DirectEMX : The VST Editor for your EMX

directsynth · Post by **directsynth** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 2:35 pm

Hi,

DirectEMX is a new VST plugin that makes it possible to use your Korg Electribe MX in your host.

The DirectEMX features are:
- Control and automation of all the EMX parameters from your DAW. That includes Synth, drum and common/fx parts.
- Pattern import/export in fxb/fxp standard format.
- Reception of pattern bank sysex dumps, that makes it possible to import all the internal patterns of the EMX in DirectEMX.

With DirectEMX you can use your EMX like a Virtual instrument in Cubase, live, fl studio...

You'll be able to:
- Save/Load your project without worrying about the state of the EMX, the plugin will ensure the sync.
- Automate all the parameters to create new evolving sounds easily. Why not simulating an LFO on your filter cutoff for example?
- Copy/paste parts or patterns
- Use a clean interface that shows the "real" knob values. That includes the mix view and oscillator model shape, while keeping the same approach as the original hardware.
- See the knobs movements in real time, for the host automation but also for the EMX internal motion sequences.
- Edit and reverse-engineer patch more easily.

A video introduces the above features: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KuxPmS9q3I

The demo version makes it possible to test all the features but with restrictions.

Check it out at : www.directsynth.com

Jonathan - DirectSynth.

paul_courville · Post by **paul_courville** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 2:05 am

Ok, the obvious question... who's used it?
Who likes it?
I'm downloading the demo now..

Blue Monster 65 · Post by **Blue Monster 65** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 4:12 am

Looking forward to your review, Paul!

cooptrol · Post by **cooptrol** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 1:51 pm

Does it work with the ESX at least in the parameters they both share?
Are you planning to release a VST for the ESX?

directsynth · Post by **directsynth** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 2:19 pm

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wax78 · Post by **wax78** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:10 pm

Make me thing about something I've already seen somewhere (except vst) ...

culvera · Post by **culvera** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 3:29 am

Will this work via a USBtoMIDI cable?

bog · Post by **bog** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 4:52 am

Looks great. Hope to see an OS X version.

directsynth · Post by **directsynth** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 10:29 am

Hi, yes it should work with an USB to MIDI cable. Try it with the demo version: http://directsynth.com//catalog/directs ... x_demo.php
Cheers,

themesser · Post by **themesser** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 7:50 am

wax78 wrote:Make me thing about something I've already seen somewhere (except vst) ...

about what ? tell us, because i was dying to get something like that to dump, edit, control, and have sex with my emx. Until now, there were no solution...but maybe i am wrong

Griffin Avid · Post by **Griffin Avid** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:09 pm

Roughly translated, that looks like $32 USD. Is that about right?

Also, is the download link fully automated or am I waiting for a human to process my order before I get the download link?

It'd also be nice if you said somewhere that this is a commercial product and not a service to KORG customers. I'm also wishing it worked standalone.

The VST option is very nice I must admit.
But sometimes I just want to work on sounds without a host sequencer running. That's sorta...the point...of...getting...a hardware box.

gil videla · Post by **gil videla** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:15 pm

Can someone please explain WHY anyone would need this at all?
Why would I need a mouse around on the computer when i can all this s**t on the machine itself, isn't the point of hardware not to use a mouse???

I am attracted to the ideas that it saves all this stuff on the host, you don't have to worry about the unit, you're using it like a tone module
but still...

Griffin Avid · Post by **Griffin Avid** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:55 pm

NEED is a tough one. You could ask someone that uses a software drum machine/module why they would need a groovebox.

Now want I can fathom.
1. DAW/Host based solution for backing up data (as you said)
2. Is accustomed to using a mouse with VSTs (this may be the first hardware piece)
3. Gear integration with other pieces via DAW or MIDI hub.
4. Wants an easy way to import/share older/additional patterns/songs.
5. Interested in utilizing hosted VST-based percs like Randomization and Genetics, as in mixing and morphing internal settings. I believe all of the Soft Editors from SoundTower have that ability. The microKORG XL has a soft editor with randomization controls.

Further, the Spectralis 2 can generate random sounds, patterns and even songs straight from the hardware. A VST Soft Editor could easily do this too.

At any rate, I find it strange that the EX series doesn't have USB or their own Soft Editors. It would be awesome to have ALL the past electribe patterns available.

If there was a full Soft Editor available, you could pull individual patterns/sequences up and, let' say load ONLY the bassline from my song A032 and use it in my newest song D322 by importing it directly to synth part 1-5. Doing that in-the-box would be a nightmare.

gil videla · Post by **gil videla** » Fri Dec 31, 2010 5:56 am

the more i see the video the more I like this, from the perspective I mentioned earlier, the saving of patterns alone makes the "new" SD models pointless!!!!

directsynth · Post by **directsynth** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:49 am

Hi,

DirectEMX is now available on MAC OSX in the VST format.
It also includes better NRPN management for Ableton Live.

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