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New Electribe!

Firstly, fuck all of you (especially you Dave) for not posting this when it apparently not posting this when it was announced 3 weeks ago.

Secondly, while the launch of a new Electribe would actually trump the birth of my own child, I have to say I'm underwhelmed by Korg's offering this time around.

I haven't had an in depth look at it but it seems to be nothing more than a basica controller for ableton, and if that's the case, I really have no idea why they labelled it an Electribe.

I would love to get anyone else's input on this or if anyone has played or seen one for real?

http://www.korg.com/us/products/dj/electribe/

Oh there's more to them than that.

For a start the synth version appears to have the majority of the guts of the KingKorg inside it which is a pretty tasty VA engine with a good selection of filters.

Secondly, they appear to have aped the Elektron style sequencing paradigm of being able to parameter lock steps in the sequencer.

The Ableton Live integration with Korg stuff has so far been pretty neat, especially the way you can use Korg Gadget on the iPad and save your work as a full Live project (albeit just as audio clips, but all in the right place).

I'm not sure how you'd export an Electribe project, but I'm looking forward to finding out.

And I'm sure we've had a post on this already

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Originally posted by DJ RANN Firstly, fuck all of you (especially you Dave) for not posting this when it apparently not posting this when it was announced 3 weeks ago.

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Originally posted by tehlord And I'm sure we've had a post on this already

Yeah, I thought someone posted it already, too. It wasn't me, though. I rarely post new product info anymore since it tends to get some people butthurt for some strange reason. God forbid we talk about new music-making tools on a music-making forum.

Oh that's right.

You're shit, and everything you do is shit.

Thanks, Mom.

that thing looks like it would melt

Very nice

Looks like a kid's toy.

Thanks guys.

So the more I've looked in to this, the more I like it.

The synth engine is taken straight out of their Kronos range which is good news as they start at $1000.

Then it seems like they've taken the step sequencing of the 'tribes, and let you use both samples and synth sounds at the same time.

So bascially it looks like it's a a Korg Electribe ES.EA.MX (mk3).

The weird bit is that basically no one seems to have got their hands on one and Korg are being scant on info/vids about it

Word is it will be about $400 which is frankly a bargain and I'll probably get one as soon as they come out if that's the case.

The bit I'm wondering about now is DAW (non ableton) integration. If they've made it drag drop for samples, then it's an absolute no brainer but the bit that scares me is that for some fucking unknown reason they've put as SD slot on the back.

Why Korg, Why? Please don't say it's how you load samples. They should have abandoned that in the 90's but they still kept it alive on the 2004 models.

We'll see once someone actually gets to do a proper hands on....

I'm love with korg legacy, will be either getting this or volca keys.

Re: New Electribe!

There's two models. One model does sampling. The other one has PCM samples on board.

This is more awesome though.

http://www.korg.com/us/products/syn...ers/korg_dsn12/

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Originally posted by Mel David There's two models. One model does sampling. The other one has PCM samples on board.

Thanks man, but what the fuck, Korg? Are they being obtuse on purpose? How not to launch a product by the marketing dept. at Korg.

The only mention of the Electribe sampler is a tiny link at the bottom of the Electribe page (which is only about the Synth Electribe).

So it seems the "electribe music production workstation is just a synth and rompler version.

Then you have the Electrive sampler which also happens to have a synth engine and a bunch of built in samples.

There seems to be a ton of crossover between the two models - Why the fuck didn't they just combine the two?

I think I'm leaning towards the sampler version, but it all hinges on how you load the samples. If there's a library editor on the host computer, then it's a done deal, but if those ******s still make me load samples by SD card, then Korg, you're dead to me.

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Originally posted by Mel David This is more awesome though. http://www.korg.com/us/products/syn...ers/korg_dsn12/

Er, did you actually listen to it? I mean each to their own, but I'd prefer to listen to a cement mixer full of seagulls than that din.

It's cute that the DS can be used like that but this has been floating around forever; I remember seeing a teaser of this maybe two years ago and it sounded shit then. If you like Dubstepchiptunes, OK, but then again, you still like Dubstepchiptunes.

The old electribes were synth and sampler versions as well.

I'm hoping you can load samples via USB though, and that the SD card is just for using them live with no computer.

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Originally posted by tehlord The old electribes were synth and sampler versions as well. I'm hoping you can load samples via USB though, and that the SD card is just for using them live with no computer.

Yeah, the old tribes were Synth, Sampler and Rompler(drum-ish).


It'll be interesting to see how the new ones play out *praying for USB loading*

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Originally posted by Robotrance i have never had as fun as when i had electribes. on the other hand ive never been less productive. its like nintendo wii tennis, really fun eventhough it sux.

Is that you Palm? Must be.

True though - I think the goal is to turn that fun in to something productive, not just noodle with it for hours on end.

So an update:

It seems a few people got their hands on early ones to demo with and the comments are mixed.

The good is things like polyphony, voices, ease of programming and FX, but the bad are incredibly 90's base sounds (not a problem for the sampler version hopefully), Korg in their infinite wisdom seem to have limited it to 4 bar patters ( ) and there's no song mode.

I don't care too much about song mode as it's nigh on impossible to make (a non-detroit minimal techno) track from start to finish in a tribe but the 4 bar thing (if true is really quite dumb as it's nice to have 8 bars for teh shranz perc.

Have yet to see a demo that is worth the disk space though

Speakin of Korg, i got my eyes on a Radias USB after checking out the editor at korg.com

i am getting rid of my maschine, and looking for something to replace it. hardware-only based. i liked the sound of the TR8, but the no bass or synth part put me off - i'd need something to supplement it, i'd like an all in one thing.

that led me to this. are you able to get 808, 909 samples on this? i'm guessing not (though maschine has them) what are korgs answer to these samples like? the hats, cowbell etc.

anyone have any more info on the new electribe? it looks really cheap compared to the old one (though it is metal, not plastic!)

i am very impressed by the sound quality in this clip, check it out:

Im not very impressed with that video, that synth engine sounds like a cheap softsynth. If I had the money I would invest into the elektron money pit.

Why not a keyboard workstation if you want an all-in-one?

don't like keyboards.

just want a hardware drum machine/synth/sequencer that wont break the bank. very few options.

the old electribe looks easier for programming, but they are like 10 years old now, and they have known issues. not to mention they are going for the same price now as when they were new (used!) like they are some sought after classic or something.

shame this looks so cheap, and there is an issue with a gap going pattern to pattern supposedly. and the lack of buttons (compared to the old one) looks like there is more menu diving

it uses the king korg engine though, curious to why it sounds cheap. other don't seem to think so. i have heard some of mistabishi's productions using electribes, and they sound great.

was even thinking of a korg volca beats & bass/keys combo. but they look like they would be a nightmare to program. i wish they had did a bigger box with the functionality all three of them whilst not being as compromising.

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