EMX-1 and Kaoss Pad 3

[darthballs]

Hi! my stile music ist the tecnopop and tecnotrance. Thanzs!

KP3 is really good, especially for live (because instant loop playback is WONDERFUL), but you're limited to 4 sample banks total per track.

Also you should check out Roland SP-404SX, which is a much more robust sampler. Both are really good for electronic/dance. Look at youtube videos on both before you buy.

[pep4]

Very thanzs for your response

[nmccartaz]

I'm new to working with midi clocks/midi syncing between these two devices. The issue that I'm running across is that I set my KP3 to use the External Midi signals by holding Shift and Key 5, choose CLOCK, and then rotate the program/BPM knob to display EXT. I have the appropriate Midi cable connected from the EMX's Midi Out to the KP3. Things seem great until I start sampling from the audio signal on the EMX. Sample times keep changing themselves and sampling stops before the end of the bar. Playing the sample on the KP3 seems to be controlled by the EMX to a certain extent, mostly hitting the play button.

I read something about Program9 in Midi settings to take sequencing information from an external device but that's not what I'm using.

I'm probably just being stupid here, but, HELP!

I just want to be able to use the KP3 for effects processing/sampling on the fly but I don't want any other functionality to be controlled by the EMX other than BPM.

[Qbass]

I'm using emx1, kp3 and microsampler. Thanks so much to the man who suggested the routing out of a single emx1 part to the emx1... awesome control! I like to record a simple synth part over a beat on the EMX, than change the octave of the same part and solo over it using the arpeggiator... since this synth is monophonic, it will block out the underlying part as you solo and let it come back in when you lift your finger adding even more dimension. cool! since you can run both functions of the argeggiator w/ one hand, you can effect on kp3 w/ the other and now you're cooking w/ gas. I've found the kp3 basically just does a couple of things really well and looping is not one of them. kp3 internal sounds are garbage, can't really be used like the kaossilator so I would have preferred more variation in the effects but as an effector it's excellent. also my preferred midi master out of the 3 is the emx1. only the emx1 has midi thru jack so I leave the kp3 un-synced and just use the samples as random one shots. the emx1 and microsampler sync well so the two of those are a better place to start for beatmaking if you can afford. I'm still missing an important capability which I THINK is there but can't tap yet (HELP!), that is to trigger samples on the microsampler via the emx1's midi. I guess I'll ask them and re-post here. my big beef w/ the emx1 is the drum samples available don't do anything for me. my favorite part of it though is the arpeggiator, and I hope they will add the capability to write your own scale for it to arpeggiate in and not just choose from the list. More power to ya all

[pep4]

qbass, is posible visual exemple of the arpegiattor use? Thanzs!

[Qbass]

I'll try to do a Youtube visual/audio so you can see and hear some of the places I'm going but my video capabilites are slower than my midi right now so be patient. it's simple though. just push a key for a synth part (can also do a drum part but no pitch variation), turn keyboard on. w/ the ribbon/slider in it's normal function (ribbon and slider can also bet set to exchange to each others functions), left hand middle finger tap and you get a note, hold the finger or slide on the ribbon and you get repeating notes. thumb and forefinger work the slider at the same time to variate the pitches. you control the starting note by hitting one on the keyboard, but also you can (quickly) hit 2 or 3 notes on the keyboard in succession and it somehow works this sequence into the arpeggiated results. When you change the octave of the keyboard (select-arrow key) you have to then hit a note or sequence on the keyboard for the octave shift to be active on the arpeggiator. look up how to change the scale on the arpeggiator. the easiest one with the least wrong notes available is the blues scale. octaves are also easy and good results. anything else will throw in a few sour notes or not be that interesting unless your sequence is written specifically to that scale. have fun and remember to try recording a simple synth part first as well so that when your finger comes OFF the ribbon, more random cool variation is added.

[pep4]

Thanzs for your response, but my english ist very poor. i look traductor tool for comprensive more.....

[chad9477]

I just want to be able to use the KP3 for effects processing/sampling on the fly but I don't want any other functionality to be controlled by the EMX other than BPM.

I'm not sure what's going on here, but I'll suggest one approach that might help you broadly: Make the KP3 your master clock and the EMX your slave. You'll have to adjust BPM from the KP3's knob, but it's not hard. Also, this approach won't affect your ability to process effects and sample on the fly, and will also improve synchronization between your samples and EMX loops as they play simultaneously. (Only somewhat though...the KP3, for all its talents, is notoriously poor at staying in sync with other devices via MIDI clock, a problem well documented on this forum).

That said, I'm not sure why you're having all the other sample-timing issues you mention. Try what I suggest and if it doesn't help, I'll see what else I can come up with

[nmccartaz]

chad9477,


Thanks for your response, I was thinking of trying it that way, hadn't done it just yet.

[ricardS]

One question can I make these sounds with EMX1 and kaoss pad3? Which the Korg machines can i buy to make this kind of DNB musik?
Thanks

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