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

This is in fact interesting. I myself have just decided to buy the 
Audity 2000. I do a dark sort of trance and techno myself and have 
found the soundset and arpeggios on the Xl7 to lean more to the "pop" 
side. To my tastes, they just aren't heavy or have that "fuzzy" feel 
i'm after. I love the sequencer and effects and the fact that you can 
run an entire studio from it though.  Grrr... so I'd buy back my XP30 
in a heatbeat and want to buy maybe a triton or motif next after the 
audity.




--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "mikexl7" <curiousproductions@r...> wrote:
> 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@r...
> 
> 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????