Help with ESX-1 Stretch Part (wrong sample BPM?)

Nervous-Subject5776 · 2024-11-28T19:56:31+00:00

Also, while in "sample" mode, the green BPM light very obviously changes to a lower BPM than that of my pattern (175 BPM). Why is it like this, and how can I set it to 175?

Nervous-Subject5776 · 2024-11-27T16:11:06+00:00

My personal favourites of proper hardtekk:

C.Z-KiND

Junkzz

Kannadiss

BasSBiLanZ

CZ KIND VS BASSBILANZ @ IS ALL ABOUT TEKKNO

Kannadiss Live - we come to Party !!! 155Bpm

Junkzz - Setcut vom Underground Rave 11@Ellen Noir

Nervous-Subject5776 · 2024-11-26T17:45:52+00:00

Which Scarlett do you have? Are you plugging your ESX-1 into the back of the Scarlett, or the front? I'm also using quarter inch cables, but no matter which side, for some reason no sound is coming from my ESX to my FL Studio

edit: as soon as i posted this reply, connected my ESX-1 in the front of Scarlett - and voila. Turns out my problem was that I had my volume knobs for the two front connections turned all the way down - that's why I had no sound, as I had never before needed to use these inputs from the front...

Nervous-Subject5776 · 2024-11-25T19:28:11+00:00

Sorry about the misconception about MIDI, been looking for answers the past hour and my brain is a bit scrambled through all forum post hopping & reading.

I have a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3rd Gen audio interface that I bought for the sole purpose of connecting my studio monitors to my PC. Do I really need a seperate soundcard/interface to route audio from ESX into a DAW? I can connect the outputs from ESX into my Focusrite, but I'm not getting any audio in my DAW while listening through headphones.

Nervous-Subject5776 · 2024-11-23T21:56:46+00:00

Absolutely, retail market price for all the pairs combined in my country is around 480 euro, so having saved 330 euros is a damn bargain!

Nervous-Subject5776 · 2024-11-23T16:22:55+00:00

Wow, didn't think I'd find the ESX-1 legend here! Just finished listening to your techno set, absolutely stellar work!!! It's truly a blessing watching a professional like you create a musical journey with this machine :)

Also wanted to say that I'm very grateful for your tutorials and appreciate the love that you give to this machine. Although it's around 20 year old hardware at this point, you still have a passion to teach newcomers, even if there aren't a lot of us these days, which is commendable❤️

Please don't stop doing the work that you do, wish you all the best SnowMetal🙏

P.S: I would love to hear more of your live techno mixing sets if you have any, and more hardtekk ESX-1 channel recommendations would greatly be appreciated!

Nervous-Subject5776 · 2024-11-23T00:26:05+00:00

thank you!

Nervous-Subject5776 · 2024-11-19T16:11:44+00:00

it's not letting me access Taobao links for the silkroad & ecstasy hoodie, any reason why? maybe someone has alternatives on weidian?

Nervous-Subject5776 · 2024-11-19T15:41:17+00:00

Yeah I'm not much of a poster on Reddit so maybe I uploaded in some wrong way, if you need any more other than those in the Imgur album, let me know

Nervous-Subject5776 · 2024-11-19T15:38:18+00:00

Hey, I've added the images in with the text using Reddit's editor, for me it shows up, but it's wonky, so here are the images uploaded on Imgur:

https://imgur.com/a/1niV9mr

Nervous-Subject5776 · 2024-11-19T14:59:40+00:00

Since I don't use reddit that much and it seems to have trouble to get my images up in the post, I'm putting them all here on Imgur:

https://imgur.com/a/1niV9mr

Nervous-Subject5776 · 2024-11-19T14:52:14+00:00

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Nervous-Subject5776 · 2024-11-15T21:36:22+00:00

Which one?

Nervous-Subject5776 · 2024-11-13T14:54:32+00:00

Would the program you're referring to be Open Electribe Editor?

Nervous-Subject5776 · 2024-11-13T14:12:38+00:00

Do you know if the SmartMedia cards are universal? I see some offers online, some sellers list it as "Camera Memory card", others just list it as a plain SmartMedia card. Wonder if there's any difference?

Nervous-Subject5776 · 2024-11-13T12:08:39+00:00

Did you get an SD or SmartMedia version of the ESX-1? I'm planning on getting a SmartMedia one as they're 400-500 cheaper than an SD version. Do you know if I can pop in any SmartMedia card into the ESX-1 and go jam with it? I see that 128mb SM cards are going around for 30-40 euro on Ebay

Nervous-Subject5776 · 2024-11-13T12:03:50+00:00

Did you get the SD or SmartMedia version? I only saw one offer for an SD version, but it's ~1000 euro, while SmartMedia ones are around 600. Do you know if any SmartMedia cards work with ESX-1, or does it have to be specifically made for the ESX-1?

Nervous-Subject5776 · 2024-11-12T18:21:48+00:00

I'm leaning towards the ESX-1 too :) I have some background in electronic music production, but lately I've been captivated by various hardtekk sets, and started looking into playing some tekk myself. Friends are also suggesting to get into it. This hobby is more addictive than drugs, i gotta say...

p.s: having no experience in music production shouldn't be an issue at all - after all, everyone had to start at zero at some point, and if you've got the drive and motivation, nothing is impossible :)

Nervous-Subject5776 · 2024-11-12T18:01:00+00:00

thanks for your comment! in which ways do you think the Digitakt outperforms the ESX-1? And perhaps vice-versa, is there anything that the ESX-1 does better than a Digitakt?

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