Gould you guys help me please

[Ricx96]

Hey people,

I'm really frustrated, I want tot add soms hardware to my homestudio.

But i don't know what to choose,
I'm producing minimal techno now for one year.

I have to choose between the ESX, EMX and the ableton push.
I'm working in ableton live tho.


Any ons have soms good suggestions for me?

I would really appreciate your help!!

[colulizard]

I thought Push is just a controller for Ableton really and not an instrument.

So I guess the issue is whether you want something to make a noise, or something to control Ableton.

If you want a cheap instrument to start off with I'd recommend a Volca Bass... would be pretty nifty for minimal techno.
If you want to move away from Ableton and do stuff live, the electribes could be your thing, but they're not quite as cheap.

[MS-DOS]

this depends on alot of factors. usually i wouldnt recommend buying hardware without a clear idea what it can do for you.

but there is an answer to your question.

i am ragging on the electribe somewhat but the E2 (not the emx) would be perfect for you.

- its very easy and simple (to simple for my needs)
- its portable
- you can export your sets to ableton live
- and you can actually take your sets to live shows if you ever decide.
- its a performance oriented machine and it will add alot of energy to your tracks and make you compose differently.

the new electribe is made for you if you ask me, and you can get one for 300 used.

get with it.

[bladuck]

I have to choose between the ESX, EMX and the ableton push.I'm working in ableton live tho.

Push IS an instrument period. There is so much control you can do with push. Since you work with ableton and I assume you have a few instruments/libraries purchased etc the push is very very flexible. However if you're a heavy keyboard player you might find that the pad playability on Push is NOT great. you really need to have strong pinky fingers to utilize velocity properly. If your notebook PC/MAC is 3 year and younger with some 8GB of memory, you have enough power for ableton to do 8x more work than E2 can handle. The instant feedback from controllers, macro controls, 64 pads is LOT more than not-so-intuitive E2 interface.
The push is a is bigger learning curve, but there are plenty tutorials on youtube for push and ableton.
The EMX is great too but E2 can handle that. the ESX has slow sample management so not a very good brother for E2