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Re: a few more questions and request for opinions

2003-04-28 by drewaight1

What other grooveboxes do you have?







--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "dwoodaman" <dwoodaman@y...> wrote:
> Hey group -
> It seems I am trying to convince myself to buy either the MP7 or 
the 
> XL7, based a lot on its sequencing capabilities to use with my 
other 
> grooveboxes. I have listened to the mp3s on the emu site but still 
I 
> am wondering: are the drum sets similar on both machines? For 
preset 
> loops, can you edit these and change the loops? Can you change 
> paramaters on the drum samples themselves, like start point, 
attack, 
> etc?
> And seeing the hundreds of drum samples available, does anyone know 
> what the difference is with the new machine that is coming out?
> Is one machine better than the other for getting lots of analog 
> sounds? Are the few pianos and strings pretty much the same on both 
> machines?
> Sorry, I realize these are all very subjective questions! and 
> probably not too many people have both cards in their machines. 
> Any comments most appreciated, and you will be held harmless if I 
end 
> up buying one.
> thx
> Dana

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