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Re: Sound rom prices

2003-07-13 by DigiD

Duh....as I slap myself in the head. I never even considered ebay. Thanks

DigiD


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "tcdave" <davedude_92692@y...> wrote:
> 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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