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

Believe me. It will have 128.

Just look at the features, sampling, huge display. mastering effects. 
Don't you also thing they would put some more polyphony in a machine 
like this?

I'm quite sure you have never checked out Rolands latest products. 
Because they're good. Very good.

//Nifflas

--- In xl7@y..., "bohemian_grooove" <justin@i...> wrote:
> 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!