The ES-1 is the new sampling one isn't it? Something really sucked about it,
like it's only got 4 or 6 polyphony or something waaay too low for me....
nigel
on 4/7/00 1:15 AM, Olaf Molenveld at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> What??? buy an RM1x and an electribe ES-1
>
> Olaf
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 5:08 PM
> Subject: Re: Recomendations?
>
>
>> Just buy a mpc2000xl, rm1x, and akai s6000 then you are set.
>>
>> Dustin Zahn wrote:
>>
>>> Well, I have owned both a MPC2000 and a RM1x. The 2000 is a great
> machine,
>>> but it's not worth the money at all. It doesn't come with any effects
> and
>>> the only editing you can do is cutting, pasting, and envelope
> modulation.
>>> For how much money it costs, you can buy a nice Yamaha A3000 or 4000
> which
>>> has double the sampling time, better editing capabilities, and 50 to 90
>>> effects/filters.
>>>
>>> Dustin Zahn
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Sarah Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 7:16 AM
>>> Subject: RE: Recomendations?
>>>
>>>> The MPC is a sequencer with a sampler built in. The RM1x is a
> sequencer
>>> with
>>>> a synth built in. The MPC has more MIDI outs. The MPC has nicer pads
> for
>>>> real-time drum programming. The RM1x has better grid and groove
> editing
>>>> features. From what I've seen, both are good. The RM1x is much
> cheaper,
>>>> however, and if you already have a sampler, it might make more
> economic
>>>> sense. I checked both out, and went for the RM1x because I preferred
> the
>>> way
>>>> that its drum programming works.
>>>>
>>>> Sarah
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: samuel C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>>>> Sent: 03 July 2000 08:05
>>>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> Subject: Re: Recomendations?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What about Akai MPC2000xl???
>>>>> is in any way similar to RMX???
>>>>>
>>>>> apart from the price, what differences (mainly) those two units??
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _saM_
>>>>>
>>>>> Nigel Kersten wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> to clarify, I don't mind using an external MIDI keyboard to write
>>> chords
>>>>>> with, and I've never really gotten into auto-chords on any of my
> gear.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's just that for drum programming and for a lot of monophonic
>>>>> samples I'd
>>>>>> rather be able to step sequence. That's what annoys me about
>>>>> the su700, you
>>>>>> don't have a step sequencer display from what I can work out,
>>>>> you can only
>>>>>> record in realtime.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What's this new thing Yamaha are coming out with that is like
>>>>> an Rm1x/A3k
>>>>>> put together? (more so than the su700 is)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is it very easy to import sequences into the RM1x from a computer?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've always thought it would be really cool to have a computer
>>>>> based app for
>>>>>> a hw-seq that let you chop up midi files and drag them around to
> make
>>> a
>>>>>> whole 'program' or whatever it calls it. Anything like this exist
> yet?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> nigel
>>>>>>
>>>>>> on 3/7/00 1:53 AM, Dustin Zahn at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can't you add chords with a external midi keyboard though?
>>>>> Back in the day I
>>>>>>> got a DJX and I used it to hook up to the RM1x midi for doing
>>>>> some strings
>>>>>>> and such and it works well.
>>>>>>> It's also another way to get another set of effects so you're
>>>>> not stuck with
>>>>>>> one variation. But, the DJX isn't worth buying just for those
>>>>> few things.
>>>>>>> Dustin Zahn
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> From: Paul Kaufman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 6:31 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: RE: Recomendations?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I got myself a RM1X unit, just last weekend. It will thin
>>>>> out Controller
>>>>>>> data
>>>>>>>> for, a' la QY70, and is a lot cheaper than the QY700.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The only downside is that it doesn't have
>>>>> auto-accompaniement. As there is
>>>>>>> no
>>>>>>>> way of entering chords in directly (eg. C7,Am7 etc.) So it
>>>>> is more suited
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> techno/dance rather than melodic compositions.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So far I'm very pleased with it
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Paul K
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] =====
>>>>>>>>> hi there, I just added myself to this list, as I'm in the
>>>>> market for a
>>>>>>>>> better hardware sequencer. I thought I'd offer up what I'm
>>>>> looking for,
>>>>>>>>> what I'm thinking of getting, and then hopefully getting
>>>>> some feedback
>>>>>>>>> from some of you...?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> the mainstay of my studio and live rig is my A3000 sampler.
>>>>> I've got 98Mb
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> ram, so I can usually load a whole set at once. other midi
>>>>> things get
>>>>>>> used
>>>>>>>>> live as well.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I really want something that I can write sequences on
>>>>> directly, with a
>>>>>>> step
>>>>>>>>> sequencer as well as a real-time record function, but that
>>>>> I can also
>>>>>>> import
>>>>>>>>> sequences easily as midi files from a computer based
>>>>> system. I want to be
>>>>>>>>> able to do more when I play live than ride sequences, I
>>>>> want to be able
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> change patterns, tempo, controllers, etc.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've already got a Yamaha QY-70, which is ok, but kind of
>>>>> limited... I
>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>> to thin out controller data heaps to get more than a couple
>>>>> of songs in
>>>>>>>>> memory, and it's small. I was thinking about trading in the
>>>>> sampler for
>>>>>>> an
>>>>>>>>> SU-700, but there's no envelopes on an SU-700... ;-( So now
>>>>> I'm tossing
>>>>>>> up
>>>>>>>>> between an RM1x and a QY-700, and the RM1x seems cheaper
>>>>> and possibly
>>>>>>>>> better. (i have thought about non-yamaha gear... ;-)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm willing to trade in the sampler if I can find a
>>>>> performance based
>>>>>>> device
>>>>>>>>> that is still a good sampler in it's own right... but there
>>>>> just doesn't
>>>>>>>>> seem to be anything around, so I thought a sequencer would
>>>>> be better.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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