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

I agree with you that is sucks that they removed megamix. What were they thinking, removing the major function that set the mc505 apart from everyone else?!

And it is too expensive yet.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David DeciBel 
  To: xl7@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 6:09 PM
  Subject: [xl7] MC-909 lowdown


  I had the privlidge of getting a hands on demo from the roland 
  product rep of the MC-909 today.  I actually had a chance to use it a 
  little bit...  Pretty cool little box.  

  The one thing that is missing which shocked me is the mc-505 born 
  MegaMix function.  It does still have the RPS function.  The little 
  screen is cool.  You can set up your own pictures and stuff as well 
  as your own screensaver.  I was half expecting it to pop open an 
  internet explorer browser and check my email, but I guess that's an 
  ok sacrifice :-)  - To sum up this box, it's basically a MC-505 with 
  a VP-9000 sampler, an XV synth engine, and a Fantom interface.  

  No, I'm not rushing to sell my MP-7 quite yet.  I will say that I 
  enjoy the sounds of the MP quite a bit.  And the editing is awesome!  
  For a sound engine it's grrreat.  I will have to admit (even after 
  duking it out with Ravi) that I wouldn't mind having one of these 
  simply for the intigrated sampling.  It's very easy to lay down a 
  beat, resample it, chop it and go nuts with it.  Wich is what I'm 
  doing right now anyways with my MP-7 ala A4000.  

  There are some things in here that still seem fisher pricey to me.  
  The filters downright suck compared to the EMU.  And with only 1 
  expansion slot, it makes it a little bit unexpandable.  But remember, 
  it's a sampler.  Which IS pretty cool.  Also, the volocity sensitive 
  pads are nice for a change...  But I hate the way that they are layed 
  out... remember when keyboards had the black keys on top?  :)

  $1795 retail huh?  With street prices at about $1499, you may be 
  better off with an XX-7 at $600 and a separate sampler at $500 
  because you'll get just about the same features...  


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