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

Hey Thanks! This has all been really informative!  I already have 
ableton in my PC and is an awesome piece of software. I use it more 
to tweak beats, sync stuff, and try ideas quick. I don't know how it 
would react to whole songs, though. 


I have a couple questions about what was posted...

"The lack of a useable realtime grid edit and the weak arpeggiator 
basically disqualified the Rm1x from live use in my mind. The Play FX 
are kinda cool but don't make up for the other things."


>>> I don't make techno-like music so I have no use for the 
arpeggiator... The editing of midi loops is something I could use as 
I play "live" from a keyboard most things... Both machines let you 
record live things while what you already have is playing back, 
right? What exactly is the realtime grid edit? And the play FX? This 
are all new terms to me....




"> However, the fact that
> you have 16 sections laid out in front of you, along with 
harmonizing and
> effects means makes it easier to layout and play with the overall 
song
> structure, or switch between back like they were sampled grooves.

The xl-7 can only lays out the 16 tracks at once - the rm1x also lets 
you
select from a bank of 16 patterns at once. 
If you use the 'trigger patterns' command on the xl-7, but this only 
lets you
access one set of sixteen, instead of all of them. And there's 
no 'breakbeat'
switching."


>>>So the XL-7 has access to 16 fragments composed of 16 tracks while 
the RM1x additionally lets you access individual phrases on top of 
the song fragment? What is this "Breakbeat" switching? 


You know what, from what I'm gathering here these machines might 
actually help me organize my ideas! I might not get dazzled with all 
the information at once like on the arrangement screen in logic...