keyboard parts?

[jerseykorg]

One of the differences between emx and esx (besides obviously synthesizer vs. sampler) is the esx has less keyboard parts. Well, what exactly is a "keyboard part"? I tried googling it and of course I just get a bunch of things about the parts of all sorts of keyboards for computers and laptops and whatnot. I tried reading some wikipedia stuff about pianos and keyboards but I didn't really see it explained. Can anybody explain?

edit: I read the esx manual and it explained a bit but I tried to compare to the emx and instead of the 2 keyboard parts it has 5 synth parts? It's hard to really understand these differences until you get into using them I guess.

So is a keyboard part basically like a combination of drum parts? playing in a sequence?

Oh ya, can you get around the esx's monophonicness by combining the samples on your pc and putting them back in, it's kind of a hack and you can't improvise with it but it seems feasible if you felt it was essential for something?

Damn, I can't wait to get this thing!

[mr.s]

keyboard parts on the esx act the same way as the emx synth parts... the step keys act as a keyboard for playing notes like a piano!

and yes you can import chord samples

[MagpieIndustries]

Typically, a keyboard part is a very short (milliseconds) loop, which creates a tone. You can play a melody with it by pitching it up and down, and having notes of different lengths. The keyboard part can also function like a drum part, playing back for example a single piano note, and at different pitches. The main difference is the drum parts dont loop (but you can pitch them and have different lengths with a bit of tweaking)

You are also correct with the monophonic suggestion. you can get around a few of the limitations by doing that- perhaps a chord sequence, perhaps some ambient sounds or pads. you can also chop this into pieces and rearrange it on the esx, that'd give you some different variations/fills aswell.