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

If your asking what mixers and samplers do/are: 

mixers mix sound.You can have a 4 piece band
(guitar,bass,drummer,singer) and (by mic or directly pluging the 
instruments into the mixer) mix all the different sound sources into 
a stero source(left and right)for recording to tape,cd,etc.You could 
get deeper but thats what the main purpose of a mixer is.

A sampler is a digital sound recorder that can record and play back
soundsin whatever way you choose (mostly some way musicaly). An 
example: I have a sampler, I want real drum sounds but dont have a 
real drum set.So recording from sample CDs, Your own music CDs, or a 
friends drum set, you can "assign" thedrum sounds (kick drum to one 
key/pad,snare to another key/pad ,hihat to another etc). Thus 
creating your own drum machine tostart making beats.

The emu XL7 is a Tone generator (has sounds built in it) and sequencer
(you are able to record its sounds in patterns/songs) using just it.
There is no sampler in it.

Ive had mine for about two weeks. Its allright. I love the sounds but 
disapointed about the glicths in it. Id recomend the yamaha RS7000 
over it for starters.Or reason 2 for your computer.But thats my 
thoughts.





--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, squishy111@a... wrote:
> hey, im new to all this.  i'd really appreciate it if someone could 
explain 
> to me exactly wut mixers and samplers do and how the xl7 compares 
to its 
> competition.
> 
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