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

I look at it this way.  There's mastering the features of the box, and 
there's exploring all the possibilities those features can do (intended or 
not, think tb303).  So I think if someone were to sit down with the manual 
and read through it a couple times while playing with the box, they cold 
easily master all the features.  This box is pretty damn intuitive since 
OS 1.31 came out, so you can pretty much guess correctly how to do 
something once you understand the architecture.

What you actually DO with all that knowledge, well, that's a whole 
different story!   Something I too hope it takes me years and years to 
even come close to touching on.  The modulation matrix possibilities alone 
are pretty amazing...

rEalm



When I read "master this unit," I was reminded of the recently-posted
knob layout for pretending to be be a synth.  That reminded me quite
forcefully that despite my making lots of music I'm very happy with,
there are tons of things I haven't even thought of attempting.  I mean,
I've created maybe three user presets (one using various "VOX" sounds
that sounds like an asylum in a drum) in the year I've had it.


So I think it'll take years to master, in the sense of knowing all the
ins and outs of what it can do.