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

note that I have only experimented with the MP-7 sounds in a local 
music store, but from what I heard there, it sounds amazing.

//Nifflas

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "nifflas <nifflas@m...>" <nifflas@m...> 
wrote:
> I can not really tell you much about the internal sounds of the MC-
> 909, except that the demos on mc-909 is CRAP! I believe the 
internal 
> sounds of the MC sounds like the average MTV song... nothing 
orginal.
> 
> The sounds of the MP-7 is very nice in my opinion, much better. 
Also, 
> the Proteus Expansions (I own the ZR, World and Beat Garden 
> expansions) is fantastic. At least the Beat Garden and World. ZR I 
> really didn't like (the piano was amazing tho)
> 
> The MC-909 can be expanded with an SRX card which holds 64mb of 
> samples.
> 
> The MP-7 has 128 note polyphony. The MC-909 has 64, but stereo 
> waveforms only takes 1 poly on the MC, while it takes 2 poly on the 
> MP-7. At the other hand, sampled stereo waveforms on the MC-909 
takes 
> 2 polyphony.
> 
> The MC-909 has much more effects, and you have much better controll 
> of them. The MC-909 has four effect processors (I think) and a 
master 
> effect.
> 
> The MC-909 has an sequencer with piano roll interface, which makes 
it 
> really flexible.
> 
> I've had my XL-7 for almost two years now, and many buttons and the 
> data wheel is already responding weird. I don't know about the MC-
> 909, but I think it's better.
> 
> The MP-7 still has a couple of bugs in it's sequencer.
> 
> Overall, I think everything is better about the MC-909, except its 
> internal sounds.
> 
> I've already ordered the MC-909 for it's sequencer and sampling, 
> which I will use to controll the XL-7 as a sound module (until now 
> I've used the XL-7 as sequencer) - so if you want to get a machine 
> with a good internal sequencer, go for the MC-909. no doubt about 
> that.
> 
> //Nifflas
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "studio_6512 <studio6512@c...>" 
> <studio6512@c...> wrote:
> > Can someone tell me what the difference between the MP-7 versus 
the 
> > MC-909 is, besides the sampling capabilities of the MC-909.  I 
> would 
> > like to know which one is better, as far as groove station 
> > comparisons.  thanks...