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

Matt Picone wrote:

>> hardware itself seems to be dying a slow but sure death
> 
> I don't think so at all. As much as I love software, it's never ever
> going to completely overrun dedicated hardware.
> 
> Is this th right forum to get into this discussion?

i was really just trying to give a possible explanation of e-mu's sales
slowdown.

i think what we call "hardware" in the future is going to be like that
keyboard that was demoed recently that is a full on PC inside a keyboard
with controller panels that can be swapped out, a big ole VGA LCD screen and
VST plug-ins running inside a very stable host app on top of a custom GUI.

hell my XL-7 is basically a computer that plays back samples using custom
DSP chips, right?

i with you, though - i hope hardware survives. i'd like to see more along
the lines of Alesis's Andromeda - using new technology to do something old.
i'd really like to see E-mu do something along the lines of combining a
Command Station with an Emulator - sampling, a nice large LCD, 32-channel
effects, etc. a "Super Command Station" if you will, at around $1200 to
$1400 or so - that would be swell.

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Bruddah Max
Lord of the Dance