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[mr.s]

I was thinking it must be possible to replace the pcm drum sounds... somehow.

I bet korg have the know how to flash the chip or whatever you do.

They should have made this possible from the start and also filters for drum parts

[zalo]

it probably would be less work to just buy an esx

[reddone]

nah , KEEP that mx ... but , u could try gettin an old MKI esI sampler ( which i use n put thru the mx tubes , it sounds AWESOME ) and assign ur mx n es1 so that the mx triggers the drums on es1 , for unlimited drums/sounds that can all be triggered from emx1 . Kinda like an esx0.5 ... lol

the mx has great synth sounds ( although drums a little limited) and when u hav an es1 running thru the tubes beleive me , u wont regret that purchas mate

[musikmachine]

[reddone]

i dont hav any demos recorded , but im battling this Hypenotica guy on soundclick and will hav atune up in a day or two . I'm using my es-1 for drums and the odd synth hit / vocal . I find that using "recycle" is perfect for chopping up hits n stuff into 1/2 1/4 1/3 .. and so on , then just put em on a mem card and in the es-1

U should get an idea from my tune how the es-1 sounds thru the mx from that ... but i'll jam u some of my jungle / dnb stuff n send u the link to download the wav/hi-qaulity mp3 .

P.s. the guys tune is really good , so i dont expect a win , but i love nu-skool-breaks so i'll give it my all .

Will send link 4 demo asap mate

[anselmi]

my 2 cents about it...

if you can save a bit more and get the ESX instead of the ES1
the ESX is more ANYTHING than the ES1

you got (deep breath now) : better sound, the tubes, more RAM, multimode resonant filter for each drum/synth/loop part, modulation generator, more parts, 2 synth parts, 3 FX instead of 1 with more FX each, better sequencer with mute hold, 8 bars long, much more motion sequences, the stretch parts and surely much more than I can remember now...

[reddone]

mmmm ... eh , well all u hav to do with the es-1 is run it thru the "audio in" on the mx synth section and u hav all that anyway , almost , at a fraction of the cost . I'd never by an esx cos of the above reasons.

Dispute it all u like but to ME all the esx has that i'd like is the keyboard part ... an es-1 processed thru an mx is almost the same as an esx .

Esx is fine , but an mx & sx just isnt worth the money to me . Sure the sample qaulity may be better , but for drums es1 mkI kicks it thru an mx , for sure .

I'll show you soon

[anselmi]

[zalo]

i would like to just point out that i never said to get rid of the emx

i love my emx and i dont see a reason to get rid of it anytime soon

im saying the emx/esx combo is what was meant to be

every store that i have seen floor models for both boxes they have always been midi'ed up together for the demo

having seperate tubes for each is also a big thing

right now im pre esx (i plan on getting one soon) so i have been sampling my drums onto the kp3 then cranking the tube gain for the synth parts on top

seperate control of parts is always a plus

[reddone]

yeah sure , overall if u are t buy a sampler to use on its own esx is the correct choice , but what i really was gettin at is that for a small price u can expand ur drumset a fair bit and it can still sound great .

I dont doubt the esx at all , its just that 4 anyone who owns an mx i think that shelling out for an esx MAY be unneccessary depending on musical needs ... phew , that should clarify it a bit more

its all good

[musikmachine]

[musikmachine]

[mr.s]

I should add that i dont own any electribes right now. I did have both sx and mx but sold them 2 years ago to invest in a computer and software - and to allow me to fully concentrate learning them.

Im shopping for a used mx right now though. I think as a midi controller its just what im needing and also the step sequencer is so much better than a mouse. And just to boot it up without turning on the computer, for sketching ideas/patterns its perfect.

[musikmachine]