Korg EMX-1

[boredjim8]

I recently got one of these bad boys. I'm having a lot of fun and learning fast. Anyway i have a few questions..

I am looking to buy a Korg synthesizer to go with it.. I was wondering what was a good one to go with this model drum machine.

Also .. i looked in search so sorry if this is asked a lot! I was wondering what i need to buy so i can use a computer software sequencer for my music from both new synth and the drum machine (emx1). What exactly will this do?

[Setsonics]

I like my Micrkorg, but a lot of people do not agree.

It is a cheap synth, great for your money. And it has a great editor you can MIDI to your computer and use. Layer 2 sounds the same, tweak em up or detune a bit, it sounds really nice! Easy peazy!




Alesis micron's are nice too though, I think they pack more of a punch. Some people like them more, I personally would have picked up a Micron over a Microkorg, but I guess the MK has a better vocoder, and now I have a nice professional microphone and I use the vocoder for samples a lot!





If you're really looking to spend money, buy a Prophet 08, OH man, I am getting one as soon as I can! 8 Voice Analog Synth, this thing is a f*ck*ng monster and does it ever wail. 2 grand is the price tag. That's 250 bucks a voice, and well worth it.



Or you can get a nice vintage Synth like the one I have, the Poly-800!! I am horrible at programming it, when I have more room I will hook it up next to all my other gear!



Or go even cooler and get a Juno-6 or a Jupiter 8 or something! whoh, crazy old expensive awesome synths.





Have fun picking out your new SYNTH!!!!!!!!!!

[acertainpoint]

I use a radias with my emx, and I think they are perfect for eachother

heres a video of me using both.

I dont know if my style is your style, but the are in perfect harmoney with eachother.
I couldnt ask for anything more


http://youtube.com/watch?v=KlMKFxBBz78

[Ruso]

I recently got one of these bad boys. I'm having a lot of fun and learning fast. Anyway i have a few questions..

I am looking to buy a Korg synthesizer to go with it.. I was wondering what was a good one to go with this model drum machine.

Also .. i looked in search so sorry if this is asked a lot! I was wondering what i need to buy so i can use a computer software sequencer for my music from both new synth and the drum machine (emx1). What exactly will this do?

emx is not a drum machine... emx is a complete workstation....

a good synth is korg radias although I don't like it's bass capabilities but you're coupling it with emx so you're covered for that..

and lastly, sequencing.... I don't see why you'd want to sequence the emx from a computer.... it's what it is great in. Sequencing is the emx's best asset. You could sequence it from a pc if you get a midi interface and a software sequencer(I'd go with ableton live 7).... but why would you want to introduce software if you have hardware?

See the reason I'm worried is because if you do go software to control the emx... then why use the emx when your sequencing program will let you run its synths... and soft synths are a lot more functional then harware because of no limitations.... Now I'm not encouraging this by any means.... I would actually recommend sticking to the emx and learning iot better.... and I would actually sequence other things from the emx(exampe your synth you're gonna get).....

anyways I tell everyone this: If you haven't learned the box to its full potential, then don't buy new gear.

[Steph3dfx]

How about this mix ???

[klangsulfat]

The tribe fits perfectly on the accessory shelf of the Radias

[boredjim8]

Looks like ima have to save up to get the Radias

[Argus]

I have an R3 that I love, but it's quite complex if you're new to synths. the micro is of course an ever-popular choice, and for a reason, because it's awesome.
but if you want to spend a little more money than that, the R3 would definitely be nice for you. if you give it some time to learn some synth theory, you can really do amazing stuff with it. and size-wise, it's still pretty portable.

[Setsonics]

Prophet 08 all the wayyyyy!

[grabmymask78]

wow that is awesome

[Setsonics]

vocoder kitty slamming out some dance floor stomping il.ek.troooo..

[grabmymask78]

vocoder kitty slamming out some dance floor stomping il.ek.troooo..

my cat swats at the oscillators on my mx, i have yet to catch that spectacle on camera though...
it only happens during a full moon.
when we shake the earth with our music

[oldgeezers940]

So you guys would suggest sequencing EVERYTHING from the EMX and not using a computer at all?

I was thinking using a software sequencer would be nice to put everything together. Like use the EMX to sample rythms and beats, record it into the computer, then fine tune everything on the computer and play whatever keyboard or other instruments you want into the computer.

you'd still be using the EMX to sequence but you'd be using the computer to add the synth part and fine tune the EMX.

or is that not a good idea?

[anselmi]

So you guys would suggest sequencing EVERYTHING from the EMX and not using a computer at all?

I was thinking using a software sequencer would be nice to put everything together. Like use the EMX to sample rythms and beats, record it into the computer, then fine tune everything on the computer and play whatever keyboard or other instruments you want into the computer.

you'd still be using the EMX to sequence but you'd be using the computer to add the synth part and fine tune the EMX.

or is that not a good idea?

you can make it, of course
I was trying ableton live with the MX and SX both ways and it works fine
Also I was trying to write motion sequences by drawing them into an ableton MIDI clip and then send it to the tribes and it works pretty well...even for the FX motion sequences...that way you can create some precise and complex modulation that would be hard or imposible to do by hand

of course you can do all that but the point and the joy of the tribes dessign is to concentrate in the machine itself...it´s not a technical point, it´s a musical/artistic one...
it have more in common why a mood of creation than with tech specs, so if you concentrate only in what you CAN do with this machines you have the risk to start loosing the feeling and inspiration that cames with the natural workflow of the machine...

of course every machine and every musician have an unique relationship so every case is a different world

I hope I´m not sounding too hippie , I´m a proud nerd but old enought to realized that kind of things really adds something inportant to the equation and thus for to the resulting music

[oldgeezers940]

I agree with concentrating on the machine itself.

But i also think I should concentrate on my Korg TR as an individual instrument as well.

some people have suggested sequencing the synth with the EMX but then wont you lose the polyphony of the synth?

So wouldn't the ideal situation be to create on the EMX, record it to the software sequencer, record the synth to the software sequencer, use the sequencer to tweak little things, then play back using the sequencer to record?

kinda like using the EMX to sequence itself and using Logic to sequence everything else I want to add to the song.

that would be ideal for me, I'm just unsure as to wether or not the EMX is the right device for that sort of role.

ya know?

this sounds like it might be what boredjim8 is talking about