why is the machine drum better than the korg esx 1

mo's taverne · Post by **mo's taverne** » Fri May 09, 2008 8:06 pm

compact:
you have to save kits
patterns stay as they were left (with kit info in extended mode)

hope i could help

docindo.dorsey · Post by **docindo.dorsey** » Fri May 09, 2008 8:14 pm

this does help me greatly. what do you see as an advantage of doing it this way?

mo's taverne · Post by **mo's taverne** » Fri May 09, 2008 8:41 pm

docindo.dorsey wrote:this does help me greatly. what do you see as an advantage of doing it this way?

no false kits with right patterns and vice versa...

attr1b · Post by **attr1b** » Sun May 11, 2008 8:58 am

ao wrote:Regarding WHY the MD is considered "better" than the ESX (or other boxes) is in it's depth of sound programming. The samples on the Elektron site really don't do the MD justice. However, w/ some exploring and tweaking, you can get SO many sounds of it, it really is a percussive synth. Granted, the MD's kick, out of the box it isn't so great, but w/ some tweaking (especially compression settings), it can really pound.

As for the ESX, it's a really intuitive and fun sequencer, but you have to provide all the sounds (or use the factory sounds which are limited), and it doesn't have as many editing features/parameters, and although it has a lot of efx, I don't think they're the highest quality (and only have two parameters of control each, as opposed to the MD where you have 8-24 parameters per sound). More flexible LFOs on the MD as well.

So, if you're all about making sounds/samples on the computer, then the ESX would be a better way to go hardware-wise; if you're looking for a source of sounds, go MD.

I have and use both, but as has been said previously, if I had to choose, I'd keep the MD.

Here's a short recording that's 99% MD sounds:
http://www.technoetc.net/audio/aomalley ... 080505.mp3

Since it's just a drum machine it's obviously very percussive

THANKS ALOT

astley · Post by **astley** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:50 pm

isnt there also a difference in sample rate/bit depth ?

coldfuture · Post by **coldfuture** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:38 pm

I'd like to answer the original question:

why is the machine drum better than the korg esx 1?

Well, it just IS. The sooner one can accept this, the easier time one has going about things.

MD rules. Best drum machine ever made and I have owned them all.

Legendary machines from 3-4 different manufacturers in the biz are sitting in here collecting dust whilst my MD drives the tekfunk train. It is the most versatile, powerful, mystifying, musical bucket of pure creative sickness ever poured into a silver boxen.

Buy one, enjoy, never look back.

That being said, the Korg boxen are mad fun and nearly classic in their own right. I cannot knock them, but I do confess to thinking of the MD as superior.

isaaclevy · Post by **isaaclevy** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 2:20 am

A drummachine does something that a software doesnt?
i mean, what would be and advantage besides being able to control by hand?

NewSc2 · Post by **NewSc2** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 6:18 am

isaaclevy wrote:A drummachine does something that a software doesnt?
i mean, what would be and advantage besides being able to control by hand?

Holy thread bump batman!

The Machinedrum has a very intuitive sequencer. I'd compare it to something like the MPC. Even though you could do all that on Ableton Live it's sometimes much more immediate and easier to sequence on hardware. Easier + Quicker = good results.