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amosaic · Junior Member Joined: 17 Dec 2012 Posts: 53

I have a kronos x.. and an m3 with radias exb...also a novation supernova maxed out...48 voices....what dedicated drum unit would you recommend if any?...I like the elektron rytm machine but its very expensive....i also have a roland handsonic _ the bigger one from years ago that is fun...and was thinking maybe the new handsonic would be fun as you can load sample and stuff......any ideas?....THANX

Bertotti · Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:28 am Post subject:

I keep eyeing the DSI Tempst but it is also expensive and I find myself coming back to look at the volca beats. But if you have the cash the tempest sure looks fun!

fant0mas · Junior Member Joined: 24 Nov 2009 Posts: 60

I had the Electribe (ES-1, the old-ass sampler unit) long before I got the Volca Beats.

And I still use it, and I love it because hands down, this is the most versatile "drum machine" there is - as long as I feed it with great samples, it will always sound kick ass.

BUT it could use a little more punch in the low end, which is where the Volca Beats come in - that sine-kick is just, wow. ^^

and you can get both for under 300 Euros. I actually got my ES-1 for 100 Euros and the Beats for street price, which is/was 130 Euros.

Hard to beat that.

Hugo · Platinum Member Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 809

I recommend you check out the Electribe EMX. Very cool box, which is capable of some very interesting stuff, provided you put in some time tewaking it.

amosaic · Junior Member Joined: 17 Dec 2012 Posts: 53

Well....i have a few options.....tempest/ elecktron and electribe emx or esx...I really do not need any synth sound onboard just drums to get beats made..so i would like a unit with tons of drum sounds and the ability to tweek and save and even load new sounds....but i dont need the synth sounds in the machine.

fant0mas · Junior Member Joined: 24 Nov 2009 Posts: 60

well, out of your options... which I personally find a bit wide of range, in terms of price ^^

I think I would go for either elektron oder the ESX. elektron if I had a lot of money and ESX if I had less Wink

amosaic · Junior Member Joined: 17 Dec 2012 Posts: 53

what is diff between esx and emx? thats more my price....

Hugo · Platinum Member Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 809

amosaic · Junior Member Joined: 17 Dec 2012 Posts: 53

thanx..i am looking for a fun decent drum machine..thats easy to program and either has ability to load other drums into it or has super drums onboard.

fant0mas · Junior Member Joined: 24 Nov 2009 Posts: 60

if you really don´t need any additional synth voices, then go for the ESX (the sampler).

The EMX has synth capabilities and a ton of onboard sounds, but -as far as I know- cannot really load any custom samples.

I strongly advise you to search for both boxes on YouTube, and watch a couple of videos to compare.