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

wow dude what is up with the caps?

Ok well I use a XL-7 and a E5000 with a 10 gig drive and 128MB of 
ram.  I love this set up.  I have not spent alot of time with the MP 
but from the time that i did spend I think that you would be better 
off with the XL even though alot of the sounds are tech/trance'ish.

I truly dont think any synth is going to give you alot of the drum 
sounds that you are looking for.  Jungle is after all started off a 
sampler based music, like hip hop.  It's roots are in sampled drum 
loops and hits riped apart and reconstructed. As for heavy bass 
there is alot of it in the XL.  I feel that the bass sounds in the 
xl are truly one of its strong points.

As for the new 909 from what i have read it seems that it is still 
rely buggy.  I kinda wish that it where perfict becouse i get sick 
of setting up program changes and setting up all the controllers for 
my E5000.  But it seems that there is alot to work out with that box.

And for the rs7000 I think that the sequencer in that box is great.  
But the synth is very weak in comparison with the XL/MP's.  There ya 
go.  Hope that helps more than confuzes.

You can email me directly if you have more questions about my setup.
curiousproductions@...

Mike G.


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "dj4tfy" <dj4tfy@s...> wrote:
> AWRIGHT.
> I CREATE MAINLY DNB/JUNGLE (DARK, JAZZY, TECHY)
> I NEED A MACHINE THAT CAN MAKE ME DOZE PHAT BEEFY-ENRICHED SNARES 
AND 
> DEEP HEAVY-BREATHING BASES THAT JUST CREEP AND BOUNCE NICE AND 
> SMOOTHLY.  SOMETIMES SOME HARD HEAVY METTALIC BASS IS COOL TOO.  
I'VE 
> BEEN LOOKING FOR GOOD HARDWARE FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.  MY 
> MIND IS ALMOST SET ON THE MP-7.  I'VE CHECKED OUT THE XL-7,AND 
PEEPS 
> TOLD ME NOT TO GET IT FOR WHAT I LIKE MAKING SINCE IT IS MORE 
TRANCE 
> ORIENTED.  ANY GOOD, HONEST SUGGESTIONS FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE THESE 
> TWO MACHINES? ANY DNB ARTISTS USING EITHER OF THESE MACHINE?  
WHICH 
> ONE WILL SUITE MY PURPOSES MORE?  JUST AFTER READING MANY THINGS 
> LATELY BOUT THE MP-7 I'M STARTING TO THINK IT HAS MANY PROBLEMS---
I 
> DON'T LIKE TO SPEND TIME ON PROBLEMS WHEN I DONT HAVE TO.  I GOT 
> ABOUT 1200 TO SPEND AND I'M NOT SURE IF I SHOULD GET AN MP OR XL-7 
> WITH A NICE E5000 ULTRA SAMPLER(USED),A CHEAP BEHRINGER 
MIXER         
> OR GET AN MC 909      OR RS7000 AND IS THE RS7000 OR MC 909 GOOD?
> I'D REALLY APPRECIATE SOME ADVICE FROM YOU GUYS WHO REALLY KNOW 
BOUT 
> THIS STUFF.  ANYTHING WOULD HELP.  MY HEAD HURTS FROM GOING BACK 
AND 
> FOURTH ON MACHINES AND CHANGING MY MIND OVER AND OVER CAUSE OF 
GOOD 
> OR BAD REVIEWS.  I'M SURE MOST OF YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS AND 
YOU 
> KNOW IT AINT FUN AND IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING.  I KNOW ITS 
PERSONAL 
> PREFERENCE, BUT THE THING IS....I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GET 
ADVICE 
> FROM ANY DNB/JUNGLE ARTIST YET TO SEE WHAT THEY RECOMMEND DOR THIS 
> TYPE OF MUSIC.  ALSO ONE THE COMMAND STATIONS, HOW CAN YOU SAVE 
YOUR 
> MUSIC TO DISK IF YOU EVEN CAN????