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

Thank you, TIK777, great help,
As I am deciding between the RS7000 (features, sampler etc.) and the 
mp-7 (expensive, soundquality!): Do you think, the mp-7 is good for 
songwriting? I am not performing live and do not fiddle to much with 
the filters. I just want the all in one-box, easy sequencing (grid-
mode) on the fly with no stopping + korg es-1. Or is the RS7000 
better for that? 

Do you know for sure the mp-7 allows programming your own GM-
drumkits? From what I see from the manual: Kits come 
as "instruments"/multisamle - no word about how to change sounds for 
single keys... if not possible, the mp7 would be pretty useless to 
me...

The ZR expansion board: Is it a stylish bag of sounds that are 
outdated in two years or a solid base that holds its value for years 
to come. Many presets of the mp-7 sound nice as sampleshots, but are 
useless for songwriting. I can play a minor6-chord - I dont need a 
sample for that - very strange!

Another 2 cents? 

Heinrich

 
--- In xl7@y..., heretik7@h... wrote:
> First you have to have an idea of how the general midi map is layed 
> out...pretty much any piece of gear out there has at least one GM 
> drumkit.  After you know where to place the types of sounds in the 
> map; you simply build a drumkit in the MP by usually going in to 
an 
> already made drumkit and replacing the sounds with the ones you 
want 
> for each key...time consuming but worthy.  I did fail to see a 
> drumkit programming chapter in the manual, but it has to be there 
> someplace.  Next, roms are great especially if you purchased your 
MP 
> when it was 1200 bucks.  Go to emu's website and fax them your 
> receipt to get 200 bucks off your first rom.  The website also has 
> some patches from the pure phatt sound module you can download and 
> transmit to your machine.  ALSO-if you press the save copy button 
and 
> scroll all the way right on the big black rotary knob you will see 
a 
> command called randomize preset...AHHHHHHHHH, this will get you 
some 
> nice leads, drumkits, basses, EPs, noise, and etc: Be sure to name 
> and save the presets it generates however.  The ZR card is going to 
> be your basic soundset...and in fact is the soundset from the ZR  
> keyboard from ensoniq, the protozoa is going to have the same kind 
of 
> content, but quite a bit more dated, being that it comes from the 
> dated Proteus 1 thru 3 series modules from EMU-however having its 
> filter work revamped for the MP.  Hopefully I have answered your 
> questions appropriately.
> 
> TIK777