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

I want to take everybody that took the time to help me out 'cause if 
it weren't for you I'd probably had spend a lot more money on 
something less functional or user friendly. I feel I'm going to be 
able to focus more on playing instead of stearing mindlessly at a 
screen like an idiot, like most of the time happens when I'm working 
on the computer. Not to mention that I'm glad I can't search the 
internet while trying to make music, which is lethal to my brains 
short attention span! :)Did you know that in the 40's and 50's some 
local tv station without enough material used to have a still picture 
of an Indian for sometimes half hour or more on the air? The Funny 
thing is that people would sit and watch the damn screen waiting for 
the next show... That's how I feel sometimes!

The only thing I think is going to bother me a bit is chaining 
patterns to make songs. Can I load the parts and do that on the 
computer?  

This machine is amaizing! As intuitive as the mc909 I was so 
impressed with but every funtion seems more immidiate. Not hidden 
behind a couple of menu screens. The drums sounds are more usable 
than I thought and the rest of the rom, even if not something I would 
have bought by itself, with some tweaking should add some interesting 
elements to my setup... BTW, the pads are awesome! I like how they 
kinda bouce back more than the somewhat rigid pads on the MPC.


Now, to the original question... I could get 10 Esi cds from Emu for 
$99 and the Command Station Roms are more than twice that. Tweaking 
sounds on the ESi is kinda long winded, can I set the Xl-7 knobs to 
speed up the process? What are the pros and Cons of going either 
way?