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[paul_courville]

Can anyone tell me if the Korg EMX/ESX is capable of creating music similiar to www.psyradio.org ?

I am very much interested in this style.

Thank-you in advance.

Paul Courville is a.k.a. Cyberdude
www.cyberdudeproductions.com
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"Secret to Electribes: push all the buttons, turn all the knobs, record what sounds good!"

[itch.]

the esx maybe. but not by itself

iv been listening to psytrance from about 5 years now (im listening to some now, check it out) and its waaaaaaay to deep, complex, EQd and layerd to create on one electribe alone. even with a triton LE. iv tried (admitedly only for a few hours and wiht factory presets) to recrete just a just a simple drum/bass "wobble" that is signature to psytrance its very very hard, if not impossible.

wiht the esx im sure it would be a peice of piss to get the drums down.

[Ruso]

you can make psy trance on the emx and the esx....

you can make anything on anything, the only challenge with the tribes is ambient cause they lack pad powers

[paul_courville]

[Ruso]

paul you're overkilling... I bought a ton of gear since I started and I could probably buy a used beemer for all that I bought.... but in the end I've narrowed it down to one very nice midi controller (korg microKontrol) a kp2 for midi only, and a trigger finger...... alltogether under 500 bucks


of course then there's software....

the point is, don't rush into getting tons of gear, learn every piece of gear to it's limit until you get the next one.

[paul_courville]

[paul_courville]

[itch.]

[reddone]

your EMX's will do ALOT more than initially seems possible if u just use your brain a little . It is great at pads , if you use it right . It'll do loads of bassy wobbles , belches , tears and stabs . The drums are only a little limited as you can feed them thru the synth section and filter by chosing the drums in synth/pcm mode , this will give LOADS of possibilities.
I have an ES1 , roland SH-32 , a P.C with plenty of sounds and a excellent controller keybd ..... but the "MX" see's me through 95% of my production ( no mixer , no external fx ) .

P.S EVERYONE !!! You know them plastic crappy knobs ??? well , they seriously hamper your tweakability due to them being so small an redundant of grip , not to mention that they spoil the finish on the mx .
I robbed some black rubber knobs off my DBX266 compressor and put them on my emx1 , along with some i get from a dj repair store , and they complete the mx in style and tweakability due to the rubber grip and size . Do yourself a favour and GET NEW KNOBS , it really is worth it .

[Ruso]

I realise that paul, I've been making music for two years and have mastered all my hardware and software... f*ck music theory, stay away from it and f*ck with it as much as you can and the result will be more rewarding...

Music theory is for orchestral classical... In electronic music such basic concepts as chords aren't even used very widely.... in some sub genres THE best sounding basslines are single NOTED....

You don't need background in music to make music.. you don't need others to learn music, you don't need to follow other music to make good music... in fact it's opposite originality is key to success..

[paul_courville]

[paul_courville]

[Ruso]

paul, the knobs on the emx are either rotary encoders or potentiometers which are all the same, standart size... you should be able to find them anywhere for you to choose from..... the one that will give you hell is the pattern changing one because it's a shorter I believe 1/2 inch..


as for service manuals and such I doubt you'll find em freely avalable.... are you in the US? Cause I'd drop by a korg service center and see if they'd let you look at it or maybe scan/photocopy it......

[paul_courville]

[Ruso]

Seattle, WA