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

obviously,still none is sure about the $200 less discount on 16/32mb 
flash roms....could any emu ppl answer this 4 us???
thx in advance....again.

--- In xl7@y..., drk@d... wrote:
> --- 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