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EMU MP-7 (2001)

EMU MP-7

Trend price : 250€

Rompler destkop module with sequencer, sounds are a mix of hihop scratches, dirty rhodes and many kits - same found on the previous rackmount MOPHATT

Overview

MODULE (weight: 7,8 Kg) can be rackmounted (6 units) with optional kit. Main panel features a LCD display, 13 velocity pads, 178 knobs, 1 data encoder, 48 buttons and a ribbon controller.
Terminal connectors:
- Midi interface (1 IN + 2 out or 1 out + 1 thru)
- main signal out + 4 subs
- digital SPDIF out
- 2 footswitch inputs
- USB connector
- headphones
- BNC for a 12 VDC gooseneck lamp.



Voice
Coldfire processor manages 128 voices polyphony. A basic patch is composed by 4 tones PCM sample.

Wavetable
32 MB wavetable contains 1100 PCM at 44 kHz at 16 bit resolution, many PCM were directly recorded from viny-recorded samples, dirty rhodes, noises, hihop and RNB material.

Expansion
MP7 can be expanded with the other SIMM ROMS

Filter
50 models of Z-plane filters inspired from the previous Emu Morpheus. First types are the classic ones including lowpass, highpass and bandpass and more sophisticated ones like swept octave EQ, phasers, flangers, vocal formant filters.

LFO
2 interchangeable modulators (0.08 Hz to 18.14 Hz) both can be assigned to and open matrix structure that manages various sources and modulation destinations. Typical destinations are: pitch, amplitude or filter.

Envelope
EG1: amplitude (1 for each layer)
EG2: filter (1 for each layer)
EG3: AUX assignable

Performance
global mode manages 16 parts each with an arpeggiator- The note/octave range can be assigned as well as velocity gate, latched, looped to specific bars or assigned to 19 different tempo dividers.

Sequencer
up to 16 tracks (resolution: 1/384 quarter note) with 2 recording modes: Real-time and step mode.

Effect
- DSP1: 44 reverb and echo algorithms including hall, room, plate and delay.
- DSP2: 32 modulation algorithms like chorus, flanger, phaser and vibrato.

Memory
- 512 RAM patches
- 512ROM patches on the MOPHATT SIMM
- 1024 pattern locations
- 512 song locations
- 200 ROM arpeggiator patterns
- 100 RAM arpeggiator pattern
- 12 ROM microtuning
- 12 RAM microtuning.


Audio demo:


Video Clip:

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Review
OK: - samples- sequencer - vast edit functions
NOT : - samples are getting old - limited Usb function
"The classic Pure phatt sound in a live-oriented box with sequencer. Still the same set but more user-friendly"

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Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci

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