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Re: Sound rom prices

2003-07-13 by tcdave

The answer to the question is one word......

EBAY

I got sounds of the ZR for $180, retail over $300.....

tcdave




--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Ivan Sharma" <noision1@h...> wrote:
> its not wrong to try and find deals. But mainly I think you are not 
being realistic to compare the price of a vastly reduced in price XX-
7 unit with the cost of roms. Anyway, there are some deals out there 
and even some people might sell you a rom used. What are you looking 
for?
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: DigiD 
>   To: xl7@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 2:41 PM
>   Subject: [xl7] Re: Sound rom prices
> 
> 
>   Thanks for the reply but that doesnt answer my question. FYI I do 
my
>   own sampling and editing with my ASR10 so I know what is 
involved. I
>   still believe E-mu could lower the price on the roms a little. 
Anyway
>   Im just trying to find any deals that I might have missed. Is 
that so
>   wrong?
> 
>   Thanks
>   DigiD
> 
>   --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "tcdave" <davedude_92692@y...> wrote:
>   > Well, 
>   > 
>   > The original cost or MSRV was $1395 so $279 doesnt seem that 
bad....  
>   > besides the sounds are incredible. Consider this....You try 
sampling, 
>   > editing, looping, and programming sounds/samples and you will 
>   > understand that it takes alot of time for each sound.  Before I 
got 
>   > my XL7, I sampled every sound on my EPS.  It takes ALOT of time 
to 
>   > get the sample to loop right and to adjust timbre and all of 
that.
>   > 
>   > I would rather be composing than messing around with the 
technical 
>   > end.  Just my thoughts.
>   > 
>   > tcdave
>   > 
>   > 
>   > 
>   > 
>   > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "DigiD" <digitaldisbeliever@e...> 
wrote:
>   > > I have checked a few places online and all are priced at 
$279.00 . 
>   > Now
>   > > I dont want to complain because I love my XL-7 but I have a 
hard 
>   > time
>   > > shelling out over half of what it cost for the main unit just 
for 
>   > 32MB
>   > > of sounds. Also I cant find the proteus pop collection listed 
other
>   > > then at emu.com . Any chance it was discontinued? Thanks to 
everyone
>   > > here for all the help. 
>   > > 
>   > > DigiD
> 
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