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Milan, Italy

Hi Guize.

I would really love to midi-sync my lsdj to some kind of drum machine/sampler.
I need it to make some pumping electro-house tunes and i don't care about having an old-school sound.

I'd like to spend not over 300/400€ for a second-hand unit.

I would prefer something analog, but if i could spend less even digital is ok.


any advice?

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Korg ER-1.

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Tokyo, Japan

Yeah the er1 is a fun little machine. Alternatvely a Roland sp404 is a dirt cheap fairly compact sampler

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Matthew Joseph Payne

Almost any Electribe yes, SP 303 or 404 yes. You could also easily get a TR-707 in that price range. that would be neat. Maybe something by Jomox, that tends to be a bit pricey though.

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Milan, Italy

uh... i didn't know that tr707s were so cheap.. awesome! I really like their sound!
but they have only sampled drums, right? i would really like to do some drum-synth work on them.. hmm

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

I've got an MC-303 and I love it.  It's a whole groovebox, though, with drums and synths of all types.  However, I got mine for about $90 CAD and most are priced around there so it's definitely cost effective and it contains all the popular Roland Drum machines.

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Tokyo, Japan

Actually how possible is midi syncing ds10? Small and cheap and awesome

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Milan, Italy

i've just found an Electribe ESX-1 for 350€ and i'm buying it.
I would have prefered something more old-school, but i could always load old-school samples on it.. so it's ok. smile

Just a very simple question since i've never had this "problem":
i just need to clock/tempo sync the gameboy and the electribe. Is it possible? Should i build an Arduinoboy or something more cheap is fine too?

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Tokyo, Japan

I would check f the esx1 has smart media or sd. If it's smart media be prepared for hassle. 350 euros seems very high for a smart media version

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Milan, Italy

i already have a 128MB smart media card from an old camera, so i shouldn't buy it.. (i've seen that they're really expensive!!)

btw it is the cheapest ESX-1 i could find here in europe.. al the other ones was around 450/550€... hmm

any advice about the sync?

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Tokyo, Japan

Lsdj or nanoloop?

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San Francisco

i would just get a sampler and throw in my own drum samples and roll like that.

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astral cat

LGPT is pretty much just a compact extremely flexible drum machine if you wanna use it like that :3 could be a cheaper/awesome idea?

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IL, US

arduinoboy should be fine
edit: also, with that 50 euros left in your budget, you should hunt for a used tr-626 smile

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Matthew Joseph Payne

The esx-1 is a great machine and very versatile. You won't regret it. MIDI implementation is perfectly fine, and you'll have no trouble syncing.

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San Francisco

sp-303, 202, 0r 404?