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

There is nothing like a drum machine for laying down quick ideas. More 
importantly I use Sonar and it's great, but for drum programming (at least 
the initial idea) Drum Machines have sonar beat. I have a MP-7 and won't look 
back to recording, re-recording, and re-re-recording in Sonar to get that 
tight sound Drum Machines provide. Yes, the quantize featuer is tight in 
Sonar. But the grid on a Drum Machine sequencer is Flawless. I create my 
initial patterns on the MP-7 then transfer the midi file to Sonar, and 
trigger the MP-7. I actually thought about going to the MPC series again 
(once owned the MPC 3000) but went with the Mp-7 since I wasnt going to use 
it for no more then a drum machine. For Sampling purposes I use Gigastudio 
96, and trigger those drum sounds(imported from my Akai S5000 library) as 
well with the MP-7. For Voices, String and everything else I use an external 
keyboard. Needless to say with the 2 combined you have a very powerful 
Sampler/ Drum Machine. Try that with any MPC Series, Groove box, Etc....Throw 
in a GigaTranslator and I'm importing/exporting - to/from other Sampler 
Formats as well.
whew.....
Hope that helps


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