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

I just Got an MP7 and Made my 1st 2 patterns...I am loving this 
machine!

It allows me to put my ideas down quick when they pop in my head 
where ever I may be!

I just Ordered My 1st Expansion Sound Rom in The World Expidition Rom.

I should get it tommorrow if I love it I will Probably get 
another ....But I am not Sure wich one would be best.

I produce hip-hop & Rap Tracks of course......But I am interseted in 
experimenting with various Sounds......Has anyone messed around with 
any of the Orchestral Roms, the Lead Sounds, or Vintage Roms?

I am interested in them all but not sure which to get 1st/2nd?

any feed back?

I have a mp7 loaded with the World Expansion, PROM (Proteus - 
Composer), and Orchestral Vol. 2 (woodwinds and brasswinds, string 
sections).

I highly recommend all these roms, MP7 has good current hip hop 
sounds, and some awesome starting points for creating your own 
sounds. the World Expansion is a MUST for flava', the Proteus Rom is 
great because it has a Composer's set of sounds, real general purpose 
sounds the you will find you are using on EVERY sequence. And I like 
the orchestral because it gives you those 'real' sounds that you 
would only be able to get by having a microphone and a bunch of 
musicians.

I have my eye on the Vintage Keys and B3 also...

Hope this helps, I really don't think you'll be unhappy with any rom 
purchase...

-payntar



--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "rawkilluminati <rgarcia75@h...>" 
<rgarcia75@h...> wrote:
> I just Got an MP7 and Made my 1st 2 patterns...I am loving this 
> machine!
> 
> It allows me to put my ideas down quick when they pop in my head 
> where ever I may be!
> 
> I just Ordered My 1st Expansion Sound Rom in The World Expidition 
Rom.
> 
> I should get it tommorrow if I love it I will Probably get 
> another ....But I am not Sure wich one would be best.
> 
> I produce hip-hop & Rap Tracks of course......But I am interseted 
in 
> experimenting with various Sounds......Has anyone messed around 
with 

> any of the Orchestral Roms, the Lead Sounds, or Vintage Roms?
> 
> I am interested in them all but not sure which to get 1st/2nd?
> 
> any feed back?

If i where producing hip hop and rap tracks i would go for the 
vintage rom sooner than later.

that is just me though

Mike G

> 
> I just Ordered My 1st Expansion Sound Rom in The World Expidition 
Rom.
> 
> I should get it tommorrow if I love it I will Probably get 
> another ....But I am not Sure wich one would be best.
> 
> I produce hip-hop & Rap Tracks of course......But I am interseted 
in 
> experimenting with various Sounds......Has anyone messed around 
with 

> any of the Orchestral Roms, the Lead Sounds, or Vintage Roms?
> 
> I am interested in them all but not sure which to get 1st/2nd?
> 
> any feed back?

> I produce hip-hop & Rap Tracks of course......But I am interseted 
in 
> experimenting with various Sounds......Has anyone messed around 
with 
> any of the Orchestral Roms, the Lead Sounds, or Vintage Roms?
> 
> I am interested in them all but not sure which to get 1st/2nd?
>

Save your money and buy a cheap sampler to go along with your MP7.

In a message dated 1/17/03 12:47:44 PM Mountain Standard Time, 
medway808@... writes:

> Save your money and buy a cheap sampler to go along with your MP7.
> 
> 
> 
> 

Any good reccomendations on a good "cheap" sampler... Is good, and cheap and 
oxymoron?


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Deffinatly not an oxymoron.  Mirage, Emax I, both less than $200 and 
sound great.  OF course they are limited in features but have analog 
filters and will add a lot of character.  Then there is the Yamaha 
A4000, goes for around $500 with extras (memory, drives etc).  Nice 
effects and filters, great buy.  Also look for Akai S1000/900 for 
very cheap (about $200). Cleaner than the Mirage/Emax if thats what 
you need.

Overall you'll probably want to get the A4000.  It does the most for 
the amount of money.  Get the other samplers when you want some extra 
grit.

Jesse

> Any good reccomendations on a good "cheap" sampler... Is good, and 
cheap and 

> oxymoron?
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I produce Hip Hop and R&B tracks and Beat Garden, Ensoniq project and 
the Vintage rom are a must. If you have a sampler you wont need the 
Ensoniq project as much because a lot of the sounds can be found on 
other samplers like and ASR-10 or ASR-X.

Peep these two sites for sampler sounds as well,

http://www.chickensys.com/

http://www.syntaur.com/syntaur/index.html

The World Expansion is very top notch for any production.
Big Dog







--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "rawkilluminati <rgarcia75@h...>" 
<rgarcia75@h...> wrote:
> I just Got an MP7 and Made my 1st 2 patterns...I am loving this 
> machine!
> 
> It allows me to put my ideas down quick when they pop in my head 
> where ever I may be!
> 
> I just Ordered My 1st Expansion Sound Rom in The World Expidition 
Rom.
> 
> I should get it tommorrow if I love it I will Probably get 
> another ....But I am not Sure wich one would be best.
> 
> I produce hip-hop & Rap Tracks of course......But I am interseted 
in 
> experimenting with various Sounds......Has anyone messed around 
with 

> any of the Orchestral Roms, the Lead Sounds, or Vintage Roms?
> 
> I am interested in them all but not sure which to get 1st/2nd?
> 
> any feed back?

Along similar lines, I have both the xl7 with the Vintage Keys ROM 
installed and the Emu ESI-32 sampler. One of the CD's I got for the 
ESI is a Emu Vintage Keys collection which duplicates a lot of what's 
on the ROM. And considering that a CD is 650MB and a ROM is 128MB, 
it's no surprise that the sounds on the CD are clearly superior to 
the ROM. The Mellotron string sample is 30MB alone, and it really 
shows. I just checked ebay and ESI's are going for $177. Now, you'll 
probably have to throw in some kind of SCSI mass storage (hard drive, 
iomega) and a SCSI CDROM, but if really sounds fabulous and I've 
found the ESI reliable and very easy to use.

That being said, the Vintage Keys ROM is a hoot. The old string 
machines (Elka, Solina) and the analog basses are worth the price of 
admission. If you don't want to mess with separate boxes, it's a 
great little chip.

Hope that helps.
LC



--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "jesse_medway <medway808@h...>" 
<medway808@h...> wrote:
> 
> Deffinatly not an oxymoron.  Mirage, Emax I, both less than $200 
and 
> sound great.  OF course they are limited in features but have 
analog 
> filters and will add a lot of character.  Then there is the Yamaha 
> A4000, goes for around $500 with extras (memory, drives etc).  Nice 
> effects and filters, great buy.  Also look for Akai S1000/900 for 
> very cheap (about $200). Cleaner than the Mirage/Emax if thats what 
> you need.
> 
> Overall you'll probably want to get the A4000.  It does the most 
for 
> the amount of money.  Get the other samplers when you want some 
extra 
> grit.
> 
> Jesse
> 
> > Any good reccomendations on a good "cheap" sampler... Is good, 
and 

> cheap and 
> > oxymoron?
> > 
> > 
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]