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Re: [xl7] P2000 ROM Review

2002-06-05 by Jonathan El-Bizri

>Powered the unit back up and spent the next few hours going through all the
presets to see what was on there.  By and >large I'm extremely happy
(thrilled) with the quality of the Presets, tons of great sounding
instruments are included.  For >me the highlights were the 'real' piano's,
the guitars, and the strings, all of which were extremely useable and just
plain >beautiful sounding.  Some of the new drums samples were very welcome
too, although I noticed a lot of carry over from >the XL-7 in this category.
The electric piano's, Rhodes Presets, and some of the dance stabs (it's not
the 80's anymore) >were less appealing, but that's entirely my opinion.

I kept my Composer ROM specificly for the electric pianos. Their not
perfect, but they're better than any of the ones on the other ROMs. It's use
them on pretty much every track. I'd recomend them - they won't stand up to
the real thing, or a good simulation (such as the Emagic EVP) but they sound
good in the mix. To my ears, the EVP is often a little too complex to sound
good in a complex arrangement, with out some engineering.

bIz

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