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

Couldn't agree more!!
I have owned an EX5 from it's first week of release and although I 
still love this synth, there are some serious issues that Yamaha 
never bothered to address, and never bothered to respond to the 
relentless pleas on the web forums.  On the other hand, companies 
like EMU and Access (Virus), and people like Stephen Kay (Korg 
Karma), are so in touch with their customers, that product support 
has become my primary criteria when choosing new gear.  I jumped at 
the Yamaha EX5 when it came out just from listening to the hype 
before it's release, but I will never buy anything from them again.  
Now I am looking at buying an EMU E4 sampler.  Obviously this is a 
very capable device, but the only reason I considered it in the first 
place was from the excellent support given to the Command Stations.  
just my 2c 
-grimley

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "ByronIV" <byron@l...> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Aaron, although some folks are getting antsy about the new OS, I 
must
> > declare that even with OS1.32, the XL-7 is in a league of its 
own. I
> > scour the web everyday, hunting for a different/better(?) piece of
> > equipment for my needs, but I come up empty handed every time. 
There
> > are a few quirks in the current OS that sustain my hunt, but news 
of
> > this supposedly massive OS update, which could possibly alter
> > the "feel" of working on the XL7, makes me quite excited. So 
thanks
> > for your difficult low-level programming efforts, and good luck 
with
> > the QA! When OS2.0 comes out, you can bet our frowns will turn 
upside
> > down. :-) (And therefore, you will become "Da Man")
> >
> 
> This is quite true, particularily if you're looking for a sequencer 
with
> integrated synths...if it didnt have an internal sound engine (and 
such a
> large one at that), then I think it might be neck and neck with a 
few
> others, pushing past the finish line only by the scruff of it's 
300,000
> event capacity, hehe.
> 
> But alas, if the xx7's were distributed by Yamaha, I'm sure they 
would have
> dropped support for it at OS 1.1 or something, either that or give 
it
> endless updates, but never fix any of the REAL issues! (sorry, I'm 
still
> sour about my expierience with their EX5, and I guess I hold a bit 
of a
> grudge)
> 
> ByronIV
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