KORG ESX Rare now?

JDSY · Post by **JDSY** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:18 pm

I've been looking on ebay and I can't find but one listing for an ESX. and it's from japan, and costs 720$

Is the ESX rare now???

X-Trade · Post by **X-Trade** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 8:56 pm

Could be because of Christmas.

Stupid amount of accessories though. But I wouldn't mind that mug for christmas

DrHoo · Post by **DrHoo** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 9:55 pm

I can't tell what's going on with the esx1. If you look on korg's home site it is still there under current products yet when i shop around for one it's like there are not many around.

They NEED to keep making them OR come up with a next generation model because they are an excellent tool. Maybe there are fewer used units up for grabs because people don't want to sell them.
I would love to see a new unit which is solely a midi sequencer. Maybe just 8 or 16 channels of keyboard parts to route in any order you want. The same pattern & song modes but no fx or audio.

JDSY · Post by **JDSY** » Tue Dec 17, 2013 1:08 am

Yeah, A new generation of samplers by korg would be fresh...

I can't say I'd want a MIDI only sequencer. That's what my QY700 is for. I like the korg for sample modification, and using the FX like a chaos pad with a filter, for DJing.

djcactus · Post by **djcactus** » Tue Dec 17, 2013 4:06 am

DrHoo wrote:I can't tell what's going on with the esx1. If you look on korg's home site it is still there under current products yet when i shop around for one it's like there are not many around.

They NEED to keep making them OR come up with a next generation model because they are an excellent tool. Maybe there are fewer used units up for grabs because people don't want to sell them.
I would love to see a new unit which is solely a midi sequencer. Maybe just 8 or 16 channels of keyboard parts to route in any order you want. The same pattern & song modes but no fx or audio.

If only they had fixed the jitter issues in 2010 when they re-released the emx and esx, i got a new esx this year and it jitters like crazy. I got to take my new drum machine apart and mod it with cooking sheets before i can use it outside of the studio.(hell and in the studio much of the time)

I would like to see a more robust sampler to compete with whats on the market now, because the esx and emx are sweet but they pale in comparison to the increasingly more advanced options of the competition.

JDSY · Post by **JDSY** » Tue Dec 17, 2013 4:14 am

yeah, like the octatrak by elektron...

It would also be cool to have a Korg sampler with polyphonic keyboard parts instead of mono synth/bassline, sort of like a rack sampler functions

neotechtonics · Post by **neotechtonics** » Tue Dec 17, 2013 9:45 am

Korg are slowly losing what must be some of their most loyal customers... the 'tribers. Having taken so long to bring out any kind of successor to the tribe range people are slowly moving to other manufacturers for better more powerful equipment as their needs develop beyond that of what the tribes can match. I am one of them, I'm boxing my EMX's and upgrading to an entirely new setup... and if Korg ever do bring out successors to the tribe line (which I doubt) they will have already lost some die-hards.

not all of us want sh*tty cheap analogue toys or overpriced workstation keyboards. some of us just want Korg to get off their lazy arses and produce an electribe worthy of the legacy and that really isnt a stretch for them. It may just be a question of market dynamics and financial viability and lets face; it the groovebox market is dying a slow horrible death.

_INTER_ · Post by **_INTER_** » Tue Dec 17, 2013 11:31 am

Korg stopped manufacture the Electribes and probably only selling the remaining stock. In many countries, new boxes are not available anymore.
Looks like Korg is treating the Volca series as the successor to the Electribes or rather the EMX.
However for all of what I've seen and heared (never actually got hands on them) they disappoint:
All examples shown are awefully bleepy, also not much "stomp" if you know what I mean

Plastic case, easily scratched, woobly knobs, plugs on top, touchy step keyboard with no buttons. Therefor no resistance playing them. No Fx. Laughable step sequencer. 8 patterns can be saved and no other way to backup like SD card.
Only positive aspect is probably that they are polyphonic and cheap. And Analog for the retro guys.
Sad thing is, that I've not heared of any other new Electribe-comparable Grooveboxes from other companies.

DrHoo · Post by **DrHoo** » Tue Dec 17, 2013 3:44 pm

Does look like there's a gap in the market. I actually want to keep using the esx & get an emx too.

As for the volca's. They can keep 'em !

CleverConQueso · Post by **CleverConQueso** » Tue Dec 17, 2013 4:55 pm

I just picked up two used ESX's in the past month. The first was Craigslist, local, and the guy said lots of people called him so I bought another on Ebay real quick. They were both 'middle dollar' and frankly less than the first one I bought and sold a year ago. Anyway, I think the (used) market on these things comes and goes. Keep a steady hand and you'll dig one up.
-CCQ

robosardine · Post by **robosardine** » Sat Dec 21, 2013 7:43 pm

Yes they do fluctuate (between £180- £260 for s/hand asking price in UK)- and there does seem to be less on the go. I have only today purchased another- so I will now have two. I hardly touch my EMX these days- It always sounds a bit lame to me now (compared to sequencing/sampling my novation/ Korg synths).

reactanceS · Post by **reactanceS** » Wed Jan 15, 2014 2:59 pm

Im hoping for a new Electribe soon. I've also seen that the stores don't even have them listed anymore.

I think they will definely have a new version.. They know that not everyone will go for monotibe-esue boxes with minijacks and tiny knobs. I have the Volca Keys and really like it, but there needs to be something for us "serious sequencers!" and Korg isn't making any dough if people are hunting down used boxes.

djcactus · Post by **djcactus** » Wed Jan 15, 2014 6:58 pm

http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2014/ ... ic-tr-808/

this is kind of what the electribe was based off of.

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