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

Hi there,

Hope everyone is doing good.

Was wondering if this project was still in progress ?

Soo hard to wait :)

Thanks

Geoffrey

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Matt <somatt@...> wrote:
>
> Is there any update on this? I am very excited to use my own wave forms.
> Thanks again
> -matt
> On Jan 31, 2011 4:11 AM, "christen" <andrewmcnaughton@...> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >>
> >
> >
>