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I'd like to know this too ... and where to get a copy of the 'small book' that came with different ROMs.

I've been midi recording a lot of the riffs to keep for midi clips. Some are very tasty and useful in a lot of places.

BTW, 'in the day,' were there ever any commercial/ 3rd party collections of patterns for the command stations or P2500? I find about a quarter of the patterns to still be useful as song starters. As  a matter of fact, after listening closely I think I've heard several with little more than minor modification and some key changes on more than one commercial release.

DF



 
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 From: Mauricio Balma <balmaproducer@...>
To: "xl7@yahoogroups.com" <xl7@yahoogroups.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 3:53 PM
Subject: [xl7] about the Beat Garden Riff Listing
 

  
Something about the BEATS GARDEN´s RIFFs presets list:

I have the Beat Garden room since long time ago, but I just noticed that the RIFFs Preset List on the small book that came with the ROM is different from the list you find on the ROOM when browsing the riffs. 


There are several RIFFS that I can´t find, for example the ones  with the  GRV-Hip 01 to GRV-Hip17 denominations (riffs 83 to 99), neither the BTS riffs... 

Such a shame, since I like the feeling of this particular room.

Or am I doing something wrong, or forgetting to do something?  I always thought that you get all the feastures of the expansion roms, just installing them, no matter the slot you use....   

Actually, there are lots of RIFFs patterns listed on the expansion rom´s book missed on the rom when installed.

Regards,

Balma




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 From: steve_the_composer <smw-mail@...>
To: xl7@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 12:33 AM
Subject: [xl7] Re: Identifying ROM differences
 

  
Thanks for clarifying; that makes sense. The Orbit 3 came with 2 ROMS (Beat Garden and Techno Synth Construction Yard). I am not sure if factory the presets required both, but I have seen people talking about have one or the other as an additional ROM in the E-Mu box. I am pretty sure that the Virtuoso 2000 had presets that required both Orchestral Session ROMS; I remember people saying that. Although I do believe some people have said they had one or the other.

As for patch cords, I have long thought about doing a tutorial of some type and finally last week, I created a series of 8 presets that demo preset building using patch cords, one step at a time, starting with zero cords, setting up the sustain pedal and then building something simple but with some sonic complexity.  I am hoping that over the summer I can develop and fine tune some more "from the ground up" teaching presets and put them into a presentation.

Along the way, I might post the various steps with some basic text by way of a simple explanation for people to try and perhaps make suggestions for other tutorials, variations, etc.

Steve

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "antithetical2" <mthomas@...> wrote:
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> Thanks for the info Steve.  I Guess I should have clarified.  I seem to recall reading somewhere that some presets require two ROMs.  I'd hate to fall in love with a particular piano and discover that it required two ROMs.  That's probably never the case with a piano of course, but I also want some decent symphonic sounds as well.
> 
> As for learning the synth engine, you're totally right there. I have a pretty good grasp on the inner workings, though I haven't dived into the patch cords yet.  I like it well enough that when I finally purge my digital synths the Emu will probably stick around.
> 
> I'm liking the idea of the Composer ROM more and more...plus the prices seem reasonable.