoniq sound is famously huge. wu tang is all ensoniq. Right? And I hear that you can load the samples while playing on an ensoniq?

On Feb 25, 2011 4:33 PM, "James Ulibarri" <jamesulibarri@gmail.com> wrote:

Anyone else discovered this wonderful combo besides Tweedie?
Not too bad at all. You can override that turd ASR-X sequencer very easily with the Command Station
and just use the ASR-X as a desktop sampler/sound module. Great hardware sound in these units
when you just don't want to be around a laptop. Although, both I feel both are necessary as they
both have their strong points.

I have the compact flash mod done on my ASR-X and I highly recommend getting a zip drive if you
can get the scsi card.