I barely even fire up the XL-7 anymore. I may just sell it. I know I will be losing out, but I donR17;t like where this is all going. And I am more than a bit p\u2019ed off about the free ROM that was a deciding factor in my purchase of this product. I am very happy with my new Yamaha DX200 and AN200. And also with some of the developments going on in the Korg OASYS land.
I learned a lesson, I\u2019ll know better next time. I won\u2019t be a sucker and pay for anything more.
Mark
On 9/6/02 12:16 PM, "Ravi Ivan Sharma" wrote:
Who really wants to say how much they are willing to be played for a sucker? Fairness means a lot. Who wants to participate in some mass negotiation with E-mu? If so, let them make the first offer. Sorry, Creative is a huge (and possibly evil) company. They marginalized Ensonic (who?) and they are diluting E-mu to the point that I wonder whether they will be around in a year. When I get call from Creative for my E-mu sound card from a woman reading lists that doesn't really seem to know what going on (that was a month ago, where's my goddamned ROM?!!) When all the synths never progress but are rebranded Soundblaster in new and various colors the musicians will run away, but when the consumers will move in, Creative will make more money and tough luck to all y'all.
Just a dire opinion/prediction I hope won't happen, but worse things do.
Sure its a competitive market, but when the main individual behing making the cools synths in the first place drops it and is now into "soundcards" well, what went wrong? Perhaps in a few years that individual will wake up and put out his version of the Adrenalinn or the Evolver synth too. Waiting.
Ravi
----- Original Message -----
From: erik_magrini@...
To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 7:57 AM
Subject: Re: [xl7] Re: New poll for xl7
I was thinking more along the lines of "what would be WILLING to pay for an OS upgrade", not so much do you think it's fair.
rEalm