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

on the upside, the SP-808 can easily be upgraded to the EX version, 
incl new effects. There is also a .wav conversion program for those 
with a Zip in there computer. <(I've done those) Many users have been 
putting in 750MB Zip drives lately. <(havent done that yet)

on the downside, its a Roland product, so there is NO official 
support for it. The manuals are hard to come by, and I hear they were 
beastly at best anyway. There is a video manual for the original 808 
that is readily available and is pretty good.
You can find 808s and 808EXs for about $500.

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, erik_magrini@B... wrote:
My personal choice would be 
> the Roland sp808, which I used to own and love.  Plenty of storage 
space, 
> KICK ASS effects (some of the best I've heard for dance music), 
nice pads 
> for triggering samples, and you can name your samples so they're 
easy to 
> find.  Downside is that it's not something that would be super easy 
to 
> pogram sequences on live, at least from what I remember though it's 
been 
> awhile, and it's more expensive too.
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> rEalm
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> djskurge <djskurge@y...>
> 05/01/2003 08:39 AM
> Please respond to xl7
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>         To:     xl7@yahoogroups.com
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>         Subject:        [xl7] Re: SP303?
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> I'm interested in sequencing with it foremost.
> I'm trying to get my MP-7/live skills sharp enough to start 
> incorporating it into my DJ sets. I have a ways to go but in the 
> meantime I wanted 1.) The ability to sample  2.) I gotta have some 
> external efx and 3.) Price. Bang for your buck.  The $300 price tag 
> looked good for getting a touch of sampling and efx. And I'm really 
> into efx, since all I do is techno/electro related. 
> 
> At first I was just looking at a Kaoss pad, but I figured if that 
was 
> $300 too, why not go for the SP and get some sampling. Anyway, 
thanks 
> for the heads up on the ES-1. Most of the reviews I found on the SP 
> had the ES-1 right next to it. I'm gonna check it out.
> 
> dj skurge
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> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, erik_magrini@B... wrote:
>  "What do you want to use it for?  Just triggering the occasional 1 
> shot sample, or used with sequencing on the XX-7?  I'm getting 
pretty 
> close to getting a Korg ES-1 for the same thing, it's a bit more 
> flexible IMO. Not only can you trigger samples manually, it's very 
> easy to set up a sequence on the fly too.  After owning my ER-1 for 
> years and loving it, I heartily recommend the Korg stuff, very 
solid 
> sound, and easy to use."
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>  rEalm
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