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

Thanks for the testimony. I agree, there is something special about 
dedicated music computers affectionately called "gear" (synths, 
samplers, processors, etc.). E-bay alo attests to the popularity of 
gear and related accessories. 

Just about a week ago an E-synth ROM went for over $250. A few weeks 
back a 32 MB Flash RAM (E-Mu) went for $350. (Haven't seen World 
Expedition ROM recently on e-bay, but that used to be in the $300-350 
range.)

However, I doubt Creative Labs will bet back into the stand-alone 
dedicated music gear business. 

--Steve

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, ed mann <gongworks@...> wrote:
>
> I love the XL7 and use it constantly and cannot
> imagine using anything else. Last month I did a
> performance for the music and tech dept at a prominent
> national music school. Afterwards all the students
> (who work on powerbooks only) were gathering around
> asking "what is that orange thing?!?" (XL7) so I found
> myself saying "well that is a Dedicated Hardware Synth
> with knobs and controllers and a loop
> sequencer..."They were like "WOW, that's
> amazing...cool"...it was funny and I did not expect
> it. But it makes sense, most of these people were like
> 10 or 11 when the Command Stations were released and
> since then the trend is total software. All the kids
> liked the XL7 however and asked "where can I get one
> of those?"....eBay my friends.... I predict a retro
> wave of development of dedicated hardware devices once
> again - if for marketing purposes only, hopefully by
> Emu. The XL8. 
> 
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