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

Along similar lines, I have both the xl7 with the Vintage Keys ROM 
installed and the Emu ESI-32 sampler. One of the CD's I got for the 
ESI is a Emu Vintage Keys collection which duplicates a lot of what's 
on the ROM. And considering that a CD is 650MB and a ROM is 128MB, 
it's no surprise that the sounds on the CD are clearly superior to 
the ROM. The Mellotron string sample is 30MB alone, and it really 
shows. I just checked ebay and ESI's are going for $177. Now, you'll 
probably have to throw in some kind of SCSI mass storage (hard drive, 
iomega) and a SCSI CDROM, but if really sounds fabulous and I've 
found the ESI reliable and very easy to use.

That being said, the Vintage Keys ROM is a hoot. The old string 
machines (Elka, Solina) and the analog basses are worth the price of 
admission. If you don't want to mess with separate boxes, it's a 
great little chip.

Hope that helps.
LC



--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "jesse_medway <medway808@h...>" 
<medway808@h...> wrote:
> 
> Deffinatly not an oxymoron.  Mirage, Emax I, both less than $200 
and 
> sound great.  OF course they are limited in features but have 
analog 
> filters and will add a lot of character.  Then there is the Yamaha 
> A4000, goes for around $500 with extras (memory, drives etc).  Nice 
> effects and filters, great buy.  Also look for Akai S1000/900 for 
> very cheap (about $200). Cleaner than the Mirage/Emax if thats what 
> you need.
> 
> Overall you'll probably want to get the A4000.  It does the most 
for 
> the amount of money.  Get the other samplers when you want some 
extra 
> grit.
> 
> Jesse
> 
> > Any good reccomendations on a good "cheap" sampler... Is good, 
and 
> cheap and 
> > oxymoron?
> > 
> > 
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]