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

Howdy sportsfans.

As many of you have already done, I loaded the XL-1 presets into my user
banks because the sounds are slightly different. Well, out of an interest of
reclaiming some user patch space but also holding on to the nifty "new"
patches in the XL-1 preset banks, I did something odiously time consuming
this fine evening and now wish to share with you the extremely pleasant
results.

Using technical wizardry which even I find amazing, I removed all of the
patches in the XL-1 banks that were duplicated in the X-ROM preset banks
that are inside the XL-7. After doing this, I learned there were just over
256 patches that are "unique" to the XL-1. Only five ARP presets were
sacrificed to bring you two patch banks of patches that are "new" to the
XL-7. No duplicates. Yee howdy.

I've uploaded these files to the Emu_Command group at:
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emu_command/

They load into User Banks 1 and 2 - I've got the TSCY Extras bank from Rob
Papen in my User Bank 0 (also in the files section of that group) for those
of you with the Techno Synth Construction Yard ROM. Put any additional
patches up on that site as you see fit - I've created folders for all of the
Command Stations as well as additional ROMs.

I also have a bank of custom "mib:" patches that I'll upload when I fill up
the bank (User Bank 4)...

Enjoy.
--
Mibrilane

Did you do a comparison of the complete set of parameters or just 
the names?  I was under the impression that there were some 
differences between the two sets.  I forgot the details, but when I 
did some manual comparisons I seem to recall I found the same 
presets with slightly different names and possibly some other 
differences.

In either case, it sounds like you did quite a lot of work.  Thanks 
for posting the results of your efforts.

--Steve

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Mibrilane <mibrilane@c...> wrote:
> Howdy sportsfans.
> 
> As many of you have already done, I loaded the XL-1 presets into 
my user
> banks because the sounds are slightly different. Well, out of an 
interest of
> reclaiming some user patch space but also holding on to the 
nifty "new"
> patches in the XL-1 preset banks, I did something odiously time 
consuming
> this fine evening and now wish to share with you the extremely 
pleasant
> results.
> 
> Using technical wizardry which even I find amazing, I removed all 
of the
> patches in the XL-1 banks that were duplicated in the X-ROM preset 
banks
> that are inside the XL-7. After doing this, I learned there were 
just over
> 256 patches that are "unique" to the XL-1. Only five ARP presets 
were
> sacrificed to bring you two patch banks of patches that are "new" 
to the
> XL-7. No duplicates. Yee howdy.
> 
> I've uploaded these files to the Emu_Command group at:
> http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emu_command/
> 
> They load into User Banks 1 and 2 - I've got the TSCY Extras bank 
from Rob
> Papen in my User Bank 0 (also in the files section of that group) 
for those
> of you with the Techno Synth Construction Yard ROM. Put any 
additional
> patches up on that site as you see fit - I've created folders for 
all of the
> Command Stations as well as additional ROMs.
> 
> I also have a bank of custom "mib:" patches that I'll upload when 
I fill up

> the bank (User Bank 4)...
> 
> Enjoy.
> --
> Mibrilane

On 3/4/05 5:16 AM, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@...> wrote:

> Did you do a comparison of the complete set of parameters or just the names?
> I was under the impression that there were some differences between the two
> sets.  I forgot the details, but when I did some manual comparisons I seem to
> recall I found the same presets with slightly different names and possibly
> some other differences.

Well, I just eliminated the exact-name duplicates. I'm sure you're right
that there might have been a few presets with the same name that were
slightly tweaked for the X-ROM, but if I want slight tweaking, I'll do it
myself. Overall I've removed about 15 patches or so that might have been
unique to the XL-1 for the sake of shoehorning everything into two banks.

The idea of course is to give folks some space for their own user presets
while preserving the maximum number of different E-mu presets - more
available patches is always a good thing! ;D

-- Mibrilane

Job well done... Now someone needs to get working on converting those 
Audity 2K Patches correctly :)

I could also remember that Planet Groove had some XL1 Patches, but 
they didn't work with the XLv2 ROM because the instruments were 
missing... Well, that's what I've found when trying to audition each 
Preset and discovering when pressing edit the instrument ROM not 
installed...

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Mibrilane <mibrilane@c...> wrote:
> On 3/4/05 5:16 AM, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@p...> wrote:
> 
> > Did you do a comparison of the complete set of parameters or just 
the names?
> > I was under the impression that there were some differences 
between the two
> > sets.  I forgot the details, but when I did some manual 
comparisons I seem to
> > recall I found the same presets with slightly different names and 
possibly
> > some other differences.
> 
> Well, I just eliminated the exact-name duplicates. I'm sure you're 
right
> that there might have been a few presets with the same name that 
were
> slightly tweaked for the X-ROM, but if I want slight tweaking, I'll 
do it
> myself. Overall I've removed about 15 patches or so that might have 
been
> unique to the XL-1 for the sake of shoehorning everything into two 
banks.
> 
> The idea of course is to give folks some space for their own user 
presets

> while preserving the maximum number of different E-mu presets - more
> available patches is always a good thing! ;D
> 
> -- Mibrilane