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How does the MP-7 stack up against the ol Sp12 soundwise?  
can you get the same feel?  I'm in the neighborhood for a 
drummachine.  Thanks in
 advance :)

john

I wouldn't really compare the two.  I have an SP1200
sync'd to an MP-7 and get the best of both worlds.
Overall feel on the MP-7 is really nice, but it doesnt
have the thick sound of the SP1200.  

Jesse


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

> How does the MP-7 stack up against the ol Sp12 soundwise?  
> can you get the same feel?  I'm in the neighborhood for a 
> drummachine.  Thanks in
>  advance :)
> 
> john

yeah, it's hard to compare the two. i've owned both and they are 
both great in their own way. the technology of the two are so far 
apart it's hard to make a real comparison. the MP-7 does have 
some nice crusty drum sounds. obviously they are high-quality 
recreations of old dirty 8 bit drum sounds but i was surprised at 
how authentic some of them sound. i think anyone looking for a 
good hip-hop drum workhorse would be very pleased with what 
the MP-7 has to offer. i was and i am.
-t



--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "jesse_medway 
<medway808@h...>" <medway808@h...> wrote:
> 
> I wouldn't really compare the two.  I have an SP1200
> sync'd to an MP-7 and get the best of both worlds.
> Overall feel on the MP-7 is really nice, but it doesnt
> have the thick sound of the SP1200.  
> 
> Jesse
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "kickinafrobeat 
<kickinafrobeat@y...>" 
> <kickinafrobeat@y...> wrote:
> > How does the MP-7 stack up against the ol Sp12 
soundwise?  

> > can you get the same feel?  I'm in the neighborhood for a 
> > drummachine.  Thanks in
> >  advance :)
> > 
> > john

wassup everyone, i am a newbie here but have had my mp7 for 
a while, i just copped an sp12turbo and my drums have kicked 
up about  200% ..the mp7 recreates the drum sound well but you 
need that crunchy ,grimy, sp12 sound... i hear people talking 
aboout asr's but give me an sp12 anyday....


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "jesse_medway <
medway808@h...>" <medway808@h...> wrote:
> 
> I wouldn't really compare the two.  I have an SP1200
> sync'd to an MP-7 and get the best of both worlds.
> Overall feel on the MP-7 is really nice, but it doesnt
> have the thick sound of the SP1200.  
> 
> Jesse
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "kickinafrobeat <
kickinafrobeat@y...>" 
> <kickinafrobeat@y...> wrote:
> > How does the MP-7 stack up against the ol Sp12 
soundwise?  

> > can you get the same feel?  I'm in the neighborhood for a 
> > drummachine.  Thanks in
> >  advance :)
> > 
> > john

Drummachine=Machinedrum!

But Electronic Musician did say that the Machinedrum's biggest competitors included the E-mu command Stations. I am unfamiliar with the SP12 sound and feelwise.

Ravi

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: kickinafrobeat <kickinafrobeat@...> 
  To: xl7@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 9:37 PM
  Subject: [xl7] MP-7 vs. SP12


  How does the MP-7 stack up against the ol Sp12 soundwise?  
  can you get the same feel?  I'm in the neighborhood for a 
  drummachine.  Thanks in
  advance :)

  john


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I  agree. I sold my SP-1200 early this year. I was very attatched to
it but found 
myself using it less and less. Then without a stand alone drum
machine, 
decided to ditch my Proteus 2k and invest in an MP-7. I use it far
more than 
the P2k and SP-1200 together with more than the functionality of the
sum of 
the 2. I have the capability of making my own ROMs for the MP-7 so
some of 
my old library I used for the 1200 I can slip into the MP-7. 
I think you'll dig the XX-7 line. I belive there's more good news to
come next 
year with the rev 2.0 OS. And at today's price, the XX-7's are
untouchable by 
anyting in that price range.

Reek Havok


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "tj297 <tj297@y...>" <tj297@y...> wrote:

> yeah, it's hard to compare the two. i've owned both and they are 
> both great in their own way. the technology of the two are so far 
> apart it's hard to make a real comparison. the MP-7 does have 
> some nice crusty drum sounds. obviously they are high-quality 
> recreations of old dirty 8 bit drum sounds but i was surprised at 
> how authentic some of them sound. i think anyone looking for a 
> good hip-hop drum workhorse would be very pleased with what 
> the MP-7 has to offer. i was and i am.
> -t
> 
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "jesse_medway 
> <medway808@h...>" <medway808@h...> wrote:
> > 
> > I wouldn't really compare the two.  I have an SP1200
> > sync'd to an MP-7 and get the best of both worlds.
> > Overall feel on the MP-7 is really nice, but it doesnt
> > have the thick sound of the SP1200.  
> > 
> > Jesse
> > 
> > 
> > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "kickinafrobeat 
> <kickinafrobeat@y...>" 
> > <kickinafrobeat@y...> wrote:
> > > How does the MP-7 stack up against the ol Sp12 
> soundwise?  
> > > can you get the same feel?  I'm in the neighborhood for a 
> > > drummachine.  Thanks in
> > >  advance :)
> > > 
> > > john

thanks for the opinions everyone.   you guys helped me make up 
my mind :)

john