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

I've owned both- just wait until your rm1x's buttons
stop working :-/

Also- the one thing that killed me with the rm1x is
that there didnt seem to be a way to change a
pattern's legnth after you created it.
And- the rm1x's note-input buttons are on/off
switches- IE: no velocity-
So you'll need a keyboard or something else unless you
wanna tediously go and edit velocities for everything
you play.

--- Stu <routerman@...> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> At hte risk of being flamed, I think you should also
> look at the Yamaha
> RM1x, as you already have the ESi2000 and the RM1x
> is a very powerful
> hardware sequencer that would work well with your
> sampler...
> 
> It's main strengths are that you can trigger 16
> patterns, each made up of 16
> tracks, on the fly and can also mute/unmute groups
> of tracks at the press of
> a single button...
> 
> It has some very usable drumkits, especially the
> breakbeat and dnb kits and
> their variations, and also features a complete GM
> set in addition to the
> dance orientated sounds...
> 
> It has a floppy drive and loads SMFs, patterns or
> complete songs....
> 
> You can select patterns from other songs and play
> them in the current
> pattern (although they won't play immediately - you
> have to wait until the
> loop starts again).
> 
> You can have patterns of different lengths playing
> alongside each other (e.g
> a 3 bar pattern looping over a 4 bar pattern).
> Patterns can be up to 256
> bars long....
> 
> You can 'timestretch' the patterns in realtime (e.g.
> make them play at
> half/double the original tempo).
> 
> You can chain patterns together, then record
> yourself playing over the top
> of them in song mode.
> 
> All in all ,it's a very powerful piece of kit,
> especially if you use it to
> sequence external gear such as your sampler. It's
> internal sounds aren't as
> good as the XL-7, but are still usable and you get
> more variation, although
> the XL-7 can be expanded to include other sound
> sets...
> 
> I come from an improvisational background myself,
> and after deliberating for
> quite a while ended up with an RM1x rather than an
> XL7, partly due to price,
> but partly because I felt the RM1x gave me more
> freedom of expression when
> sequencing external gear (I use it with an EMu E6400
> Ultra sampler with the
> RFX32 expansion - an excellent combination). I think
> if the internal sounds
> are important to you, then go with the XL-7, but if
> you are intending to
> trigger other gear, then get the RM1x.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Stu
> 
> (p.s. I have nothing bad to say about the XL-7 or
> its users, it's just the
> RM1x suits my own personal requirements better and I
> can't afford both
> unfortunately...)
> 
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: sincultura13 [mailto:sincultura13@...]
>   Sent: 02 June 2003 07:28
>   To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
>   Subject: [xl7] Will a Command Station suite my
> needs?
> 
> 
>   I'm mostly working with software sequencing these
> days, but was
>   offered some live spots and want to see if I can
> find a way to
>   translate what I'm doing on my computer for live
> gigs. The thing is
>   that I don't sequence the whole songs in midi, but
> build block with
>   loops I make by sampling myself playing, breaks,
> etc.. I do use midi
>   but print to audio to sequence. Then I lay some
> track of me playing
>   live all the way through and edit... My messed up
> NLDed brain tends
>   to get easily overwhelmed with midi sequencing...
> I rather work with
>   chunks instead of individual notes.  For the live
> sets, I was
>   thinking of adding a DJ CD players and an effect
> unit to add to my SP-
>   505 and ESI2000 but then Checking Musician Friends
> I saw the XL-7 for
>   $500 which is a sweet deal. Is emu gonna stop
> making it? 'cause the
>   MP-7 is still regular price... It occurred to me
> that I can load all
>   the big loops to my ESI2000's 128mb of ram and
> sequence them with
>   midi in Logic kinda like I do with audio....
> 
>   Here are some questions I have about the XL-7:
> 
>   1)USB: IS the USb reliable for loading SMF files
> from a computer? Can
>   it load patterns, or just complete songs? If it
> doesn't load
>   patterns, what's the step editing like? Is the
> memory that it comes
>   with for patterns enough or do I need a flash ram
> card? It's wierd
>   that it has no Floppy drive...
> 
>   2)ROMPLER: What's the sound rom like? IS there a
> list of the presets
>   somewhere?I'm not into electronica, but don't want
> to pay extra for
>   the MP-7 since I'm mostly using samples anyway.
> Does it come with
>   acoustic drums and non Synth patches too? It'll be
> cool if I could
>   use some of the onboard sounds especially with all
> those knobs to
>   tweak! :)
> 
>   3)Sequencer: Does the sequencer let you
> mute/unmute any combination
>   of the indivudual 32 tracks on the go? Can more
> than one pattern be
>   played at the same time? I'm trying to figure out
> ways keep the vibe
>   form my computer tracks... I never pay too much
> attention bars/beats
>   (and use seconds/minutes and wave display on my
> audio sequencer as
>   reference) and might feel constricted by that on
> the sequencer.
>   Anybody who's has the same "problem", found a
> way(s) to work around
>   this?
> 
> 
> 
>   I come from playing live instruments on
> improvisational settings...
>   Any help, advice, suggestion regarding the Command
> Stations or any
>   other possible setup for what I'm trying to do
> will be greatly
>   appreciated...
> 
> 
>   Thanks in advance...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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