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

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "robotchas" <robotchas@...> wrote:
>
> The Radikal Spectralis has been on my drool list for little while
> now...I want to read a really good, thorough review of it before I can
> even start thinking of saving money for one, though. 
> 
> Now if Access would add user sampling to the next Virus...
> 
> Back to the XL-7: Preset linking is clumsy, I agree. The ROMs I have
> are pretty good at making everything available in a couple different
> forms: in a kit, as a single sample stretched up and down the
> keyboard, looped to make buzzes, even a couple reverse hits. The
> Protean Drums ROM gives you all the individual velocity layers, too.
> There are even some duplicate samples under different names, like
> kicks showing up again in One-Shot Percussion on the XL ROM.

Looks like a lot of fun, not heard / seen one close up yet..

Just stumbled across this one, looks pretty mad..

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?
docid=1179567625633117422&q=synthesizer

I made the effort to get the protean rom when i first got the xl-7.
Luckly i found one at the time from thomann in germany for £65!!
I had a feeling roms would be hard to get hold of at some point so i 
made the effort to max the box out (though it came with 3 roms already)
Actually the drum mapping thing isin't such a bad thing as i will 
separate drum tracks up indivdually anyway so each sound can have its 
own preset if necessary.
Its just nice to keep all the drums on the same midi channel.