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

yeah, i was being a little beligerent with dogging the Roland boxes.
guess i'm still kind of pissed off at them for selling me such a POS
keyboard with a manual written by NASA (forcing me to drop $30 into a
video manual that wasn't much help at all). i admit: i was only about
16/17 when i bought it and didn't know much about MIDI. but when i
realised i paid $2500+ (in 96 with 2 EXP boards) for a keyboard that
hindered my ability to make music rather than nurture it, i was a
little upset. also the line NOISE this thing made and the beyond
subpar tech support from Roland......ughh. i've fiddled around with
their newer products and they STILL seem like a pain in the ass to use
compared to some of the other stuff out there. anyways...anyone know
how many voices this thing will have? i'm willing to bet it won't be 128.

--- In xl7@y..., "Ravi Ivan Sharma" <noision1@h...> wrote:
> Sorry Bohemian, I have to reply again:
> 
> The MC505 is hardly mono, has 64 voices not 8 and has a lot on the 
> XL7 already, read the archives here. This is not to say the XL7 is 
> not great. That is why I have one! *If* the MC909 is better than the 
> MC505 by a long shot: expansion ports, tons of knobs and sliders, 
> sampling, and the HUGE (a la triton/fantom) display, well then it 
> may certainly kick the ass of anything around right now.
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@y..., "bohemian_grooove" <justin@i...> wrote:
> > YAY! another mono 8 voice synth from Roland that takes a tech 
> writing
> > masters degree to decipher the manual and an engineering degree to
> > navigate. aside from sampling...it prolly ain't got nothin on the
> > E-MU. my last main synth was an XP-50 i've owned since 96. after 6
> > long years i was just beginning to figure out how it all worked 
> when i
> > noticed last july i could get an XL-7 from mars music for $750 -
> $200
> > rebate from E-MU (yes..$550 =) . after a couple hours of using the
> > thing i wanted to kick myself in the ass for not buying an E-MU
> > sooner. writing experimental music and manipulating sounds has 
> ceased
> > to become a chore. now i'm ACTUALLY having fun in my home studio. 
> and
> > being 80% more productive. imagine that! a synth that's 
> monsterously
> > powerful AND fun to use. thanks E-MU!