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

Thanks. I converted some esi banks to halion and I had to reprogram 
them too. But the thing is when I load to the Esi the CDroms it came 
with, I still need to reprogram them if I want to make something 
interesting of them. So I don't know if its just the way ESi CDroms 
are... or just the basic ones the Esi comes with. The quality of many 
of the sounds is good, though.

Does anybody else has some experience with ESi Cd roms?




--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Brian" <synthmusic@y...> wrote:
> --- 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