some help - RS7000??-

[ecuagroove]

hey there

As you now you can buy a Yamaha RS7000 - new - for about 1400 usd/euros

and with the same money you have another options

korg electribe ES1 - sampler (ebay 300usd top)
rm1x - sequencer (ebay 350usd top)
new emu's xk6 keyboard - new - (600usd top)

wich option would you preffer for starting producing some nice urban gigs??

[lasher]

agree with MII.
better forget about the ES-1/Rm1-X setup.
not only you have 3 pieces of gear to carry around but the ES-1 has a latency and makes only sense if used as a module, standalone or lined up to the other tribes (as master).

also remember with MPC you HAVE to have sample material AND a SCSI device if you don´t want to load/import and backup with floppy´s; besides it has NO synth engine...

i´d go RS too.

[ehcsztein]

hmmm... if was looking to Spend 1200 and accomplish what the three pieces you listed would accomplish i'd go

Emu XL-7 @ $700

$100 more than the XK-6 same sounds more features and it would eliminate the RM1-X from your list and open finances for a better sampler...ie an emu rack e4k ultra would enable you to burn roms for the XL-7

http://www.emu.com/products/xl7/index.html

The price dropped by 300 on these a couple of month's afta i picked up my xk-6.

though i love the XK i'd rather have the XL now that they are only 100 apart instead of 400 (mutter)

another thing to keep in mind is that the Emu/Ensonique camp has yet to replace the ASR-X.

I don't see it hard to imagine that with the success of their current groove tools etc that a new sample/synth/production center is in the works.

I'm thinking ASR-X meets MP-7/XL-6...i'm holding off on purchasing a sampler for this very reason.

Late,
ehcsz

[ecuagroove]

I was checking again my posts for refresh my memory and I noticed I never thanked you for your help on this post...A post that answered me some answers hard to find in anywhere else...so

THANk you MaRuD II
THANK you LaShEr
and at last but not least
Danke Schön eHcSzTeIn

Respect!

[ecuagroove]

oh...
I got so emotive with the thanx that I forgot a question...hehe
What is latency?
I didn't understand you that part of "the es-1 has latency so makes only sense if used as a module..."
with a friend we were planing to use a karma with an Es-1 as a sampler/sequencer...so do you think it will work?

[lasher]

latency can be subscribed as a (MIDI)delay, so all stuff
sequenced with the ES-1 sequencer if MIDIchained will
be late-- think it was 0.25ms, but don´t catch me on that!
if you open a (MIDI)track on your Karma wich is reserved
to only the ES* then it will work. ES-wise you have to tell
the unit wich sample shall be triggered by wich note/key from your Karma.
that´s what i ment by usage as a module.
*you may even trigger Karma TG with the track also if it fits
so there´s no limitations in creativity.
you may also use the Audio-IN-chain to effect stuff with ES efx or put it on the ES´s Audio track and sequence the incoming audio...

just be creative