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

Workstation like with sequencer and stuff? or just the synth?

For Trance Synths

Novation Supernova has the warmest sounds ever :)
Yamaha CS6X or CS6XR <- rack version where meant for trance. It has 
like 128 appregios. Most of them trancy.
I have the CS2X and I battle myself to make a hard house track, cause 
I start with punchy beats, phat hoovery baseline; and as soon as I 
touch that keyboard, everything turns intro trance somehow... Like 
BXR kinda thing, you know. CS6X uses Yamaha's AWM2 (or something) 
Wave synth technology but you can expand it with a Analog board for 
Analog Synthesis if you still insist.

Access Virus B is way phat too.

If I had the money I would get myself the Novation Supernova. It does 
have like the highest specs in polyphony and LFOs and shit.
But the Novations Supernova PRO X III is like $4000 ? But worthed.
I was playing with the regular Novation supernova at GUitar center 
and it was priced to $2100.

Another great synth around is the Waldorf Q. But I would pick the 
Micro Q for Happy Hardcore, Hard House, Techno; You know, Hard stuff.

Don't even think into getting the ROland JP series cause they suck 
ass. Anything I have bought from Roland sucks ass. Maybe just the dr-
202 it's kinda cool...

go to www.harmony-central.com and look at the synth reviews, or go to 
www.synthplanet.com and print out the specs of each synth, sit down 
with a cup of coffe and compare them.

About Trancy Workstations

Don't get MC Roland series cause they are toys and they suck ass.

I have an RS7000 from Yamaha, and again it's difficult to me to get 
Hard House sounds out of it. Everything turns trance.
But with the XL-7 the Hard stuff comes right easily :)

Blessed Beats
-Dave-


--- In xl7@y..., scory5@q... wrote:
> I currently produce trance music mostly with Reason software and 
> other soft synths and am looking to buy a hardware synth that has 
bad-
> ass leads (good analog too), basses, strings, FX, and drums. Is 
there 
> 1 workstation that can accomplish all of these??? It doesn't seem 
> like the xl7 can do it all but it does have some nice sounds. I 
> started looking into the Korg Karma but it seems to be geared more 
> toward organic, Milli Vanilli type sounds & beats.
> 
> I need to hear from someone who produces trance and has experience 
> with lots of gear so I can get into the right thing. 
> 
> I would rather pay more to buy 1 workstation that does it all than 
> buy a bunch of separate equipment.
> 
> Any help would be most appreciated!!!!
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Cory