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

--- In xl7@y..., "M2" <mmcquay@m...> wrote:
> John,
> 
> I think what Jonathan was talking about is a seperate ROM.  
The 
> marketing specs(pdf)on the **-7's say that is has the X-Lead 
and Pure 
> Phatt ROM's in the respective units but how is that possible?  If 
you 
> look at the Pure Phatt and X-Lead specs(bank list), you see 
that 
> there are BEATs on those ROM's.  There are no BEAT's on the 
**-7's, 
> just kits to use in pattern mode.  I think they are using the 
same 
> waveforms and instuments but if you have played around with 
them 
> both, P1K vs **-7, you will see a difference in the 
presets(some, not 
> all though).  That is why they(E-MU)offered the XL-1 and 
Mo'Phatt 
> banks separate because of this.  

Beats in the P2K family are just glorified audition riffs.  The 
modules with SuperBeats have special triggered playback of this 
riffs.  If you plug in a ROM with beats/riffs in it they show up in the 
-7's riff selection list in the corresponding preset edit page.  At 
least this is how the 'Techno Synth Construction Yard' ROM 
worked.

I think the issue with the preset compatibility between the Mo 
Phatt ROM and the MP7 preset banks (or the XL-1 and the XL7 
set) had to do with the fact that the placement of the ROM 
sample sets as far as their instrument number (what is normally 
called a multisample) are different, so the patches all need to be 
slightly changed to account for this.  So you can get both the MP 
and XL sound set in any -7.

What is actual inside the corresponding -7 is the actual ROM 
used in the module, it is not a special ROM.

So, an enterprising person could in theory make a CL7 
(classical, using the orchestral), ZR-7 (using the ensoniq ROM), 
etc as the ROM that comes with the unit is not part of the -7's 
operating system.  Its just a stock Emu ROM card.

drK