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

Chaos 9,
              I'm curious to why you bought a MP-7, and a XL-7...could you
not have just bought a XL-7 and then added a Pure Phat ROM card?
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From: <Chaos9@...>
To: <xl7@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 4:38 AM
Subject: [xl7] really a Beat Generating Monster.


> I am the very proud owner of both an XL7 and MP7. They are great for
> Breakbeat. The Ultimate.
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> I always keep up with www.breaksworld.com and the current reviews.
> I'll hear a phatt break I like and then try to out-sick it with my
> stuff. Not hard at all. You can make layered beatz on either machine
> and screw with quantizing and other recording modes to humanize the
> groove, but I don't really find much quantizing necessary. These
> machines have a natural loose kind of feel and so it just seems to
> happen on its own. I find by careful mixing of layers that You can
> build tension and feeling incredibly. That's what makes a Break beat
> magickal, is the use of space and tension. That's why a break is
> erotic sounding when it's cool.
>
> These machines could really re-write techno in lots of ways. My next
> goal is getting some expansions to load up further on available
> insanity. Great job, E-MU. These are two of the best investments I
> made this year. The factory presets are OK but I really think a lot
> can be done from scratch with what is available. That's the
> challenge. I can get lost in these machines up to 16 hours in a day
> without stopping. Incredible. The polyphony can create textures so
> thick that  it almost unbearable.
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