Korg Electribe ESX-1 any good

[daley]

I fancy buying a Korg Electribe ESX-1 just for tha hands on feel.
Does it work well with computer (does it send out midi note on to sequencer)
Do you recomend buying one.

[riley4reason]

It does work well with a computer however an EMX will better serve you with Drums and 5 synth parts and infinite MMT synth voices, just use your computer sampler for the sampler stuff.

The arpeggiator is amazing.

Riley

[daley]

thanks for advice, just board of computer, Been doing it to long.(started on zx spectum, the amiga octomed, how old am I, still I love a good tune,fave bands at moment:- EVIL NINE, HYBRID, PLUMP DJ'S (please check these out). I'm to drunk. Take care.(just blow dust of my jp800, forgot how good it sound, bring back the the hardware)

[stale bread]

riley is the arp the same on the esx and the emx?

[riley4reason]

riley is the arp the same on the esx and the emx?

Yes, I have had them both. With the Arp that is them you can do a solo or create new meolidies, it's not a static Arp at all. It's amazing.

Riley

[musikmachine]

I fancy buying a Korg Electribe ESX-1 just for tha hands on feel.
Does it work well with computer (does it send out midi note on to sequencer)
Do you recomend buying one.

There's a lot of videos on youtube.I recommend watching them,might help you choose.I got the emx for the synths which turns out was a good choice.It's better than i expected even after watching the videos!IMO the emx rocks and it also makes a nice controller

[daley]

thanks for all advice, its been great help.

[musikmachine]

thanks for all advice, its been great help.

There are some issues using it as a control surface but someone on the korg forums has just released an app to address them meaning you can use it to control live

There seem to be a few other issues as well so worth having a look on the boards.No problems with mine

Peace.

[riley4reason]

thanks for all advice, its been great help.

There are some issues using it as a control surface but someone on the korg forums has just released an app to address them meaning you can use it to control live

There seem to be a few other issues as well so worth having a look on the boards.No problems with mine

Peace.

No problems here either, I used both EMX and ESX to control Live they worked perfectly.

Riley

[musikmachine]

thanks for all advice, its been great help.

There are some issues using it as a control surface but someone on the korg forums has just released an app to address them meaning you can use it to control live

There seem to be a few other issues as well so worth having a look on the boards.No problems with mine

Peace.

No problems here either, I used both EMX and ESX to control Live they worked perfectly.

Riley

Cool.How did you set it up?Were you able to use the electribes sounds at the same time?Did you dedicate some parts to controlling live and other to sound playback?I'm thinkng for live use..

[riley4reason]

When I had a ESX, I synched it to a EA1MKII so that I could have the Samplers plus 4 awesome syths. I highly recommend this config...It's a blast. I kinda miss it.
It's all the way in Ireland by now.
Riley

[Nev]

thanks for all advice, its been great help.

There are some issues using it as a control surface but someone on the korg forums has just released an app to address them meaning you can use it to control live

There seem to be a few other issues as well so worth having a look on the boards.No problems with mine

Peace.

No problems here either, I used both EMX and ESX to control Live they worked perfectly.

Riley

I haven't had a chance to test these yet as my EMX should turn up tomorrow but may be useful to some folks and Electribe owners.

http://www.freewebs.com/jerrykahn/vstkorg.htm

Nev

[Nev]

thanks for all advice, its been great help.

There are some issues using it as a control surface but someone on the korg forums has just released an app to address them meaning you can use it to control live

There seem to be a few other issues as well so worth having a look on the boards.No problems with mine

Peace.

No problems here either, I used both EMX and ESX to control Live they worked perfectly.

Riley

I haven't had a chance to test these yet as my EMX should turn up tomorrow but may be useful to some folks and Electribe owners.

http://www.freewebs.com/jerrykahn/vstkorg.htm

Nev

Not to try and hijack the thread, but how easy is it to get midi patterns from elsewhere into the EMX or ESX, do you have to record them in ?

Or can you put them on the smart card and import ?

Reading the manual but can't find any info.

Nev

[musikmachine]

I haven't had a chance to test these yet as my EMX should turn up tomorrow but may be useful to some folks and Electribe owners.

http://www.freewebs.com/jerrykahn/vstkorg.htm

Nev

Are the emx ones vst emulations or editors???My french isn't very good

On the subject does anyone know of a patch librarian for the emx?

Peace.

[Nev]

I haven't had a chance to test these yet as my EMX should turn up tomorrow but may be useful to some folks and Electribe owners.

http://www.freewebs.com/jerrykahn/vstkorg.htm

Nev

Are the emx ones vst emulations or editors???My french isn't very good

On the subject does anyone know of a patch librarian for the emx?

Peace.

I think they can be used to control the EMX, ie they send info to the EMX, so you can progamr the synths on the PC.

But as I say I haven't tried yet.

Nev