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

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "tomic_47" <tomic_47@y...> wrote:
> Anybody compared the two for grid and step recording?
> Which one works smoother and permits monitoring your current steps 
> while programming so that you don't have to listen to the whole 
> pattern.
> What about Roland's new SP-606 or 505?
> 
> Thanks,
> Danijel

It's no contest. Grid mode on the Rm1x is broken - it can't play 
sounds from tracks other than the one that is being edited. Nor can 
you switch in and out of record on the fly. The XX-7 does both of 
these things very easily. The SP's are phrase samplers with very 
rudimentary sequencers (the SP-606 has only 4 tracks and 18,000 
notes, versus 16 tracks, 32 channels, and 300,000 notes on the XX-7). 
None of these is a match for the Command Stations.