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

I personally talked to a few representatives from emu themselves and 
they are not manufacturing right now because creative labs bought 
them out and decided against it - NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO - I can't 
believe this - I really want to buy an xl 7 after using my uncles px 
7 with the xl7 rom in it and the vintage synth rom in it - they told 
me that the reason why they are not manufacturing is because they 
don't think that it will be a good business investment and they think 
that it will cost more than they will make ... now I don't know if 
ofr where I am going to be able to ever get one !

--- lifeistheformofenergy <lifeistheformofenergy@...> wrote:
> I personally talked to a few representatives from emu themselves and 
> they are not manufacturing right now because creative labs bought 
> them out and decided against it

Dude, Creative Labs bought E-mu *12 years* ago.


		
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On 1/18/05 9:51 PM, "Aaron Eppolito" <synthesis77@...> wrote:

>> I personally talked to a few representatives from emu themselves and
>> they are not manufacturing right now because creative labs bought
>> them out and decided against it
> 
> Dude, Creative Labs bought E-mu *12 years* ago.

But Aaron, he PERSONALLY talked to people from E-MU THEMSELVES. This guy is
down with the info! ;D

Besides the 12 years ago buyout by Creative Labs, E-mu stopped making
hardware almost a year ago, right? Maybe I'm off by a few months, but I seem
to recall the music store blowouts of the command stations around January of
last year, or perhaps a bit earlier. Am I wrong? Hmmm...

--
Mibrilane

In a message dated 1/18/05 11:58:07 PM, synthesis77@... writes:


> - lifeistheformofenergy <lifeistheformofenergy@...> wrote:
> > I personally talked to a few representatives from emu themselves and
> > they are not manufacturing right now because creative labs bought
> > them out and decided against it
> 
> Dude, Creative Labs bought E-mu *12 years* ago.
> 

all i can say is i love my xl-7, w/protean drum, techno synth construction 
yard (tscy), and the original rom that comes w/the xl-7 (the beat garden 
maybe?)...anyway.....

my girlfriend always says how the xl-7's drums sound more "real" than all the 
other drum machines (kaoss pad, dx200, ermkII, tr505.......)....soooo....i 
love the mix of weird electro digital and analog.....its all good.   throw in a 
fuzzed out guit for good measure.

hang onto this vintage piece of gear and watch it appreciate.   dontcha know 
obsolescence is everything?????   ;-))

plastic


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XL7s (and other Command Stations) come up on ebay all the time, 
typically for around $450 or less.  Buy from a seller with good 
feedback and a long track record of sales, and its a fairly safe 
transaction.  Ditto with ROMs.  The real issue is that you've bought 
into a dead-end product in terms of future ROMs, etc.  Not a big 
deal to me -- I bought my PX7 and ROMs for the sound it could make 
at that time.  Emu will probably continue to service broken ones for 
a few years, so you're okay there but overall they seem to be very 
reliable.  No worse really than buying a vintage synth, actually a 
bit better because it hasn't been out of production all that long.

D7

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "lifeistheformofenergy" 
<lifeistheformofenergy@y...> wrote:
> 
> I personally talked to a few representatives from emu themselves 
and 
> they are not manufacturing right now because creative labs bought 
> them out and decided against it - NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO - I can't 
> believe this - I really want to buy an xl 7 after using my uncles 
px 
> 7 with the xl7 rom in it and the vintage synth rom in it - they 
told 
> me that the reason why they are not manufacturing is because they 
> don't think that it will be a good business investment and they 
think 
> that it will cost more than they will make ... now I don't know if 
> ofr where I am going to be able to ever get one !

Don't forget the one I have for sale for $400 right now! You don't even have to go through the eBay bidding process (although 
I have good eBay feedback.) If I don't hear from anyone within a day though, I'll have to put it on eBay.

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:17 , dumeril7 <dumeril7@...> sent:

>
>XL7s (and other Command Stations) come up on ebay all the time, 
>typically for around $450 or less.\ufffd Buy from a seller with good 
>feedback and a long track record of sales, and its a fairly safe 
>transaction.