Difference between EMX-1 and ESX-1

culvera · Post by **culvera** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:38 pm

New to koreg products, been figuring out the EMX, but wondering what the significant difference of the ESX is?

cyberheater · Post by **cyberheater** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:28 pm

The main difference is that the ESX only uses samples unlike the EMX which has analogue modeling built it.

Dj Pound · Post by **Dj Pound** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:08 pm

In a nutshell:

ESX=Sample workstation

EMX=Synth workstation

culvera · Post by **culvera** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:24 pm

mmk, but what exactly does that mean? Sorry i'm completely new to everything electronic.
By sample do you mean I record other sounds, then organize them into a melody???

Dj Pound · Post by **Dj Pound** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:43 pm

Basically you can sample anything from anywhere and then sequence those samples into music on the ESX's built in sequencer. The ESX has audio inputs that allow you to connect a microphone. a turntable, a CD player etc....and sample away. On the ESX you have 4 minutes+ of sample time to work with, which is more than enough time for most people.
You can also trim your samples and make them into Single cycle waveforms to play on the ESX's internal Keyboard parts.
The Homepage of this site has an excellent summarization of the ESX in its products section. Check it out if you can. They also have some pretty good audio examples

culvera · Post by **culvera** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:45 pm

Ok thanks alot man, deff kinda cleared it up for me! Would you suggest pairing the ESX with my EMX?

Yatmandu · Post by **Yatmandu** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:53 pm

Definitely a good match! The nice thing is that even though they do different things (sampler versus synth), they behave in very similar ways, so if you learn one you'll know the other (minus a few little things).

culvera · Post by **culvera** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:59 pm

Ok awesome! Thanks alot!

Dj Pound · Post by **Dj Pound** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:03 am

Ok thanks alot man, deff kinda cleared it up for me! Would you suggest pairing the ESX with my EMX?

They make a hell of a combo! Trust me, you'll have hours of fun. It would be money very well spent.

TrondC · Post by **TrondC** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:02 pm

culvera wrote:Ok thanks alot man, deff kinda cleared it up for me! Would you suggest pairing the ESX with my EMX?

I'd say they are made to match very well. they are both great, but they compliment eachother very nicely

cyberheater · Post by **cyberheater** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:06 pm

I've got both machines after purchasing a ESX recently and still haven't had a chance to use them at the same time.

Hopefully I'll get a chance this week.

gil videla · Post by **gil videla** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:19 pm

culvera wrote:New to koreg products, been figuring out the EMX, but wondering what the significant difference of the ESX is?

not again....

Can we make a sticky about this topic, it'd be the shortest sticky needed ever

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