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Question about the Electribe SX
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Question about the Electribe SX
Would I be able to hook up my Roland MC-303 to it and sample sounds off of it?
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Yes, just sample with your "Audio Thru" button lit up.
Remember to bring the play level back up +12DB (if you wish). When the ESX-1 samples it automatically samples at -12Db to deal with clipping and really loud samples. Sometimes this is good, but most of the time you want to bring it back up +12Db.
Sometimes normalizing helps as well.
Play around with it.
I would love a 303.
Post some pictures.
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Remember to bring the play level back up +12DB (if you wish). When the ESX-1 samples it automatically samples at -12Db to deal with clipping and really loud samples. Sometimes this is good, but most of the time you want to bring it back up +12Db.
Sometimes normalizing helps as well.
Play around with it.
I would love a 303.
Post some pictures.
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I bought this on a whim since I want to start making house/other types of electronic music. Since it was cheap and I was just trying to find something to buy quick I bought it. I learned quick that this wasn't the machine I needed
I don't think its completely useless which is why I am considering getting the ESX.
What do yall think am I going a step in the right direction? btw I wanna do as little on a PC as I can. It's just more fun getting to do it in real life
Until Korg updates the ESX-1, I can't recommend buying it. I just bought the Roland SP-555, and I would highly recommend it over the ESX-1 at this point in time. The SP-555 really blows away the ESX-1 in most respects around the same price range. I got my SP-555 as a display model for only about $465. With a 2GB CompactFlash card for $40, I can have 12+ hours of samples. That's 16 times the max of the ESX. Plus it has 3 times as many effects, with better quality, an overdub looper, velocity sensitive pads, built-in mono synth controllable with D-beam infrared sensor, vocal effects, v-link video effect controller, and more. There really is no comparison.
I was really disappointed that Korg didn't update the Electribe series at NAMM 2008. That's one reason I bought the SP-555: no news is bad news, in this case. I'll bet they're working on a new version, but in the meantime Roland will really dominate in the groovebox category with the 404, 555, 606, and MC-808 products.
I was really disappointed that Korg didn't update the Electribe series at NAMM 2008. That's one reason I bought the SP-555: no news is bad news, in this case. I'll bet they're working on a new version, but in the meantime Roland will really dominate in the groovebox category with the 404, 555, 606, and MC-808 products.
xmlguy wrote:Until Korg updates the ESX-1, I can't recommend buying it. I just bought the Roland SP-555, and I would highly recommend it over the ESX-1 at this point in time. The SP-555 really blows away the ESX-1 in most respects around the same price range. I got my SP-555 as a display model for only about $465. With a 2GB CompactFlash card for $40, I can have 12+ hours of samples. That's 16 times the max of the ESX. Plus it has 3 times as many effects, with better quality, an overdub looper, velocity sensitive pads, built-in mono synth controllable with D-beam infrared sensor, vocal effects, v-link video effect controller, and more. There really is no comparison.
I was really disappointed that Korg didn't update the Electribe series at NAMM 2008. That's one reason I bought the SP-555: no news is bad news, in this case. I'll bet they're working on a new version, but in the meantime Roland will really dominate in the groovebox category with the 404, 555, 606, and MC-808 products.
I think you completly missed the whole point about the ESX strong points...
The sp range and the eSX are really different samplers, in both features and workflow...some people like one, some the other...some people just like them both and think about them as complementary and different tools
The SP has not step sequencer, parameter editing per sample, no individual filter, slice parts, very poor sequencer, no LFO, just 1 FX processor, no EG, no fast tuning of samples, the stretching sucks, no X0X grid sequencing, knobs just for the FX processor...
They´re just differences man...maybe the ESX doesn´t fit your workflow but it doesn´t make it inferior to the SP...
I don´t like the SP, but recognice the good features on it...just don´t say people a certain macchine is bad or inferior because it doesn´t fit the way you like to make music
xmlguy wrote:Until Korg updates the ESX-1, I can't recommend buying it. I just bought the Roland SP-555, and I would highly recommend it over the ESX-1 at this point in time. The SP-555 really blows away the ESX-1 in most respects around the same price range. I got my SP-555 as a display model for only about $465. With a 2GB CompactFlash card for $40, I can have 12+ hours of samples. That's 16 times the max of the ESX. Plus it has 3 times as many effects, with better quality, an overdub looper, velocity sensitive pads, built-in mono synth controllable with D-beam infrared sensor, vocal effects, v-link video effect controller, and more. There really is no comparison.
I was really disappointed that Korg didn't update the Electribe series at NAMM 2008. That's one reason I bought the SP-555: no news is bad news, in this case. I'll bet they're working on a new version, but in the meantime Roland will really dominate in the groovebox category with the 404, 555, 606, and MC-808 products.
I like how you are on the electribe forum dissing the electribe without even knowing how it works..... sp series are NOT what I'd consider groove boxes.... you can not turn it on from scratch and start playing/making music instantly like you can on the esx....
I went to guitar center and started playing on one out of boredome without any patterns just blank and played for almost two hours and actually had quite a few people come in and listen....
the machine is a beast and a true groove box.... one thing to also keep in mind is that the sp series are better at sampling onto directly... the esx is not great at that.... the way arround it is to record onto your computer and then load the samples onto it......
the one true flaw that is has is that it's hard to tranfer and manage samples even when y ou have a card and esx organizer....
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Of course you can start playing music instantly on the SP-555. You have no clue what you're talking about. You've obviously never tried it. I did try the ESX-1, but it wasn't it's good features (which it has many) that kept me from buying it.Ruso wrote:I like how you are on the electribe forum dissing the electribe without even knowing how it works..... sp series are NOT what I'd consider groove boxes.... you can not turn it on from scratch and start playing/making music instantly like you can on the esx....
I went to guitar center and started playing on one out of boredome without any patterns just blank and played for almost two hours and actually had quite a few people come in and listen....
the machine is a beast and a true groove box.... one thing to also keep in mind is that the sp series are better at sampling onto directly... the esx is not great at that.... the way arround it is to record onto your computer and then load the samples onto it......
the one true flaw that is has is that it's hard to tranfer and manage samples even when y ou have a card and esx organizer....
You have to admit that it is a dated design. It has very low memory, no USB, and no sample manager software like Roland.
I think you miss my point. I WANTED to buy an ESX-1. I wanted a sampler groovebox. The price was signficant at around $500 and I also looked at the ES1mkII that Sam Ash is selling for only $270. I did like the features that the ESX-1 had. My problem was with the features that it DIDN'T have due to its older design. I want Korg to update the design. If they had, I would probably own it.
I didn't miss the strong points of the ESX-1. For me, the negative points outweighed the strong points. I agree that it has many strong points. The problem for me as a current buyer is that Korg hasn't addressed the weak points in the many years since it was released at Summer NAMM 2003. If Korg had updated it, or even announced that it was planning to update it, I would've bought it or waited. I appreciate that you mention its strong points because I can see how they might be important for some buyers. But it's not just differences. The ESX-1 is old and it shows. If Korg had updated it, it would've been a much harder decision for me. My recommendation is only that - my recommendation. You can recommend anything you want.anselmi wrote:I think you completly missed the whole point about the ESX strong points...
The sp range and the eSX are really different samplers, in both features and workflow...some people like one, some the other...some people just like them both and think about them as complementary and different tools
The SP has not step sequencer, parameter editing per sample, no individual filter, slice parts, very poor sequencer, no LFO, just 1 FX processor, no EG, no fast tuning of samples, the stretching sucks, no X0X grid sequencing, knobs just for the FX processor...
They´re just differences man...maybe the ESX doesn´t fit your workflow but it doesn´t make it inferior to the SP...
I don´t like the SP, but recognice the good features on it...just don´t say people a certain macchine is bad or inferior because it doesn´t fit the way you like to make music
well I'll be honest I have not used the sp505 but I have used sp404 and from reading up they appear to be very close to each other... and like I said before they're totally different and the sp does not have the instant possibillity and all the onboard controlls that the esx has.... it is not nearly as expressive like an esx.... esx is more like playing an actual instrument, like a guitar with a looper pedal for example... it is not nearly as good for live performances at least not from the instant ability to tweak anything in one fluid motion..... everything you'd want to do to any part or any sound can be done in one or two clicks/button combos.....Ruso wrote:
I like how you are on the electribe forum dissing the electribe without even knowing how it works..... sp series are NOT what I'd consider groove boxes.... you can not turn it on from scratch and start playing/making music instantly like you can on the esx....
I went to guitar center and started playing on one out of boredome without any patterns just blank and played for almost two hours and actually had quite a few people come in and listen....
the machine is a beast and a true groove box.... one thing to also keep in mind is that the sp series are better at sampling onto directly... the esx is not great at that.... the way arround it is to record onto your computer and then load the samples onto it......
the one true flaw that is has is that it's hard to tranfer and manage samples even when y ou have a card and esx organizer....
Of course you can start playing music instantly on the SP-555. You have no clue what you're talking about. You've obviously never tried it. I did try the ESX-1, but it wasn't it's good features (which it has many) that kept me from buying it.
You have to admit that it is a dated design. It has very low memory, no USB, and no sample manager software like Roland.
I think you miss my point. I WANTED to buy an ESX-1. I wanted a sampler groovebox. The price was signficant at around $500 and I also looked at the ES1mkII that Sam Ash is selling for only $270. I did like the features that the ESX-1 had. My problem was with the features that it DIDN'T have due to its older design. I want Korg to update the design. If they had, I would probably own it.