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

Yeah, I remember when I replaced my drummer with a drum machine . 
The music was more on time with the tempo and no attitude to deal 
with at the gig. Not all drummers are bad, Some even make great 
roadies :) P.s. I am currently in the witness protection program. 
For all you drummer's out......who would like to hurt   
me.... :0                                                            
    --- In xl7@y..., "todd7416" <todd7416@y...> wrote:
> 
>  Hello all!
> I guess I can say I'm new to the group as this is my first post.
> So it's nice to be here........
> 
> Anyway, last Saturday was my first gig with the XL-7.  My brother 
> and I are the only members in a Christian band called Binding 
> Force.  Our drummer recently left and we couldn't find a 
replacement 
> so we went with the XL-7 and I've spent the past three months 
> programming in specific drum parts for our songs.  It takes a 
while 
> but the results are worth it.  We use the XL-7 as backing for the 
> guitar and bass.  So we don't do anything on the fly, nor do we 
have 
> anything else hooked in to the machine.  The advantage is the I 
can 
> program in keyboard parts.  When we had a real drummer the sound 
> wasn't as full because we had no keyboard player.
> 
> When we showed up to the gig everyone kind of thought it was weird 
> that we were using a drum machine.  Most other bands have real 
> drummers but we saved a lot of space onstage just having the 
> machine.  Plus it's a lot quicker getting set up!
> 
> Anyway, everyone was amazed when we were done because the XL-7 was 
> kicking out great drum parts and synth lines.  I don't think they 
> expected it.  After the show I had people (including the pro sound 
> guy) asking about it.  I'm proud of my machine now, depite some 
> doubts early on.
> 
> I hope everyone else has had great experiences with their 
machines.  
> I really love mine and after experiencing the luxury of not having 
> to deal with lazy drummers, I don't see going back to the real 
thing.
> 
> Todd