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

I wanted to order a new Px-7 but they are no longer available at
online retailers!How come considering they are pretty fresh, last
year model?
Anybody knows, will there be a replacement model or discontinued for
good?

thanks

I hate to be the one to break it to you.
 
but EMU is now the manufacturer of affordable PCI sound cards with built in DSP.

They no longer manufacture Samplers, keyboards, and Sound mods, or command stations for that matter.  
Sucks don't it? 
I want a PX-7 too.  If you find anywhere let me know, I'll do the same, except, you better not get in a bidding war with me on ebay for one.
MP and XL 7's are easy to find, they're everywhere, and cheap.
 
-Wesley

		
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--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "tomic_47" <tomic_47@y...> wrote:
> I wanted to order a new Px-7 but they are no longer available at
> online retailers!How come considering they are pretty fresh, last
> year model?
> Anybody knows, will there be a replacement model or discontinued for
> good?
> 
> thanks

Try your local Guitar Center.  Mine had one on sale for $499

Paolo

Thanks to you both, Paolo and Wesley for the info but I'm from 
Europe so first, I'll try my luck here.

Regards,
Danijel

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Wesley D <Serfiss@y...> wrote:
> I hate to be the one to break it to you.
>  
> but EMU is now the manufacturer of affordable PCI sound cards with 
built in DSP.
> 
> They no longer manufacture Samplers, keyboards, and Sound mods, or 
command stations for that matter.  
> Sucks don't it? 
> I want a PX-7 too.  If you find anywhere let me know, I'll do the 
same, except, you better not get in a bidding war with me on ebay 
for one.

> MP and XL 7's are easy to find, they're everywhere, and cheap.
>  
> -Wesley
> 
> 		
> ---------------------------------
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> Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs 
> 
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You could always order an MP-7 or XL-7 and the Prothean Drums ROM, since it
is the one in the PX-7 ;)
A little more investement, but you get some cool, freaky, funky sounds with
it and you can still order the protean drums ROM directly from EMU.
I have an XL-7 and I love the electronic stuff on the X Lead 2 ROM.

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Von: Wesley D [mailto:Serfiss@...] 
Gesendet: Freitag, 07. Mai 2004 23:18
An: xl7@yahoogroups.com
Betreff: Re: [xl7] Px-7 availability


I hate to be the one to break it to you.

but EMU is now the manufacturer of affordable PCI sound cards with built in
DSP.

They no longer manufacture Samplers, keyboards, and Sound mods, or command
stations for that matter.  
Sucks don't it? 
I want a PX-7 too.  If you find anywhere let me know, I'll do the same,
except, you better not get in a bidding war with me on ebay for one.
MP and XL 7's are easy to find, they're everywhere, and cheap.

-Wesley

            
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--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Frodo" <frodo@c...> wrote:
> You could always order an MP-7 or XL-7 and the Prothean Drums ROM,
since it
> is the one in the PX-7 ;)
> A little more investement, but you get some cool, freaky, funky
sounds with
> it and you can still order the protean drums ROM directly from EMU.
> I have an XL-7 and I love the electronic stuff on the X Lead 2 ROM.

Indeed, my Command Station is actually an XL-7.  I saw the PX-7 at
Guitar Center after I'd already gotten my XL-7.  No regrets, though -
I got a good deal on the XL-7 (practically new - manual was still
shrink wrapped and everything) off of eBay.  And yes, I also got the
Protean Drums ROM.

Paolo

WHAT?!?!

when was this announced? i completely missed this horrible news. yamaha 
announced something similar a short time ago.

this sucks. soft synths have their place, but they're not the last word on 
synthesis. if  this keeps up, will we all end desperately searching the used 
market for our synths in a few years?

is the market that bad for hardware? i think i'm gonna cry. 

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Wesley D <Serfiss@y...> wrote:
> I hate to be the one to break it to you.
>  
> but EMU is now the manufacturer of affordable PCI sound cards with built in 
DSP.
> 
> They no longer manufacture Samplers, keyboards, and Sound mods, or 
command stations for that matter.  
> Sucks don't it? 
> I want a PX-7 too.  If you find anywhere let me know, I'll do the same, except, 
you better not get in a bidding war with me on ebay for one.

> MP and XL 7's are easy to find, they're everywhere, and cheap.
>  
> -Wesley

wildstar,

This was sort of a quiet development, early this year.  I'm sure E-mu 
didn't want to scare their loyal customers, although the alienation 
is all but inevitable, since there are plenty of us who don't dig 
softsynths or want to have to rely on a PC to have/play our synths.

I have very little interest in softsynths, and for me, the strongest 
point of E-mu's synth line has always been the actual synth engine 
and user interface.  This is the end of the line for hardsynth 
innovation.  I suspect that they are hoping that their new product 
focus will sell itself by virtue of their legacy soundset.  I have 
grave doubts, since their actual sounds were never the best on the 
market...though I'm sure the new soundcard is a very good one.

> is the market that bad for hardware? 

I don't think the issue is that the market is that bad for hardware; 
its just that its that GOOD for softsynths.  It allows the synth 
manufacturers adopt the Microsoft model: coerce users to upgrade 
every couple of years or face obsolescence and the loss of support 
(oh, the horror!)

> yamaha announced something similar a short time ago.

I doubt this (unless you're talking about a specific range of 
products, i.e. grooveboxes).  I just got my Motif ES6, and I doubt 
that its going out of production anytime soon.

In my opinion, the whole softsynth thing is a fad that will 
pass...eventually.

Anyway, it still sucks.  Marketing cyborgs have ruined another 
perfectly good thing in the world.

Andy



--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "wildstar_1701" <justinsamaha@y...> wrote:

> WHAT?!?!
> 
> when was this announced? i completely missed this horrible news. 
yamaha 
> announced something similar a short time ago.
> 
> this sucks. soft synths have their place, but they're not the last 
word on 
> synthesis. if  this keeps up, will we all end desperately searching 
the used 

> market for our synths in a few years?
> 
> is the market that bad for hardware? i think i'm gonna cry.

As far as I'm concerned E-mu died when they stopped making hardware.

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "electrolama" <andylama@c...> wrote:
> This was sort of a quiet development, early this year.  I'm sure E-
mu 

> didn't want to scare their loyal customers, although the alienation 
> is all but inevitable, since there are plenty of us who don't dig 
> softsynths or want to have to rely on a PC to have/play our synths.

>
>As far as I'm concerned E-mu died when they stopped making hardware.
>
to me too.........

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