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

hello
if you choose only one, what  expansion rom would be get. 
the ensoniq project or the vintage sound.
why ?

thanks

> hello
> if you choose only one, what  expansion rom would be get. 
> the ensoniq project or the vintage sound.
> why ?

Vintage is so well done there'd be no comparison. The Ensoniq is packed
full of waste.

-m@

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Matt Picone" <matman@m...> 
wrote:
> > hello
> > if you choose only one, what  expansion rom would be get. 
> > the ensoniq project or the vintage sound.
> > why ?
> 
> Vintage is so well done there'd be no comparison. The 
Ensoniq is packed
> full of waste.
> 
> -m@

are you test the ensoniq , what about the world sound to 
compare with the emu world rom & the urban dance sound to 
e-mu pure phatt.. do you understand with my poor english ; )

retbah,

Your English is far better than my French and I understood you, so I 
will try to help:

I had the Ensoniq Project ROM (contains "World" and "Urban" sounds), 
but I found it to be mostly "merde".  This sound-set is old and 
dated, and to my ears, not very musical.  Many of the presets sound 
the same--stale and boring.

On the other hand, the World Expedition ROM sounds fantastic and has 
many great, usable sounds, especially the hand percussion.  It does 
have some poor sounds too.  Many of the wind and bowed string 
instruments are fairly awful and not very usable.

As for as the "urban" sounds compared to the Pure Phatt ROM...I don't 
think I'm qualified to comment on them; I don't make music in that 
genre, and I thought they were both pretty mediocre sounding 
(uninspiring).  If it is between these two, I would go with the Pure 
Phatt because the sound-set is 'fresher'.

Although this topic has been covered many times, I would say this 
about the various ROMs:

- "Ensoniq Project" is NOT worthwhile.
- "World Expedition" has fantastic hand drums and percussion.
- "Vintage Collection" is packed full of excellent usable sounds.

In my opinion, the Vintage Collection may just be the BEST single ROM 
that E-mu ever made for their synths.  It is rich, diverse and 
musical.  One of the great things about it is that it doesn't sound 
like any of the other ROMs.  In other words: very little overlap in 
the sound-set.

At one time or another, I have owned almost every ROM that ever came 
out for the Proteus synths.  I have sold many of them.  Here are the 
ones I still have because I liked them the best:

- Pop Collection
- World Expedition
- Protean Drums
- Vintage Collection

Hope this helps

Andy





--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "retbah" <loran2@n...> wrote:

> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Matt Picone" <matman@m...> 
> wrote:
> > > hello
> > > if you choose only one, what  expansion rom would be get. 
> > > the ensoniq project or the vintage sound.
> > > why ?
> > 
> > Vintage is so well done there'd be no comparison. The 
> Ensoniq is packed
> > full of waste.
> > 
> > -m@
> 
> are you test the ensoniq , what about the world sound to 
> compare with the emu world rom & the urban dance sound to 
> e-mu pure phatt.. do you understand with my poor english ; )

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "electrolama" <andylama@c...> wrote:
> On the other hand, the World Expedition ROM sounds fantastic and 
has 
> many great, usable sounds, especially the hand percussion.  It does 
> have some poor sounds too.  Many of the wind and bowed string 
> instruments are fairly awful and not very usable.

I pretty much agree.  I love the ethnic percussion sounds!  I was 
looking primarily for gamelan but was also very pleased with the 
others.  I had the same reaction to the wind/bowed string presets, 
though I haven't had the chance yet to listen to the raw samples and 
see if there's anything salvageable from that category.  Overall, 
though, it's been worth every penny! A+!

> In my opinion, the Vintage Collection may just be the BEST single 
ROM 
> that E-mu ever made for their synths.  It is rich, diverse and 
> musical.  One of the great things about it is that it doesn't sound 
> like any of the other ROMs.  In other words: very little overlap in 
> the sound-set.

Definitely gets an A+ in my book as well.  

Other ROMS in my XL-7:

X-Lead V2 - Collection of 90s and later synth sounds and other 
techno/IDM type sounds that complements my Vintage Collection synth 
samples really well.

Protean Drums - Noticeable improvement in acoustic drum sample 
quality over the drum samples in the other ROMs (except the ethnic 
drums of the World ROM - those are in a class by themselves).  I look 
forward to putting together sequences that "alternate" between more 
electronic drum sounds and these drum sounds - its an idea I got from 
listening to drum-and-bass.

Paolo

thanks everyone !!!  :)

i will go to the vintage sound !!!!

i've got a xlead original rom and i really like it, much more of the 
beat garden ( i don't like this one, i go to sell them )

the xlead V2 it is more different ??