Korg Esx-1 vs Es-1

formal · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:32 am

Check out my website if you wanna hear some stuff done on the ESX. I haven't used it too much since I got my zoom.

ellaguru · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 12:12 pm

thanx.
what's the youtube title to watch this?

timfromtexas wrote:

jeff you had a video on youtube comparing the two tribes and that video and one or two others of yours and another guys on youtube were the reasons i got a tribe.. i watched your stuff on there WAY before i saw you on here... its kinda creepy cuz when youve talked about gear that i already knew you had it gets me a little weirded out... way to go, and thanks

************************

timfromtexas wrote:

doing it that way to me still sounds like a rigid track the not just falls a little late in the same spot every time... you need multiple of each sample with alternating spaces resampled in the front for it to sound right... at least in the work flow i use

that's seems to me complicated or, in another point of view, is more like i am expected: the electribes are more coceived for house/techno stuff, and this is not bad (i love both), but this also means that you have to work with more if you want to obtain downtempo/hiphopish/breakbeat things....or not?

nuemerik wrote:

Check out my website if you wanna hear some stuff done on the ESX. I haven't used it too much since I got my zoom.

4ormal, i will chechk out your stuff, maybe this will clearify things better to me...
could you please tell me precicely what are the titles of tracks/ep/works to listen to to have an idea of the esx-1 thing?
thanx

formal · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:57 pm

http://www.4ormal.com > media > music > White Elephant EP >

Everyday
Fresco
Glimmer
Grimm
Merder
Mixup
Nov1two
Ol Style
Sweepz
Undecided
Ween

I think that's all the ESX tracks on that one. Everything else is Zoom Sampletrak and 2 Reason tracks.

Dj_just_jeff · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:57 pm

http://www.youtube.com/user/drjackohollious#p/a

This is my channel E. Check it out. U know dilla did some stuff with the es mkii.

formal · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:19 pm

Here's a good ESX1 video. It only uses the KP3 very minimally. HS, the beatmaker, rocks on everything he touches. First heard him on PSP making some crazy wicked DnB.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0szADS4JyRc

PHeMoX · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:16 pm

nuemerik wrote:

Here's a good ESX1 video. It only uses the KP3 very minimally. HS, the beatmaker, rocks on everything he touches. First heard him on PSP making some crazy wicked DnB.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0szADS4JyRc

That's a very very cool beat he made, really sick stuff!

Reminds me a bit of the Flash Bulb's style as well, which I am very much into. I also would assume he used the Kaoss Pad on certain samples as well.

It's sick though, really cool. I'm digging the main rhythm a lot, this sort of style is called Grime (it has a soft dubstep flavor onto it), right?

ellaguru · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:25 pm

Dj_just_jeff wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/user/drjackohollious#p/a

This is my channel E. Check it out. U know dilla did some stuff with the es mkii.

hey, i knew the sp404 vs Metallica mash up!! i didn't knew 'twas you! nice thing!
...but no traces of the esx-1...

ellaguru · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:35 pm

nuemerik wrote:

Here's a good ESX1 video. It only uses the KP3 very minimally. HS, the beatmaker, rocks on everything he touches. First heard him on PSP making some crazy wicked DnB.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0szADS4JyRc

cool riddim.
some dubsteppish thing indeed...
when i used an es-1 i remeber dubsteppin' was not bad with...
i will check your track now...

PHeMoX wrote:

It's sick though, really cool. I'm digging the main rhythm a lot, this sort of style is called Grime (it has a soft dubstep flavor onto it), right?

well, no.
grime is more rough and, above all, is rap/singed too; but someway dubstep take -also(with 2step,d'n'b tricks,dub,techno,ragga,triphop etc)...- the heritage of grime.
some grime artists:so solid crew, wiley, dizzee rascal (the last two are very personal indeed that we cannot really say that is true grime...)

whyse0ne · **Joined:** Wed May 28, 2008 1:37 am **Posts:** 501

Just thought I'd throw up my 2 cents real quick.

I bought an esx-1 about a week ago. And I'm loving this machine so far.

My only complaints. No usb to pc, and I really don't like the fact that it uses smartmedia cards. I havent even started using any of my own samples yet, I've just been learning the machine with the factory samples though.

Other than that, this is a really fun box. I can manipulate sounds like I've never been able to do before. I recommend thsi fa sho.

uno

timfromtexas · **Posted:** Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:58 pm

when you start using your own samples (even more fun than factory ish) use the sample editor on the korgforums site... its a badass tool and if it didnt exist i would probably hate my esx

http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... 677a23cc15

whyse0ne · **Joined:** Wed May 28, 2008 1:37 am **Posts:** 501

Thanks Tim, appreciate that. Yeah I told myself I would learn the machine as much as I could before I used my own samples. Plus, I don't have an extra smartmedia card laying around. ha.

timfromtexas · **Posted:** Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:37 am

it sucks paying that much for an outdated card but ask around youd be surprised how people dont wanna throw away old electronics.. old cameras with cards still in em... my lady found one of the cards and a reader at her work.. it was a smaller card but still...
you can also go the adapter rout and use the sd cards a lot of people use those and its cheaper too although i donno about the card size thing... i think you still have to use the smaller card size...

cartesia · **Posted:** Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:06 am

timfromtexas wrote:

it sucks paying that much for an outdated card but ask around youd be surprised how people dont wanna throw away old electronics.. old cameras with cards still in em... my lady found one of the cards and a reader at her work.. it was a smaller card but still...
you can also go the adapter rout and use the xd cards a lot of people use those and its cheaper too although i donno about the card size thing... i think you still have to use the smaller card size...

Fixed typo

timfromtexas · **Posted:** Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:48 pm

my bad thanks

http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... ia+adapter

link with SOME talk about the adapter if anyone is interested

ellaguru · **Posted:** Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:16 am

other dummie questions (only about esx-1):
1-can you resample patterns with ? (yes i hope)
2-can you use the sliced samples directly to record sequences/patterns from the slice part instead of to put every slice in the sample parts?
3-how key parts work:old school (st224, mpcs etc), or sort of pitch shift fx like (sp505)? in other words: do key part stretch or not the sample?
4-i asked you yet this, but: how to "swing" sample in pads when you record patterns in order not to fall exactly in the pads?
5-can you use metronome "as always" (play+rec etc)? can you use this when you are working in the slice mode?
6-do you have only "one shot" mode for samples?
thanx

Korg Esx-1 vs Es-1

Who is online