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

I am the very proud owner of both an XL7 and MP7. They are great for 
Breakbeat. The Ultimate.

I always keep up with www.breaksworld.com and the current reviews. 
I'll hear a phatt break I like and then try to out-sick it with my 
stuff. Not hard at all. You can make layered beatz on either machine 
and screw with quantizing and other recording modes to humanize the 
groove, but I don't really find much quantizing necessary. These 
machines have a natural loose kind of feel and so it just seems to 
happen on its own. I find by careful mixing of layers that You can 
build tension and feeling incredibly. That's what makes a Break beat 
magickal, is the use of space and tension. That's why a break is 
erotic sounding when it's cool.

These machines could really re-write techno in lots of ways. My next 
goal is getting some expansions to load up further on available 
insanity. Great job, E-MU. These are two of the best investments I 
made this year. The factory presets are OK but I really think a lot 
can be done from scratch with what is available. That's the 
challenge. I can get lost in these machines up to 16 hours in a day 
without stopping. Incredible. The polyphony can create textures so 
thick that  it almost unbearable.

Chaos 9,
              I'm curious to why you bought a MP-7, and a XL-7...could you
not have just bought a XL-7 and then added a Pure Phat ROM card?
----- Original Message -----
From: <Chaos9@...>
To: <xl7@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 4:38 AM
Subject: [xl7] really a Beat Generating Monster.


> I am the very proud owner of both an XL7 and MP7. They are great for
> Breakbeat. The Ultimate.
>
> I always keep up with www.breaksworld.com and the current reviews.
> I'll hear a phatt break I like and then try to out-sick it with my
> stuff. Not hard at all. You can make layered beatz on either machine
> and screw with quantizing and other recording modes to humanize the
> groove, but I don't really find much quantizing necessary. These
> machines have a natural loose kind of feel and so it just seems to
> happen on its own. I find by careful mixing of layers that You can
> build tension and feeling incredibly. That's what makes a Break beat
> magickal, is the use of space and tension. That's why a break is
> erotic sounding when it's cool.
>
> These machines could really re-write techno in lots of ways. My next
> goal is getting some expansions to load up further on available
> insanity. Great job, E-MU. These are two of the best investments I
> made this year. The factory presets are OK but I really think a lot
> can be done from scratch with what is available. That's the
> challenge. I can get lost in these machines up to 16 hours in a day
> without stopping. Incredible. The polyphony can create textures so
> thick that  it almost unbearable.
>
>
>
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an XL-7 + Pure Phatt ROM does not give you the presets, patterns or 
songs of a MP-7.

for an explanation why, see my message #270. bummer that no one 
bothered replying to my message...

since then i've gone cross-eyed staring at hexadecimal sysex dumps 
of patterns but have found the bytes to patch to point at presets in 
different ROM boards and User memory. this is maybe halfway to a 
solution, assuming there isn't any check-sum to have to figure out 
for the sysex dumps.
 

--- In xl7@y..., "kudos" <kudos@t...> wrote:
> Chaos 9,
>               I'm curious to why you bought a MP-7, and a XL-
7...could you
> not have just bought a XL-7 and then added a Pure Phat ROM card?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Chaos9@F...>
> To: <xl7@y...>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 4:38 AM
> Subject: [xl7] really a Beat Generating Monster.
> 
> 
> > I am the very proud owner of both an XL7 and MP7. They are great 
for
> > Breakbeat. The Ultimate.
> >
> > I always keep up with www.breaksworld.com and the current 
reviews.
> > I'll hear a phatt break I like and then try to out-sick it with 
my
> > stuff. Not hard at all. You can make layered beatz on either 
machine
> > and screw with quantizing and other recording modes to humanize 
the
> > groove, but I don't really find much quantizing necessary. These
> > machines have a natural loose kind of feel and so it just seems 
to
> > happen on its own. I find by careful mixing of layers that You 
can
> > build tension and feeling incredibly. That's what makes a Break 
beat
> > magickal, is the use of space and tension. That's why a break is
> > erotic sounding when it's cool.
> >
> > These machines could really re-write techno in lots of ways. My 
next
> > goal is getting some expansions to load up further on available
> > insanity. Great job, E-MU. These are two of the best investments 
I
> > made this year. The factory presets are OK but I really think a 
lot
> > can be done from scratch with what is available. That's the
> > challenge. I can get lost in these machines up to 16 hours in a 
day
> > without stopping. Incredible. The polyphony can create textures 
so
> > thick that  it almost unbearable.
> >
> >
> >
> > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> > xl7-unsubscribe@y...
> >
> >
> >
> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to 
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
> >
> >