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Originally posted by crazedonee Korg ER1mkII $199 EA-1 mkII Electribe A $199 Korg Electribe EMX-1 $500 Roland MC909 $1300 consider all these groove boxes above , would these be worth buying ,since you can duplicate these sounds in Reason ,and Rebirth with step sequencing,the Matrix, or in Rebirth with Mods or in your sequencer of choice with a piano roll ,and adding effects later. if these are worth buying though and these sounds cannot be created else where id really like to know.

u know what???
forget all those !

you could buy those boxes if you prefer that kind of sequencing, but I wouldn't buy them for outstanding sound.

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thanks that was what i figured anyways ill just get an analog synth
after all.

^toys

They're a fun way to get into making music, but in the end lack the versatility and power of a sofwtare studio coupled with either some good VSTi's or analog hardware.

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thanks guys ,they just seem so tempting ,with all there bosts on line about how they can make any genre in edm.

but ido agree that you could have a lot more freedom with a soft synth or hardware that was analog.

hardware DOES have resale value, thats if you end up having to sell stuff.

im going to look around at some pawn shops this summer, see if i can score a toy or two, but im done buying new stuff like these.

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Originally posted by pho mo They're a fun way to get into making music, but in the end lack the versatility and power of a sofwtare studio coupled with either some good VSTi's or analog hardware.

I suppose you have 50% right...some groove boxes are toys, but remember that music programs tries to emulate real music equipment. I think manny of thoose programs are a fun way to get into making music.

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if toy means it's fun to play, I don't see the badness in that. Besides it looks elitist to say something like that.

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One of my mates had an electribe and it was awesome. It isnt comparible to a software studio or an analog synthesizer. I dont even know why the comparison was even brought up in the first place. I mean come on people - they dont even do the same things.

I liked the electribe and would like to get something like it at some point. Its lower down on the list though because I still need monitors, a keyboard and a preamp/mic combo. But its great for what it does, which is for adding rhthymic layers and sequenced groove tracks.

A few years ago i bought myself a Roland MC-505, and used it frequently since there wasn't much of good drum VSTi at that time.

These days it's just gathering dust, because it's so much more convenient to stay in the digital VST domain, without having to record a drum track from an external source...

Also, the drum sounds ( in the 505 - don't know about 909) are not that crisp, and are harder to tweak/layer than in it's software counterparts. But you get a load of great bassline/rhythm presets that can get your inspiration going ...

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