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Ok I've ordered my MP7 but have a few Questions....

Ok I've ordered my MP7 but have a few Questions....

2003-07-30 by faxorgy

Roms which would you suggest.
Firstly I do not mind obviously digital sounding textures.
Secondly I love to program my own sounds.
I like stuff like autechre ,mouse on mars ,orbital ,blackdog ,visions 
of shiva and a lot of obscure electronica .
My thought's where PX rom -extra drums ,Vinatge Rom -lots of raw 
waveforms from the classics to mangle at will. And either the Beat 
Garden ,Techno , or XL-7 boards .
Which do you feel would best suit that style sonically ???
Any replies greatly appreciated.
Oh yes and lastly if I have synths connected to the sub outs as 
inputs do they output through the SP/DIF digital out also ?
Thanx

Re: Ok I've ordered my MP7 but have a few Questions....

2003-07-30 by jesse_medway

I have a Techno card for sale if you are interested.  Make me an 
offer.  Great 808/909 kits as well as other drums.  Very good basses 
and pads too.  A lot of nice raw material to use for custom sounds, 
a lot better than the MP7 raw sounds in my opinion.

I dont belive they will run out the digital out since that would 
require an extra converter.
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> My thought's where PX rom -extra drums ,Vinatge Rom -lots of raw 
> waveforms from the classics to mangle at will. And either the Beat 
> Garden ,Techno , or XL-7 boards .
> Which do you feel would best suit that style sonically ???
> Any replies greatly appreciated.
> Oh yes and lastly if I have synths connected to the sub outs as 
> inputs do they output through the SP/DIF digital out also ?
> Thanx

Re: [xl7] Ok I've ordered my MP7 but have a few Questions....

2003-07-30 by Nick Rothwell

> Roms which would you suggest.
> [...] Secondly I love to program my own sounds.

If you really love to program your own sounds, then the choice of ROM
is not critical; you'll presumably be doing most of your work with the
synthesis architecture.

[Having said that, even though I do a lot of sound/effects processing
(two Nord MicroModulars and two Korg OasysPCI's) I do have a
fully-populated XL-7, since most commissions require very fast
prototyping of ideas and for that you really need a large sample
library. For full-on electronica though, the sample selection is
really only a small part of the whole process.]

-- 

  nick rothwell -- composition, systems, performance -- http://www.cassiel.com

Re: Ok I've ordered my MP7 but have a few Questions....

2003-07-30 by jesse_medway

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Nick Rothwell <nick@c...> wrote:
> If you really love to program your own sounds, then the choice of 
ROM
> is not critical; you'll presumably be doing most of your work with 
the
> synthesis architecture.

Yes but you still need the raw waveforms to work with and the ROMs 
really help here.