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

I whole heartedly agree.  I've downloaded tons of demo versions and not a single one has 
had more than a few uses.  Interface just is not there and by the time you spend the cash 
on a good hardware midi interface... you may have well just bought a synth in the first 
place.

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, erik_magrini@B... wrote:
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> The softsynth phenomenom is the same thing IMO.  Yeah they sound really 
> cool, and yeah they're easy to back up, but they're not much fun to PLAY 
> and program unless you have a dedicated control surface for each one! Very 
> few control surfaces built today can cope with more than VSTi template in 
> a way that barely approaches elegance.  And you have to have one with 
> expensive endless rotaries to even stand a chance at decent workflow.
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> rEalm
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> In my opinion, the whole softsynth thing is a fad that will 
> pass...eventually.
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