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

I agree- you'll want the Protean Drum rom.  I don't play guitar, so I
use a sampler (Boss, SP-505) to get "live played" l guitar riffs to work with. (let me
know if you want more info. on this)   

I have two other roms- XL & PK-6.  I haven't found a way to use the
heavy guitar type presets so that they sound good/realistic.  The muted/acoustic guitar
presets are good/useable, though.  That's my 2-cents.

mike

> The XL-7 (or any other EMU command station) is - in my opinion - a
very nice
> Sequencer for making music in general.
> The problem with the genre you are interested in is, that the XL-7
has
> mostly electronic sounds (it uses the X Lead V2 Rom).
> If you want to produce metal/rock music you would like to have some
extra
> ROMs/sound boards which have good guitar sounds/more acoustic drum
sounds on
> them.
> I think the "Protean drums ROM" would feed your need for the drum
sounds you
> are looking for and the "Vintage ROM" (if I recall correctly) and
"Sounds of
> the ZR ROM" could probalby give you some guitar/bass sounds you
would like
> to have. (Tough I don't have one of them, so I cannot comment on
the guitar
> sounds of these boards. -> See the reviews of these ROMs. Someone
shortly
> posted a "Vintage ROM" review in this group.)
> If you have a PC and be able to play guitar you'd better (in my
opinion)
> stick with a program like Cubase for playing a real guitar. Then
"Protean
> drums" would be the only additional ROM you might need for your
XL-7.
> If you are about to produce some new metal you might like the X
Lead 2
> sounds as well ;)
> Btw: The Command Station with the "Protean drums" installed would
be the
> PX-7 ...
>