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

Is the native Rom in MP7 fully removable and substituted for any other from
Emu's line,  like the Beat Garden or the Xtreme? I really find this soundset
quite narrow in scope and variety of sounds, and not what I expected (I must
admit, however, that I got the MP over the XL mostly because of the
colour...)
I have already sold the Rom which is inside of it, but I'd like to make sure
the Rom is not hardwired to anything, and that the machine will boot up
regularly with another  Rom in its place, the Protozoa for example, or the
ZR, or any other.
Obviously, I know I'd lose the sounds of the patterns.

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The new prices are now reflected @ E-MU's site.

http://www.emu.com/online_shop/byproduct/proteus2500_shop.html


Later,

M2

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orbit3

If there are some sounds that you like in that ROM you can just 
expand the Command Station by adding any ROM in the 3 available 
expansion slots.  If you remove the "native" ROM, the module will not 
sound since the presets point to that particular ROM.

Later,

M2

http://www.emu.com/online_shop/byproduct/mp7_shop.html


--- In xl7@y..., GALASSIA 303 <argomax@g...> wrote:
> 
> Is the native Rom in MP7 fully removable and substituted for any 
other from
> Emu's line,  like the Beat Garden or the Xtreme? I really find this 
soundset
> quite narrow in scope and variety of sounds, and not what I 
expected (I must
> admit, however, that I got the MP over the XL mostly because of the
> colour...)
> I have already sold the Rom which is inside of it, but I'd like to 
make sure
> the Rom is not hardwired to anything, and that the machine will 
boot up
> regularly with another  Rom in its place, the Protozoa for example, 
or the

> ZR, or any other.
> Obviously, I know I'd lose the sounds of the patterns.
> 
> ______________________________________________
> ______________________________________________
> 
> GALASSIA 303
> SISTEMI PER DJ E MUSICA ELETTRONICA
> vendita online
> HOTLINE: 199-124640  - 3 linee r.a.
> ORARI: dalle 9 alle 9,  7 giorni su 7
> EMAIL: argomax@g...
> WEB: www.galassia303.it
> ______________________________________________
> ______________________________________________

GALASSIA 303 wrote:

> Is the native Rom in MP7 fully removable and substitutedfor any
> other from Emu's line,  like the Beat Garden or the Xtreme?

Yep.  You'll probably want to copy the factory banks of the new ROM down
into your user locations, because they'll all point to the MP-7 and
won't make any sound.  Copy bank is somewhere in the save/copy menu.

-Aaron

PS.  though you don't *have* to remove it to add more unless you want to
sell it or something.

> The new prices are now reflected @ E-MU's site.
> 
> http://www.emu.com/online_shop/byproduct/proteus2500_shop.html

And Guitar Center is advertising a rebate program, 
buy an XL7/MP7 now and get a free Protozoa card... 
he said looking at a 2 month old mp7 with a ZR installed.

Actually Jeff, I was at my local GC this past weekend and the ad 
say's "Free Proteus Expansion ROM" not Protozoa because they list it 
as a $349 value which we all no is a 32mb ROM and the Protozoa is a 
16mb ROM with a lower retail value.

Double check the ad and let me know if you read it the way I did.  My 
GC booklet was picked up in Maryland.

Later,

M2

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orbit3


--- In xl7@y..., Jeff <drumcorps@e...> wrote:

> > The new prices are now reflected @ E-MU's site.
> > 
> > http://www.emu.com/online_shop/byproduct/proteus2500_shop.html
> 
> And Guitar Center is advertising a rebate program, 
> buy an XL7/MP7 now and get a free Protozoa card... 
> he said looking at a 2 month old mp7 with a ZR installed.

--- In xl7@y..., Jeff <drumcorps@e...> wrote:

> he said looking at a 2 month old mp7 with a ZR installed.

Jeff,

On this one, you should call your salesman @ GC and see if he/she
(gotta be PC)will honor your purchase or give you the promotion for 
your less than 2 month old purchase of the MP-7.

My situation was similar after buying the P2K in the late summer 
of "99".  There was a promotion for a free ROM which in my case was 
the 16mb Protozoa a month after my purchase.  I received a call from 
my salesman alerting me of the ROM deal.  I then asked him about 
upgrade possibilities to the Techno ROM that I really wanted and he 
said no problem.  I picked up the new Rob Papen ROM just paying 
the "cost" difference.

It's little things like that that make repeat customers so less than 
a year later I went back and got the XL-1. (Don't you just love the 
little "Thank You" cards that they personally send you?)

Later,

M2


--- In xl7@y..., "emufreak1" <mmcquay@m...> wrote:
> Actually Jeff, I was at my local GC this past weekend and the ad 
> say's "Free Proteus Expansion ROM" not Protozoa because they list 
it 
> as a $349 value which we all no is a 32mb ROM and the Protozoa is a 
> 16mb ROM with a lower retail value.
> 
> Double check the ad and let me know if you read it the way I did.  
My 

> GC booklet was picked up in Maryland.
> 
> Later,
> 
> M2
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orbit3
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@y..., Jeff <drumcorps@e...> wrote:
>.. 
> > he said looking at a 2 month old mp7 with a ZR installed.

On Thu, 07 Feb 2002 04:07:55 -0000, emufreak1 wrote,

> Actually Jeff, I was at my local GC this past weekend and the ad 
> say's "Free Proteus Expansion ROM" not Protozoa because they list it 
> as a $349 value which we all no is a 32mb ROM and the Protozoa is a 
> 16mb ROM with a lower retail value.
> 
> Double check the ad and let me know if you read it the way I did. 
> My GC booklet was picked up in Maryland.

I called my salesman who called E-MU, it's a Protozoa.  <shrug>

Jeff

--- In xl7@y..., Jeff <drumcorps@e...> wrote:
>> 
> I called my salesman who called E-MU, it's a Protozoa.  <shrug>
> 
> Jeff


Site was down for awhile on my end.  That's a pretty big typo on GC's 
part!  Did your booklet say what mine did?  You really need to talk 
to them(GC)about it.

Later,

M2

On Thu, 07 Feb 2002 04:26:04 -0000, emufreak1 wrote,

> --- In xl7@y..., Jeff <drumcorps@e...> wrote:
> 
> > he said looking at a 2 month old mp7 with a ZR installed.
> 
> Jeff,
> 
> On this one, you should call your salesman @ GC and see if he/she
> (gotta be PC)will honor your purchase or give you the promotion for 
> your less than 2 month old purchase of the MP-7.

Heh... email crossing paths.  Yup, I did call this afternoon.  You send a
rebate style coupon to EMU (with a sales receipt).  So this one is outside
the hands of the dealers.  This kind of factory perk is usually not
retro-active, but I'm going to give it a shot.

At least someone at EMU is paying attention to the lack of meat and potatoes
sounds in the box.  ;-()

> My situation was similar after buying the P2K in the late summer 
> of "99".  There was a promotion for a free ROM which in my case was 
> the 16mb Protozoa a month after my purchase.  I received a call from 
> my salesman alerting me of the ROM deal.  I then asked him about 
> upgrade possibilities to the Techno ROM that I really wanted and he 
> said no problem.  I picked up the new Rob Papen ROM just paying 
> the "cost" difference.

Yup... music stores are one of the few places where a long term cash carrying
customer can dicker within the stores cost structure.  Somehow though, I
don't quite see EMU applying the "dealer cost" difference between the old ZR
price & the new ZR price to the [new] price of, say, a World Expedition ROM.

Sheesh, that made my head hurt.  ;)

> It's little things like that that make repeat customers so less than 
> a year later I went back and got the XL-1.

Yup.

> (Don't you just love the little "Thank You"
> cards that they personally send you?)

LOL!  A musician with money *is* an oxymoron...

Jeff

Good luck Jeff,  I hope you can get something out of it.

Goodnight,

M2



--- In xl7@y..., Jeff <drumcorps@e...> wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Feb 2002 04:26:04 -0000, emufreak1 wrote,
> 
> > --- In xl7@y..., Jeff <drumcorps@e...> wrote:
> > 
> > > he said looking at a 2 month old mp7 with a ZR installed.
> > 
> > Jeff,
> > 
> > On this one, you should call your salesman @ GC and see if he/she
> > (gotta be PC)will honor your purchase or give you the promotion 
for 
> > your less than 2 month old purchase of the MP-7.
> 
> Heh... email crossing paths.  Yup, I did call this afternoon.  You 
send a
> rebate style coupon to EMU (with a sales receipt).  So this one is 
outside
> the hands of the dealers.  This kind of factory perk is usually not
> retro-active, but I'm going to give it a shot.
> 
> At least someone at EMU is paying attention to the lack of meat and 
potatoes
> sounds in the box.  ;-()
> 
> > My situation was similar after buying the P2K in the late summer 
> > of "99".  There was a promotion for a free ROM which in my case 
was 
> > the 16mb Protozoa a month after my purchase.  I received a call 
from 
> > my salesman alerting me of the ROM deal.  I then asked him about 
> > upgrade possibilities to the Techno ROM that I really wanted and 
he 
> > said no problem.  I picked up the new Rob Papen ROM just paying 
> > the "cost" difference.
> 
> Yup... music stores are one of the few places where a long term 
cash carrying
> customer can dicker within the stores cost structure.  Somehow 
though, I
> don't quite see EMU applying the "dealer cost" difference between 
the old ZR
> price & the new ZR price to the [new] price of, say, a World 
Expedition ROM.
> 
> Sheesh, that made my head hurt.  ;)
> 
> > It's little things like that that make repeat customers so less 
than 

> > a year later I went back and got the XL-1.
> 
> Yup.
> 
> > (Don't you just love the little "Thank You"
> > cards that they personally send you?)
> 
> LOL!  A musician with money *is* an oxymoron...
> 
> Jeff

On Thu, 07 Feb 2002 05:04:13 -0000, emufreak1 wrote,

> > I called my salesman who called E-MU, it's a Protozoa.  <shrug>
> 
> Site was down for awhile on my end.  That's a pretty big typo on GC's 
> part!  Did your booklet say what mine did?  You really need to talk 
> to them(GC)about it.

The add in the booklet reads:

	"...free Proteus ROM expansion board... 
	- A $349 value! 
	(See store for details)"  

So it's generic; and (ahem) slightly misleading.  ;)

Jeff