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

The Roland JP series which I don't recommend ( pls don't buy that 
shite ) You can record your own appregios and play them with the 
keyboard or with an external sequencer. I think the Novation can do 
that too.

They all have appregios, not really a sequencer.

Your best bet is to use an external sequencer.
RS7000, Akai MPC or the XL-7

Cause all this synths, have Preset Appregios. You know, like up down 
octaves and simple stuff. The CS6X has the most preset appregios tho. 
128. Pretty neat appregios, kind of sliced. Oh and it has a 
smartmedia card slot so you can save your stuff.
The others you have to save through MIDI bulk.

Now if you really want Desktop sequencers/synth. Yamaha has the AN200 
and DX200
http://www.yamaha.com/cgi-win/webcgi.exe/DsplyModel/?gTGN00005AN200
http://www.yamaha.com/cgi-win/webcgi.exe/DsplyModel/?gTGN00005DX200

Analog and FM synths they have a 16 step sequencer ( like buttons to 
do what you do with Reason but just 16) lots of knobs, but they are 
not as phat as the others I mentioned before. I quote they Yamaha 
website "...A Kickin' Home Studio..."

I feel bad talking so much about Yamaha and others gear on a EMU 
group tho :/ 
But for real, are there any trance oriented Desktop synths with 
sequencer from EMU? Cause I would like to try one.

You should also download the manual from the internet, read their 
overview and go to the store and play with it.
I do that all the time to carefully select my gear.
That's the best thing to do.
For real, Store attendants love to be asked a million questions and 
then see you leave buying just a MIDI cable or something.
You can then go and buy your stuff from a cheaper store or website.

peace
-Dave-


--- In xl7@y..., scory5@q... wrote:
> right on dude....thanks! thatl keep me busy in my research for sure.
> 
> Out of all of those you mentioned, which has a sequencer included? 
I 
> would prefebably like a keboard synth because I'm more hands-on. 
Any 
> keyboard synth workstations that can do it all trance wise? I'm a 
> very pickey producer, I'll spend 3 hours getting a high-hat to 
sound 
> the way I want with the right combo of FX n stuff so I need 
something 
> that is totally modular and editable.
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> Cory
> 
> --- In xl7@y..., "dj Dave Jumpers" <jumpers@i...> wrote:
> > 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-
> > 
>