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

On 11/6/02 2:13 PM, "redflux7" <redflux7@...> wrote:

> Hello,
> I just got my XL-7 last week and have been up late every night with
> it makin some really awesome tracks, i LOVE this thing.
> 
> However, I can't seem to find any really PHAT kickdrums, nor can
> have i been able to manipulate any of the presets to sound the way
> i'd like.  Have any of you guys found any good settings that will
> put out some sick kicks?  I'm looking for something phat in the
> style of Infected Mushroom kicks, any suggestions would be really
> appreciated.  I'm still a newb, so i don't really know which
> properties to manipulate to get the phat sound, really full, and
> maybe even a dive in frequency after the initial hit.
> 
> By the way, this yahoo group is frickin awesome, what a great
> resource and community.

Try layering multiple kicks and/or other waveforms using the four layers you
have per preset.  Even if you are using a drumkit multisample (instrument in
Emu-speak) you can place the extra waveforms so they overlay only the one
key where you want the kick to live (layer key-range setting).  Or simplify
your task and make a dedicated kick preset and give it it's own track in the
sequencer.

Don't also forget the Z-Plane filters.  Those are definitely not just for
classic filtering uses.  There are some pretty scary boosting filters in the
selection that mighty be just the think.

drk

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