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

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "sincultura13" <sincultura13@y...> wrote:
> 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?

It would depend on which sampler you are using the ESI CD's with. I 
bought the Techno Synth CD-ROM and converted it to GigaStudio, and 
the results were barebones. In other words, the waveforms copied 
okay, but zero of the rest of the creative programming was 
translated. If you have an ESi, then you'll likely be better off than 
I was.

I recently bought the Techno Synth ROM, and immediately noticed that 
many of the patches were programmed to use the knobs well, and thus, 
the ROM is a more creative tool out of the box. If I could do it 
again, I'd buy the ROM over the CD.

By the way, if you buy the ROMs direct from Emu during their 1/2 off 
sale (which might still be going on now), the ROMs are only $140 
each. Tip: Ask for Frank in sales.

-Brian