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

I've got an SP-303, and that's why I want EMU to make a desktop 
sampler so badly.  The SP-303's sampling capabilities are very 
limited.  First off, you've only got 8 polyphony, so only 4 stereo 
samples at a time, so that puts off use for 'real' drum kits.  Also, 
it can only have 32 samples available at any one time!  The only way 
to load new samples is to load them up in the middle of a 
performance.  This usually takes anywhere from 2 minutes to 10 
minutes depending on the size of the sample bank.  Kinda shitty if 
you ask me.  And it's only 16-bit capable and really picky about what 
samples you upload to it.  Also, the pads on the front aren't 
velocity sensitive; you can only get that with MIDI.

In other words:  It's a *somewhat* capable sampler with good FX on 
it, but I want a sampler that can do MUCH MUCH more and am ultimately 
left unsatisfied with the SP-303.  I definately think EMU can bring 
out a product (that even uses their Flash RAM!!!) in the SP-303 price 
range (about $300) that would kick all sorts of ass.  Hell, just make 
an orange and purple one and you can bet that half the people on this 
forum would buy it!  

But until that happens, the SP-303 is the only product that I can 
find that fits the "tabletop sampling/FX unit" niche that I'm looking 
to fill to accompany my XL7...

sapo


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "djskurge" <djskurge@y...> wrote:
> "What EMU should really do is come up with a companion Sampler/FX 
> unit that would go along side the xx7's perfectly. I mean hell, 
> sampling is one of the things that you guys to best... If you do, 
> make sure it comes with compression!!!" 
> 
> 
> Anyone have any experience with the SP-303?  I am thinking about 
> picking this up for a decks and fx setup with my MP-7.