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

Is there any way to put -7 to GM mode?


Kamy

Kamy,

If you get the ZR ROM # 9088, which has a GM bank.  E-mu has 
otherwise stayed away(for now)from the whole GM thing.
  
http://www.emu.com/online_shop/byproduct/xl7_shop.html

M2


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

> Is there any way to put -7 to GM mode?
> 
> 
> Kamy

> If you get the ZR ROM # 9088, which has a GM bank.  E-mu has 
> otherwise stayed away(for now)from the whole GM thing.

I think they did a good decision saying away from the whole GM thing. 
I mean, GM is only good for playing back standard MIDI files, and I 
guess most people doesn't use their synths for that purpose. Most 
instruments is quite unuseable, and takes a lot of memory that could 
be reversed for better things...

//Nifflas

> If you get the ZR ROM # 9088, which has a GM bank.  E-mu has
> otherwise stayed away(for now)from the whole GM thing.

I think they did a good decision saying away from the whole GM thing.
I mean, GM is only good for playing back standard MIDI files, and I
guess most people doesn't use their synths for that purpose. Most
instruments is quite unuseable, and takes a lot of memory that could
be reversed for better things...

//Nifflas



Don't forget the fact that most tutorial Midi-files are in GM format.

K.

--- In xl7@y..., <kgilani@e...> wrote:
> > If you get the ZR ROM # 9088, which has a GM bank.  E-mu has
> > otherwise stayed away(for now)from the whole GM thing.
> 
> I think they did a good decision saying away from the whole GM 
thing.
> I mean, GM is only good for playing back standard MIDI files, and I
> guess most people doesn't use their synths for that purpose. Most
> instruments is quite unuseable, and takes a lot of memory that could
> be reversed for better things...
> 
> //Nifflas
> 
> 
> 
> Don't forget the fact that most tutorial Midi-files are in GM 
format.
> 
> K.

Well, for tutorial stuff you should get a cheap synth or soundcard, I 
mean, I don't care for tutorial stuff and don't expect anything like 
that to exists in the synthesizers I buy (except a manual)... I 
already know how MIDI works in detail.

Thank god they stayed away from GM in the XL/MP too.  I love not having to 
scroll through tons of crap GM presets while looking for sounds.  The 
XL/MP are obviously not geared towards that market anyway.  Like you said 
if you need to have GM get the expansion board.

rEalm



E-mu has otherwise stayed away(for now)from the whole GM thing.