I appreciate how you do the talking with the instrument rather than as so many on TH-cam just with their mouths :) - great overview of what this device can do. I've been Electribe's long time fan (since EA-1), but only recently purchased the latest E2 and E2S - and clearly i am highly biased but very happy to own them. I also find Electribes are like Volcas - together they are even better and compliment each other in a set 😀
I've had my Electribe 2 for about 6 years. It's been outstanding for writing and performing live! Such a versatile piece of kit and good opportunity to get off the laptop!
Great video! I love my electribe... have had mine for two years- it basically taught me about synthesis. Workflow, sounds and tweakability are all great... you can get really far out with sounds if you just spend a some time learning the interface. Best $350 i’ve ever spent
A really superb demo. Before now I had always seen this as a grove box with PCM samples and a limited sound shaping engine. This demo show cased it as a useful synth / fx unit. I think I'll dig a little deeper into this unit before seeking another synth. The addition of the Keystep also adds to its usefulness.
Wow! You sure can program some sweet sounds. I’m an Electribe lover as well, and I splurged and got both the synth and sampler versions. I don’t regret it in the slightest. The best part of the video is watching you dial in your patches. Keep up the good work.
The Electribe 2 is a great piece of hardware that had a terrible launch! Initially it looked a lot worse than the EMX, due to a scaled-down physical interface, fewer bars of sequencing and a few omissions like the lack of a dedicated Roll button. I'd like to talk about why I feel it's actually gotten BETTER than the EMX. -Patches that have been released since launch gave us Pattern Chaining, which lets you select the next pattern to play off the current one, and even lets you decide how many times to loop the current one before changing. Sure, it lacks the immediacy of 8 bars, but it's actually a lot more flexible to play back once you get your sequence down. I'd call this a worthy replacement for Song Mode (Which I never used anyway). -It has a built-in Kaoss Pad: while I personally love jamming out on the EMX by selecting a lead part and using the reversed-function arpeggiator, going back it feels a little stiff being stuck in 16th-notes. Using the pad in arp/note entry mode is much better overall and it makes a good master FX controller too! It's almost like having an EMX and a KP3 in one box! -One awesome feature is being able to set a groove AND its strength PER-PART! Sure you've got a standard Swing control that affects the whole pattern, but users like ALMANACS pining about it being hard-quantized might change tune if they looked at applying this to tweak certain drum parts. Rapid-fire stuff like shakers and hats make great groove-experiment fodder and it doesn't eat up polyphony, so go nuts! -Battery-powered! This is a huge deal for something with a quick workflow: I've started some of my favourite beats on the bus going to work, and finished them up later that day! -IT SOUNDS AMAZING! Everything coming out of this box sounds ready-to-go without additional compression or EQing, and the filter models on the synth version are an excellent sound design tool, even though things like drums are usually ready-to-use with zero tweaks needed. Additional synth oscillator types catering to chiptunes are a welcome addition, and it's nice having a selection of usable reverbs for a change...EMX had a garbage reverb that made it sound like your music was sliding down a metal roof, and its sound quality would crumble in general when pushed. Even stuff like the E2's saxophone oscillator, which SOS picked on in their review, actually sounds really nice when you play with the Edit function like its being played harder: these aren't just PCM samples, they often have meaningful changes when tweaked with the sole Edit knob. I slagged this device when it came out, but Korg's patches have vastly improved it into a portable juggernaut that can hold its own against bigboy toys costing $$$$ like Pioneer's recent offerings and even some of the old "workstation"-style grooveboxes due to its immediacy. Thanks for a great review of this slept-on machine!
awesome demo thanks, i was about to sell my electribe 2 sampler because i was having trouble figuring out how to use it, seems complicated, you just showed me some cool tips to get it working and now i cant wait to get started on it again - my main synth is an ms-20 mini/sq-1 sequencer with a kp3+ kaoss pad (i love korg mini synths, easy to learn and play), want to use the electribe to make backing tracks - so thanks for getting me to keep the electribe and try to learn it
Thank you very much! 🙂 Glad I helped you consider using your E2 again. It certainly has its limitations, but overall it is a wonderful piece of hardware. Great idea. Make some cool backing tracks so you can noodle over them using your MS-20 mini. 😎👍🏻 I've always wanted one of those ms20s. Worth the money in your opinion?
def the best demo of an electribe ive ever seen!! i love that you r playing gorgeous and cool sounds and beats instead of just edm blastoise. i used to have one and replaced it for an mpc 1000 which is a more powerful sequence player and sampler, but the electribe is an instument unto its own! it wouldbe sweet with the mpc. i seriosuly love and miss the chord and scale function it made for such intuitive song writing and learning! also miss having a pad lit 16/64 step sequencer with mutable steps and other awesome features like xy pad for whatever! i got into house music since then and wish i had this for my new housey sounds. excited to have one again some day!
Thank you very much! I really appreciate it! 😊 Yeah, the Electribe is awesome... it certainly has its limitations... but awesome nonetheless. 😉 The E2 would certainly do house music well I'm sure... might be time to pick one up again! Lol 😃
I have the Korg Electrlbe II Sampler as of this Comment. MPC 1000 definitely has a better sampler engine. More polyphony and more robust Sequencer. www.akaipro.com/products/legacy/mpc-1000 Still, Electribe II Sampler on its own is a good way to scratch down some ideas and get away from the DAW for a few. Between the Electribe II - I'd get the Sampler version. More open-ended and can use your own sounds.
Finally, somebody who knows what they're doing with this machine!! That was awesome!! I had and lost the ESX-1 which I liked better than the MPC 1000 for chopping up samples and making beats. It was very underrated and I see the ES2 is too. My next purchase. Thanks...
I use mine as a sketch pad to start ideas. Once there is the start of something i'll export it all to ableton then either carry on working on bits or replace it all - but its a great way (for me) of getting over that 'blank page' at the start of the creative process.
Hey guy,great demo! No doubt!! You definitely convinced me about this nice piece of music machine. Tomorrow I will acquire one for sure!! Thanks a lot .And let’go on guy.Great job
Never even considered an Electribe before but that sounds so good. I already have a sequencer /sampler that I love so don't really need one, but if my set up starts getting daft, I could always link one up to my main sequencer and then in turn run more stuff from that. It certainly seems like an impressive piece of kit.
I LOVE your video so much! Thank you very much. I can barely reproduce the half of your synths. One thing that always bothered me about my electribe was, that almost every wavesynth sounds ..."chiptuny". If you know what I mean. But you obviously showed that this isn't necessarily the case and that warm and deeper synth sounds are possible. Thanks!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂 Yeah, it is an excellent piece of gear for sure. I love using it with other hardware... so fun! Happy music making! 👊
Based on watching your vids and others on here I have just bought a secondhand blue Electribe and looking forward to playing with it. Thanks for the inspiration and please keep up the good work. AND Emma is lovely!
Thank you! 🙂 Awesome! Congrats! Hope you enjoy it. It does take some patience when it comes to the workflow, but overall it is a really handy device. 👍
@@littleBIGsynths After a few weeks I decided I had bought the wrong Electribe (!) SO I returned the blue synth model and bought the red sample model instead, which is far more suitable for me. I don't need all of the synth engines and multiple filters of the blue one, just the basic versions as are on the red Sample. BUT, I do like the loading and manipulating of the samples, which , of course, the blue version does not do. SO, a wise change of choice for me. Many thanks again.
Love it so much. It´s a really powerful machine. My only complain is that sometimes, when you change patterns, there´s a little gap between them. Anyway, there are a couple of ways to get rid of that microcut (not always and not in every instrument). Thanks for your review! It would have been an easier decision if I had saw it before! Cheers from Argentina!
Cheers, enjoyed the vid. Love mine, immediate and fun music creation, with a USB power bank and converter, anywhere anytime. Also as a looping guitarist I can put it on my pedal board and operate the channel mutes with my feet (socks only tho...) any other way of doing this would be expensive large and complex. Wish Korg would have supported it more with updates rather than develop the IOS version but hey ho, not the end of the world. Can't see myself getting rid of it anytime soon, might get a second hand synth version at some point tho..... :)
Personally, I love my electribe 2. I feel bad for those who get hung up on it's limitations (i.e. voice stealing). I've never let that get in the way of a good jam. This thing is powerful.
@@EspenFrafalne It is a DSP limit. You cannot generate unlimited voices/ sounds/ effects. If you start using too many resources certain parts will not play. You can set a high priority to some parts that you don't want to drop. There are also ways to free up resources like disabling filters on parts that don't use them and choosing more basic oscillator types.
I'm just a guy having fun with music gears. I've got a love/hate relationship with the Electribe 2. I love it for most of the reasons that you said. It's the core of my tracks (here on YT and SoundCloud) and sometimes even the only hardware used because you can really make full tracks on it. But you need to be ready to work around its many quirks and flaws. The cut/gap between patterns is maybe the most annoying one to me. I remember that while recording one of my first tracks, although I could play it all at once, I had to split it in three sections to work around this issue. I hate the lack of 8 bars (pattern chaining is not enough for me) and firmware is not rock solid too and sometimes suddenly stucks (eg: you can't record to a track anymore or the pattern doesn't play at all). I've never been able to use it as an FX unit due to its very noisy input. But, I have to say that I've got a Digitakt too and even if I only love it, the truth is that I'm not getting anything out of it yet. That's why I haven't sold the Electribe and probably I'll never do. The E2 is powerful, immediate, almost complete and fun to use. It's an awesome sketchbook and great in conjunction with other gears.
Really cool vid. I've had my two electribes for a couple of years now and love them (I have they Synth and the Sampler and they complement each other beautifully). There are some limitations and frustrations when using them but the overall quality of the sound more than compensates. I really enjoyed watching you make sounds. as you did a few things I'd never thought of such as motion sequencing the pitch to make octave jumps... Obvious when you think about it but the thought just never occurred to me til now! Great job and thanks for re-inspiring me about these great boxes.
Andrew Brooks I'm curious how do you find that they compliment each other? I have the synth version and am thinking of getting the sampler version as well, but thought it might be redundant.
@@cougarman8 I used to run out of polyphony on the Synth and having both machines means that I can use the Sampler for drums and percussion, freeing up voices for the synth. The workflow of the sequencer on the Sampler is the same as the synth and its synthesis engine is similar if a bit simpler (not as many filters). Being able to throw in some of my own samples - bits of speech, noises, ambiences, whatever... - has also added a dimension. When performing, if you have the Sampler MIDI'd to the Synth they sync up easily and change to the same pattern number automatically which is great. I can fully recommend getting the Sampler if you already have the synth. You'll feel right at home with it. It certainly won't be redundant!
Heyy i love all the sounds that you make with it, I just got mine, I was wondering if you could make some videos for beginners, step by step ? 😁 it would be amazing
Thank you for this great review! Could you do a short video that explains how to control Roland Boutique series with the Elecribe? I think it should easy and straight using midi ...
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂 I have been meaning to make a video just like that, but just havent had the time.... but it is definitely on the top of my list. Hopefully, I should be able to get around to it this upcoming month. Please stick around and stay tuned. 😉👍
I love it, I can't recommend it enough. I have the sampler version, which is opens up all kinds of other possibilities, but this video made me realize, I haven't even gotten THAT deep in the electribe 2, with the gate arp, touch scale, you can get real ACID. looking forward to pullin' it out again and messin' around. Honestly I'm a huge Korg fanboy. The first piece of gear I ever got was a kaoss pad 3 and I still use it all the time. Korg does a phenomenal job of packing a ton of power into a cheap list price and on top of it all, I think they spend a lot of time making their production gear very playable. They put the right parameters and effects on the right knobs to make it easy and a blast to just jam around. KORG please give me free goodies!
@9:06😮 so crazy to see how well it plays with so many others....and to see how much this can do on its own is pretty dope too. I usually see the electribe with another device or two. This can also provide send effects to a Volca Mix while also playing its own music, right??
I have the 2s I am gonna pickup the blue one at some point I had a grey one but needed the samples more now I would like to have both. I really like the work flow for early in the creation process.
I bought electribe sampler in 2016. But recently I knew it can sequence other instruments as you told, so I’m having fun electribe and minilogue (an analog synth from KORG). I’ve been unsatisfied with electribe is difficult to input sequence. But you have Arturia Keystep, right? I surprised at it has arpeggiator and polyphonic sequencer... It must make fun to playing synths. Also I attracted synth part of electribe. Thanks for introducing them.
Yeah, the E2s workflow can be a bit clunky at times... but overall, it's a powerful tool. The Keystep is awesome. I totally reccomend it. It is also useful to use with the Electribe and can make creating sequences and patterns much easier. Thanks for watching! 🙂
Awesome video, just bought one from ebay. I have the a minikaocillator 2 and korg beats that this thing will replace. Great vid marvelous talent you have and really enjoyed your analysis of the machine. Keep up the good work mate. Jim
Dude that is the best review I've seen in a long time! I just bought one of these on eBay and I have quite a few of the same synths you have, really looking forwards to using it as my master sequencer for jams with my friend. Are most of the synth parts just one oscillator? I know twin saw waves are available, but can you stack single oscillators per part?
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it. 😁 I believe that all of the synth parts are technically 1 oscillator. There are some oscillator types that have octave/detuned settings which can achieve a dual oscillator type sound though. Not quite as rich as the real thing, but still pretty nice. 👍 lol I guess you could always use multiple parts, each with it's own oscillator/tuning, which share the same sequence... you may get the effect you are looking for... but not ideal of course. Lol Thanks again for watching. 🙂
Great review and feel inspired to try one as i'm a noob kid on the block and this looks like a lot of fun. Hopefully it's got a 'Doomph Doomph ' button that i can press and just sit back and be Doomph Doomphed to my hearts content without having to have a PhD in synthesizer programming and another in music theory.I've got a certificate for 100 mtrs freestyle swimming if that helps ? Cheers,all the best from the UK.
Awesome vid! I already have a bunch of Korg products and I really like them. Not that familiar with this one and you probably convinced me to buy it. Thanks!! Good music too 😎🙏🏻 Ueberdandy
Yeah! Wholeheartedly agree. The Electribe is also my 'to go' machine. Sketchbook, experimental lab, performance tool. When it's about having as much stuff as possible in a portable format, there is little that beats this. I think the only thing close enough but totally different is the Novation Circuit. Although, as I'm avoiding the computer for music making, I do prefer the Electribe. Also because of the 16 parts. :) Cheers! Keep up the good vibe!
I try some tricks these days paring it to a Roland SPD-30 drumpad, which has an nonquantizable sequencer onboard, which I feel kind of completes the possibilities of the Electribe.
Sorry bro, but circuit is a bit like a toy in comparison to electribe. It does has quite powerful synth engine but to do something new with it you need to connect it to a computer. And only 6 channels... Got rid of mine after 2 days of playing around. Electribe all way around!
@@izraelservantofalmightygod they both have ups and downs. The sequencer of circuit is way more flexible, also step editing and nudging of patterns. And yeah, the depths of synthesis. Electribe on the other hand serves wonderfully as the brains for a larger setup of gear, and yeah, I never have to use a computer with it.
Kewl vid. I've never really played with one of the E2's. IDK though ya know? Just makes me regret my missing EMX. Looks like alot of fun menu diving. Oh, boy.
receive my E2 friday, spend 3h on it on saturday, damn time fly so fast lol, great groovebox, i find it really easy to use i just dont like some knob that are not "infini turn" (like Pitch/Glide), i find that weird, because if on the instrument 1 you set it to +67 and have the instrument 2 with the value 10, the knob will turned all to the right and when you move it you will change the value..... (sorry bad english) but want i'm trying to say is "they should have made all the knob able to turn in 360°
Question. How did you sync the keystep with the electribe?, i just got the keystep but it's not letting me use the seq./arp. Mode, time Div or rate when i use the midi cable, just the keys.
Yo, you've are the only person who has inspired me like this for a long time. Are all of these sounds coming from this without a pedal or other machine though is what I need to know. If not, I am sold for sure times 100.
Thank you very much! 😊 Yes. All of the sounds are coming from the Electribe including the FX. There is no external audio processor or post processing. 😎👍 The E2 is really great, no doubt.
Thanks man, where can I get one for the cheapest brand new, do you know? Another thing...can you put the scale setting to 1/12 or 1/24 for each part, or the whole pattern itself? Or is there only 1/16, 1/8, and 1/32? It's like swing, but with the scale or step setting, if you know what I mean. It seems like you only make 1/16 note beats though? Your best info would really help...thanks alot.
I have the EMX and ESX. My primary goal with these machines was not to jam, but to make songs. Song mode was integral to me and a definite dealbreaker when the E2's released. On top of that, horror stories about infinite menu diving were another consideration. Regardless, it's 2020 and my only hang up right now would be buying one (probably grab the E2S first) and then Korg releasing a new Electribe. lol. Song mode as pattern chain and how it is implemented completely works for me (a BILLION times better than the horrible pattern chain on the Novation Circuit), and I've heard of ways around constant menu diving. SO. Have you heard any rumors about a new Electribe before I go and pull the trigger on this?
Hi Littlebig, the ability to build verse bridge and chorus which you highlight at at 13.54 is a deal-breaker for me as most of my songs require that. Do u have any idea whether the novation circuit can do the same? In one of Deerful's songs she seemed to be able to switch between a distinct verse and chorus. Yet I've seen no written confirmation about this ability and whether it can build many parts or limited to 2.
Thanks for the video, man. I’m learning a lot with your content. About the Electribe, do you experience any voice stealing issues when sequencing external gear? How’s your experience with this issue so far? Thanks again!
I love this thing too, but I have noticed that the sounds can switch up on their own when they are not on poly 1 or 2. Keep that in mind if your sounds keep changing on their own. It's really weird, and I don't know how I did it, but did anyone ever touch a high hat or something else and when you press it down it plays the sound, and when you let it go it plays the end of the sound? Kind of like hit, sound, release, sound? I wish I could figure out what I did. Oh yeah, like a pen that clicks when you push it in and then clicks again when you let it go. Like that.
Really nice video! I‘m very close to regretting that i bought the Novation Circuit instead. This One is way more straight forward and less „experimental“ than the Circuit...damn, i Love it!
Thank you very much! 🙂 Glad you enjoyed the video. Yeah, I personally have never been interested in the Circuit. I am sure it has its unique features and characteristics... but just not appealing to me. 🤔 However, the Circuit Mono Station does look a bit more interesting to me. I like the fact that it has all of the controls and parameters one would expect out of a synth, plus the groove box aspect of the circuit.
Would I be correct in thinking that without an SD card, you cannot event record and layer over those realtime recordings? After using this machine for a few days I am wondering how people have resulted with different reverb FX in different parts of their songs with only one master FX reverb. The Electribe 2 (blue) seems to have a unique workflow and many deep hidden features only found on youtube, and the manual is less than basic at best. Thanks for making these demos! 👍
Hello together ! Anyone here can explain, how to manage the speed (running light) of the sequencer in Electribe 2 ? in the Monolouge it’s named „Step Resolution“ Thanks for helping !
Hey! You can change this setting in the menu. MENU > BEAT . You can change the setting from 16 (default) to 32, 8 tri, 16 tri. Hope this helps. 👍 Thanks for watching. 🙂
Let me know about these limitations. I am honestly, curious as to why people dislike this machine so much. 🤔I have been using mine for over 2 years now and I have not once considered selling it. 😉
@@littleBIGsynths It's not like as "dislike" it. Very low polyphony - when I'm finally trying to do something on it I'm running quickly of voices. Korg claim there are number of insert fx, but maybe ... 5 is useful. MIDI channels ... you can't change midi channel per track.
to process external audio, I assign "external audio" to a part and then record a long note that goes from start to end . is there an easier way to do this ? for me it feels like a hack and sometimes is difficult to get it right
I totally think this thing is capable of holding a crowd for 20 minutes no problem. I honestly think this is exactly what the Electribe excels at. 👍 I'm currently using the E2 as the brain for a 2 piece band. It is taking care of drums, bass lines, and other miscellaneous melodies and sounds + sequencing external gear while I play live synth over it. Full length songs with no problem at all.
Can I combine different sequence length in the same pattern? For instance, a 8 steps drum and a 12 steps bass? Like in Ableton where all the sequence run in loop separetly? Thanks
Hey. I have the Electribe Kp3 Kaosilator pro Volca sample. Bass. Fm. And the minilogue How do i sync all together to make something good with them. ? ????
You can "sync" them 2 ways: a) 3.5mm trs cables b) MIDI cables + MIDI THRU box. The sync cable route will be the cheapest and easiest, but not as functional as the MIDI option. So, it really just depends. This sounds like a great topic for a new video. 😉👍
Hi! You can also export tracks to .WAV files and then take those tracks into any DAW of your choice. It's a bit tedious, but totally possible. I've done it with a few songs in the past. 👍
Sure!! 👍 It can be a challenge trying to create chords on the E2 using the pads though. You can also write in the chords using a step edit mode, but that's a bit tedious. Lol I find it easier to use a MIDI keyboard to write the chords into first; Once they have been written to the E2, you dont need the keyboard anymore. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching. 🙂
thanks for the tutorial! what functionalities were you routing to/from the keystep pro? also, curious if you can offer any comparison between this electribe and the ESX.
can you sample sounds from different keyboards to the Korg - Electribe 2 and than attach a midi keyboard to it and play these sounds in the spectrum of the midi keyboard?
Yeah. It really is a great piece of hardware... even more so if you can find one at a used price. 😉 Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for subscribing. 👊🙂
Alright i had question you all might have an answer to so im working on a one man band called a liars only truth for a death synth band making death metal and breakdowns using synths i have the emx 1 and i need to know how to seperate my drum parts from my synth parts as a staple point in metal is of course polymetric timing,blast beats,and last but not least Double Bass drum kicks and alot of them and it seems that some not all of my 5 tracks seem to drown out ethier my layered dual oscolators making angry chugging leads immitating guitars drown out my drum tracks or vise versa the double bass and rolling snare parts will drown out the synths any tips on how to split the sounds from just the emx
Would one maybe suggest doing two half stack amplifiers going left and right out of the the emx1 and paning all the drum tracks to one of the half stacks or find a way to record and mix it in a daw
Negative this is a band name i came up with 11 years ago in Maine when i was 18 and always used it as a band name i have a really old video of my band on bmass drumming youtube but negative not i
I appreciate how you do the talking with the instrument rather than as so many on TH-cam just with their mouths :) - great overview of what this device can do. I've been Electribe's long time fan (since EA-1), but only recently purchased the latest E2 and E2S - and clearly i am highly biased but very happy to own them. I also find Electribes are like Volcas - together they are even better and compliment each other in a set 😀
I've had my Electribe 2 for about 6 years. It's been outstanding for writing and performing live! Such a versatile piece of kit and good opportunity to get off the laptop!
You certainly know your way round the Electribe what you are doing with this sounds bloody fantastic
Great video! I love my electribe... have had mine for two years- it basically taught me about synthesis. Workflow, sounds and tweakability are all great... you can get really far out with sounds if you just spend a some time learning the interface. Best $350 i’ve ever spent
A really superb demo. Before now I had always seen this as a grove box with PCM samples and a limited sound shaping engine. This demo show cased it as a useful synth / fx unit. I think I'll dig a little deeper into this unit before seeking another synth. The addition of the Keystep also adds to its usefulness.
Wow! You sure can program some sweet sounds. I’m an Electribe lover as well, and I splurged and got both the synth and sampler versions. I don’t regret it in the slightest. The best part of the video is watching you dial in your patches. Keep up the good work.
The Electribe 2 is a great piece of hardware that had a terrible launch! Initially it looked a lot worse than the EMX, due to a scaled-down physical interface, fewer bars of sequencing and a few omissions like the lack of a dedicated Roll button. I'd like to talk about why I feel it's actually gotten BETTER than the EMX.
-Patches that have been released since launch gave us Pattern Chaining, which lets you select the next pattern to play off the current one, and even lets you decide how many times to loop the current one before changing. Sure, it lacks the immediacy of 8 bars, but it's actually a lot more flexible to play back once you get your sequence down. I'd call this a worthy replacement for Song Mode (Which I never used anyway).
-It has a built-in Kaoss Pad: while I personally love jamming out on the EMX by selecting a lead part and using the reversed-function arpeggiator, going back it feels a little stiff being stuck in 16th-notes. Using the pad in arp/note entry mode is much better overall and it makes a good master FX controller too! It's almost like having an EMX and a KP3 in one box!
-One awesome feature is being able to set a groove AND its strength PER-PART! Sure you've got a standard Swing control that affects the whole pattern, but users like ALMANACS pining about it being hard-quantized might change tune if they looked at applying this to tweak certain drum parts. Rapid-fire stuff like shakers and hats make great groove-experiment fodder and it doesn't eat up polyphony, so go nuts!
-Battery-powered! This is a huge deal for something with a quick workflow: I've started some of my favourite beats on the bus going to work, and finished them up later that day!
-IT SOUNDS AMAZING! Everything coming out of this box sounds ready-to-go without additional compression or EQing, and the filter models on the synth version are an excellent sound design tool, even though things like drums are usually ready-to-use with zero tweaks needed. Additional synth oscillator types catering to chiptunes are a welcome addition, and it's nice having a selection of usable reverbs for a change...EMX had a garbage reverb that made it sound like your music was sliding down a metal roof, and its sound quality would crumble in general when pushed. Even stuff like the E2's saxophone oscillator, which SOS picked on in their review, actually sounds really nice when you play with the Edit function like its being played harder: these aren't just PCM samples, they often have meaningful changes when tweaked with the sole Edit knob.
I slagged this device when it came out, but Korg's patches have vastly improved it into a portable juggernaut that can hold its own against bigboy toys costing $$$$ like Pioneer's recent offerings and even some of the old "workstation"-style grooveboxes due to its immediacy. Thanks for a great review of this slept-on machine!
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VJ Spectron great comment!
in my opinion, EMX1 have better dynamics, good control, warmer tones and delay goes much further :) other the rest better at Korg Electribe 2.
it is a step back compared to the EMX1.
Use the pad for rolls.
One of the best electribe videos. Thanks
awesome demo thanks, i was about to sell my electribe 2 sampler because i was having trouble figuring out how to use it, seems complicated, you just showed me some cool tips to get it working and now i cant wait to get started on it again - my main synth is an ms-20 mini/sq-1 sequencer with a kp3+ kaoss pad (i love korg mini synths, easy to learn and play), want to use the electribe to make backing tracks - so thanks for getting me to keep the electribe and try to learn it
Thank you very much! 🙂 Glad I helped you consider using your E2 again. It certainly has its limitations, but overall it is a wonderful piece of hardware.
Great idea. Make some cool backing tracks so you can noodle over them using your MS-20 mini. 😎👍🏻 I've always wanted one of those ms20s. Worth the money in your opinion?
This is definitively the review I am going to show anyone who asks if the Electribe is any good 👌
def the best demo of an electribe ive ever seen!! i love that you r playing gorgeous and cool sounds and beats instead of just edm blastoise. i used to have one and replaced it for an mpc 1000 which is a more powerful sequence player and sampler, but the electribe is an instument unto its own! it wouldbe sweet with the mpc. i seriosuly love and miss the chord and scale function it made for such intuitive song writing and learning! also miss having a pad lit 16/64 step sequencer with mutable steps and other awesome features like xy pad for whatever! i got into house music since then and wish i had this for my new housey sounds. excited to have one again some day!
also sick to modulate an lfo with an lfo!
Thank you very much! I really appreciate it! 😊 Yeah, the Electribe is awesome... it certainly has its limitations... but awesome nonetheless. 😉 The E2 would certainly do house music well I'm sure... might be time to pick one up again! Lol 😃
I have the Korg Electrlbe II Sampler as of this Comment.
MPC 1000 definitely has a better sampler engine. More polyphony and more robust Sequencer.
www.akaipro.com/products/legacy/mpc-1000
Still, Electribe II Sampler on its own is a good way to scratch down some ideas and get away from the DAW for a few.
Between the Electribe II - I'd get the Sampler version. More open-ended and can use your own sounds.
Best demo of this machine in my opinion. Well played. Great sounds and music.
Finally, somebody who knows what they're doing with this machine!! That was awesome!! I had and lost the ESX-1 which I liked better than the MPC 1000 for chopping up samples and making beats. It was very underrated and I see the ES2 is too. My next purchase. Thanks...
Your assistant is adorable. I was waving "hi" like an idiot.
Hahaha Thank you very much! 😊 Yeah, she is quite the character.
man, you nail the thing. congrats!
Wow, best demo of it I've seen!
Thank you very much! I really appreciate it. 🙂
I use mine as a sketch pad to start ideas. Once there is the start of something i'll export it all to ableton then either carry on working on bits or replace it all - but its a great way (for me) of getting over that 'blank page' at the start of the creative process.
This is why I love your channel...you make music I like so know something will work to help make what I want to be my sound.
Thank you very much! 😊 Glad you enjoy the channel.
Hey guy,great demo! No doubt!!
You definitely convinced me about this nice piece of music machine.
Tomorrow I will acquire one for sure!!
Thanks a lot .And let’go on guy.Great job
I missed out on these things when they were big. Had no idea how cool they could sound. Nice vid!
One of the best view I've seen on the topic!
Thank you very much! 😀👍
I have an electribe sampler which I absolutely LOVE, but I'm thinking of buying the synth/groovebox version to form the tag team. Very nice video.
Never even considered an Electribe before but that sounds so good. I already have a sequencer /sampler that I love so don't really need one, but if my set up starts getting daft, I could always link one up to my main sequencer and then in turn run more stuff from that. It certainly seems like an impressive piece of kit.
I get excited Everytime I see a new vid from you! Love my E2. So underrated. Super cute kid!!
I LOVE your video so much! Thank you very much. I can barely reproduce the half of your synths. One thing that always bothered me about my electribe was, that almost every wavesynth sounds ..."chiptuny". If you know what I mean. But you obviously showed that this isn't necessarily the case and that warm and deeper synth sounds are possible. Thanks!
I purchased the red(pink) sampler version for a super great deal. Need to load it up. Gonna turn my Moog Grandmother to a poly with it.
Oh man that's handy. Prolly won't replace my 404 as my main centerpiece for production and DJing but it'll definitely be up there lmao.
Wow thanks for that demo! Now i know i've found the right piece of equipment!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Yeah, it is an excellent piece of gear for sure. I love using it with other hardware... so fun! Happy music making! 👊
Based on watching your vids and others on here I have just bought a secondhand blue Electribe and looking forward to playing with it. Thanks for the inspiration and please keep up the good work. AND Emma is lovely!
Thank you! 🙂
Awesome! Congrats! Hope you enjoy it. It does take some patience when it comes to the workflow, but overall it is a really handy device. 👍
@@littleBIGsynths After a few weeks I decided I had bought the wrong Electribe (!) SO I returned the blue synth model and bought the red sample model instead, which is far more suitable for me. I don't need all of the synth engines and multiple filters of the blue one, just the basic versions as are on the red Sample. BUT, I do like the loading and manipulating of the samples, which , of course, the blue version does not do. SO, a wise change of choice for me. Many thanks again.
This presentation is fantastic! I wan to get this now
I will be getting it tomorrow.
I like your style man. Really cool demo tracks :)
Thanks for taking the time to create this!
Love it so much. It´s a really powerful machine. My only complain is that sometimes, when you change patterns, there´s a little gap between them. Anyway, there are a couple of ways to get rid of that microcut (not always and not in every instrument). Thanks for your review! It would have been an easier decision if I had saw it before! Cheers from Argentina!
Cheers, enjoyed the vid. Love mine, immediate and fun music creation, with a USB power bank and converter, anywhere anytime. Also as a looping guitarist I can put it on my pedal board and operate the channel mutes with my feet (socks only tho...) any other way of doing this would be expensive large and complex. Wish Korg would have supported it more with updates rather than develop the IOS version but hey ho, not the end of the world. Can't see myself getting rid of it anytime soon, might get a second hand synth version at some point tho..... :)
I watched this a few times now. Great stuff.
Personally, I love my electribe 2. I feel bad for those who get hung up on it's limitations (i.e. voice stealing). I've never let that get in the way of a good jam. This thing is powerful.
This "voice stealing"... Is that the envelope issue, where one envelope gets "cancelled" when you play a new note on that same track???
@@EspenFrafalne It is a DSP limit. You cannot generate unlimited voices/ sounds/ effects. If you start using too many resources certain parts will not play. You can set a high priority to some parts that you don't want to drop. There are also ways to free up resources like disabling filters on parts that don't use them and choosing more basic oscillator types.
I'm just a guy having fun with music gears. I've got a love/hate relationship with the Electribe 2. I love it for most of the reasons that you said. It's the core of my tracks (here on YT and SoundCloud) and sometimes even the only hardware used because you can really make full tracks on it. But you need to be ready to work around its many quirks and flaws. The cut/gap between patterns is maybe the most annoying one to me. I remember that while recording one of my first tracks, although I could play it all at once, I had to split it in three sections to work around this issue. I hate the lack of 8 bars (pattern chaining is not enough for me) and firmware is not rock solid too and sometimes suddenly stucks (eg: you can't record to a track anymore or the pattern doesn't play at all). I've never been able to use it as an FX unit due to its very noisy input. But, I have to say that I've got a Digitakt too and even if I only love it, the truth is that I'm not getting anything out of it yet. That's why I haven't sold the Electribe and probably I'll never do. The E2 is powerful, immediate, almost complete and fun to use. It's an awesome sketchbook and great in conjunction with other gears.
I was about to sell mine but after this I'll keep it for definite. 😁
Really cool vid. I've had my two electribes for a couple of years now and love them (I have they Synth and the Sampler and they complement each other beautifully). There are some limitations and frustrations when using them but the overall quality of the sound more than compensates. I really enjoyed watching you make sounds. as you did a few things I'd never thought of such as motion sequencing the pitch to make octave jumps... Obvious when you think about it but the thought just never occurred to me til now! Great job and thanks for re-inspiring me about these great boxes.
Andrew Brooks I'm curious how do you find that they compliment each other? I have the synth version and am thinking of getting the sampler version as well, but thought it might be redundant.
@@cougarman8 I used to run out of polyphony on the Synth and having both machines means that I can use the Sampler for drums and percussion, freeing up voices for the synth. The workflow of the sequencer on the Sampler is the same as the synth and its synthesis engine is similar if a bit simpler (not as many filters). Being able to throw in some of my own samples - bits of speech, noises, ambiences, whatever... - has also added a dimension. When performing, if you have the Sampler MIDI'd to the Synth they sync up easily and change to the same pattern number automatically which is great. I can fully recommend getting the Sampler if you already have the synth. You'll feel right at home with it. It certainly won't be redundant!
Andrew Brooks thank you for the awesome thorough response! You sold me:)
Oh man! Solid demo! I was sold around 4 minutes. I just turned it off and went "Yep, that's happening". Thanks for the video.
Heyy i love all the sounds that you make with it, I just got mine, I was wondering if you could make some videos for beginners, step by step ? 😁 it would be amazing
Great video. I just impulse bought one as my local music instrument shop is doing a great deal. Then watched this video.... No regrets.
Thank you for this great review! Could you do a short video that explains how to control Roland Boutique series with the Elecribe? I think it should easy and straight using midi ...
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
I have been meaning to make a video just like that, but just havent had the time.... but it is definitely on the top of my list. Hopefully, I should be able to get around to it this upcoming month. Please stick around and stay tuned. 😉👍
What do you guys think about the Electribe 2? Love it? Hate it? Both? Let me know! ...Hope you enjoyed the video though. Lol 😉
Dude that is a freakin awesome bit of kit. You can sculpt some serious sounds .
i have this unit and haven’t fiddled it around enough. great examples
Damned auto quantize. Except that, it’s a really cool groovebox.
I wish I could get on with the workflow.... I think DAW has me spoiled...
I love it, I can't recommend it enough. I have the sampler version, which is opens up all kinds of other possibilities, but this video made me realize, I haven't even gotten THAT deep in the electribe 2, with the gate arp, touch scale, you can get real ACID. looking forward to pullin' it out again and messin' around.
Honestly I'm a huge Korg fanboy. The first piece of gear I ever got was a kaoss pad 3 and I still use it all the time. Korg does a phenomenal job of packing a ton of power into a cheap list price and on top of it all, I think they spend a lot of time making their production gear very playable. They put the right parameters and effects on the right knobs to make it easy and a blast to just jam around. KORG please give me free goodies!
@9:06😮 so crazy to see how well it plays with so many others....and to see how much this can do on its own is pretty dope too. I usually see the electribe with another device or two. This can also provide send effects to a Volca Mix while also playing its own music, right??
I have the 2s I am gonna pickup the blue one at some point I had a grey one but needed the samples more now I would like to have both. I really like the work flow for early in the creation process.
4:20 reminds me of the MGS 2 title theme. Sick video bro, thanks.
Very Nice video, awsome groovebox
Thank you! 🙂 Glad you enjoyed it! ... and yes! The E2 is awesome. 😉👍
Nice video Man, appreciate the demo, Thanks.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
@@littleBIGsynths based on your video, I'm buying it, great functionality and sounds. Man, Korg need to pay you!
I bought electribe sampler in 2016. But recently I knew it can sequence other instruments as you told, so I’m having fun electribe and minilogue (an analog synth from KORG).
I’ve been unsatisfied with electribe is difficult to input sequence. But you have Arturia Keystep, right? I surprised at it has arpeggiator and polyphonic sequencer... It must make fun to playing synths. Also I attracted synth part of electribe. Thanks for introducing them.
Yeah, the E2s workflow can be a bit clunky at times... but overall, it's a powerful tool.
The Keystep is awesome. I totally reccomend it. It is also useful to use with the Electribe and can make creating sequences and patterns much easier.
Thanks for watching! 🙂
Is it possible to modulate the start point of a sampler with a random LFO for example ?
Awesome video, just bought one from ebay. I have the a minikaocillator 2 and korg beats that this thing will replace. Great vid marvelous talent you have and really enjoyed your analysis of the machine. Keep up the good work mate. Jim
Dude that is the best review I've seen in a long time! I just bought one of these on eBay and I have quite a few of the same synths you have, really looking forwards to using it as my master sequencer for jams with my friend. Are most of the synth parts just one oscillator? I know twin saw waves are available, but can you stack single oscillators per part?
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it. 😁
I believe that all of the synth parts are technically 1 oscillator. There are some oscillator types that have octave/detuned settings which can achieve a dual oscillator type sound though. Not quite as rich as the real thing, but still pretty nice. 👍 lol I guess you could always use multiple parts, each with it's own oscillator/tuning, which share the same sequence... you may get the effect you are looking for... but not ideal of course. Lol
Thanks again for watching. 🙂
@@littleBIGsynths thanks for the input man.
Great review and feel inspired to try one as i'm a noob kid on the block and this looks like a lot of fun. Hopefully it's got a 'Doomph Doomph ' button that i can press and just sit back and be Doomph Doomphed to my hearts content without having to have a PhD in synthesizer programming and another in music theory.I've got a certificate for 100 mtrs freestyle swimming if that helps ? Cheers,all the best from the UK.
Great video, you know that device inside out!
Awesome vid! I already have a bunch of Korg products and I really like them. Not that familiar with this one and you probably convinced me to buy it. Thanks!! Good music too 😎🙏🏻 Ueberdandy
Yeah! Wholeheartedly agree. The Electribe is also my 'to go' machine. Sketchbook, experimental lab, performance tool.
When it's about having as much stuff as possible in a portable format, there is little that beats this.
I think the only thing close enough but totally different is the Novation Circuit.
Although, as I'm avoiding the computer for music making, I do prefer the Electribe. Also because of the 16 parts. :)
Cheers! Keep up the good vibe!
I try some tricks these days paring it to a Roland SPD-30 drumpad, which has an nonquantizable sequencer onboard, which I feel kind of completes the possibilities of the Electribe.
Sorry bro, but circuit is a bit like a toy in comparison to electribe. It does has quite powerful synth engine but to do something new with it you need to connect it to a computer. And only 6 channels... Got rid of mine after 2 days of playing around. Electribe all way around!
@@izraelservantofalmightygod they both have ups and downs. The sequencer of circuit is way more flexible, also step editing and nudging of patterns. And yeah, the depths of synthesis. Electribe on the other hand serves wonderfully as the brains for a larger setup of gear, and yeah, I never have to use a computer with it.
You can put your own sounds, for example, from ableton and play with them ????
Thank You for making this video! 😎
Thank YOU for watching it! 😊👍
Kewl vid. I've never really played with one of the E2's. IDK though ya know? Just makes me regret my missing EMX. Looks like alot of fun menu diving. Oh, boy.
I think
X y pad is good i need one because the mono Korg gets limited but I don’t wanna part with it just for sake of it
receive my E2 friday, spend 3h on it on saturday, damn time fly so fast lol,
great groovebox, i find it really easy to use
i just dont like some knob that are not "infini turn" (like Pitch/Glide), i find that weird, because if on the instrument 1 you set it to +67 and have the instrument 2 with the value 10, the knob will turned all to the right and when you move it you will change the value.....
(sorry bad english) but want i'm trying to say is "they should have made all the knob able to turn in 360°
How do You think bout a Top 3 Reasons... Korg Volca Bass? Would love to see that one
Definitely! I have recently moved that one up higher in my video list... so hopefully I can get around to it real soon. 🙂👍
That was a great presentation!
Well done, well explained, congratulations! 🎛🎛👍
Thank you bro!!! You are my new boss jaja. Diego from Chile.
Question. How did you sync the keystep with the electribe?, i just got the keystep but it's not letting me use the seq./arp. Mode, time Div or rate when i use the midi cable, just the keys.
it´s look very good the electribe 2, excelent video
It's a great piece of hardware. 🙂👍 Thank you for watching
Nice.. thanks!
Yo, you've are the only person who has inspired me like this for a long time. Are all of these sounds coming from this without a pedal or other machine though is what I need to know. If not, I am sold for sure times 100.
Thank you very much! 😊
Yes. All of the sounds are coming from the Electribe including the FX. There is no external audio processor or post processing. 😎👍 The E2 is really great, no doubt.
Thanks man, where can I get one for the cheapest brand new, do you know? Another thing...can you put the scale setting to 1/12 or 1/24 for each part, or the whole pattern itself? Or is there only 1/16, 1/8, and 1/32? It's like swing, but with the scale or step setting, if you know what I mean. It seems like you only make 1/16 note beats though? Your best info would really help...thanks alot.
I have the EMX and ESX. My primary goal with these machines was not to jam, but to make songs. Song mode was integral to me and a definite dealbreaker when the E2's released. On top of that, horror stories about infinite menu diving were another consideration. Regardless, it's 2020 and my only hang up right now would be buying one (probably grab the E2S first) and then Korg releasing a new Electribe. lol. Song mode as pattern chain and how it is implemented completely works for me (a BILLION times better than the horrible pattern chain on the Novation Circuit), and I've heard of ways around constant menu diving. SO. Have you heard any rumors about a new Electribe before I go and pull the trigger on this?
Hi Littlebig, the ability to build verse bridge and chorus which you highlight at at 13.54 is a deal-breaker for me as most of my songs require that. Do u have any idea whether the novation circuit can do the same? In one of Deerful's songs she seemed to be able to switch between a distinct verse and chorus. Yet I've seen no written confirmation about this ability and whether it can build many parts or limited to 2.
Thanks for the video, man. I’m learning a lot with your content. About the Electribe, do you experience any voice stealing issues when sequencing external gear? How’s your experience with this issue so far? Thanks again!
I love this thing too, but I have noticed that the sounds can switch up on their own when they are not on poly 1 or 2. Keep that in mind if your sounds keep changing on their own. It's really weird, and I don't know how I did it, but did anyone ever touch a high hat or something else and when you press it down it plays the sound, and when you let it go it plays the end of the sound? Kind of like hit, sound, release, sound? I wish I could figure out what I did. Oh yeah, like a pen that clicks when you push it in and then clicks again when you let it go. Like that.
i liked your video. You reminded me of the all the great features. I have a Sampler model with volca fm and volca sample. Unlimited creations...
Really nice video! I‘m very close to regretting that i bought the Novation Circuit instead. This One is way more straight forward and less „experimental“ than the Circuit...damn, i Love it!
Thank you very much! 🙂 Glad you enjoyed the video.
Yeah, I personally have never been interested in the Circuit. I am sure it has its unique features and characteristics... but just not appealing to me. 🤔 However, the Circuit Mono Station does look a bit more interesting to me. I like the fact that it has all of the controls and parameters one would expect out of a synth, plus the groove box aspect of the circuit.
Would I be correct in thinking that without an SD card, you cannot event record and layer over those realtime recordings? After using this machine for a few days I am wondering how people have resulted with different reverb FX in different parts of their songs with only one master FX reverb. The Electribe 2 (blue) seems to have a unique workflow and many deep hidden features only found on youtube, and the manual is less than basic at best. Thanks for making these demos! 👍
Please teach me how to connect electribe and keystep. Are special cables used? What settings should I set? I'll ask. ㅠㅠ
It's just connected via a midi cable. The electribe has a midi to 3.5 inch adapter cable which plugs into your typical midi cable.
Love the video and sounds very usefull
Thank you very much! 😁
Hello together !
Anyone here can explain, how to manage the speed (running light) of the sequencer in Electribe 2 ?
in the Monolouge it’s named „Step Resolution“
Thanks for helping !
Hey! You can change this setting in the menu. MENU > BEAT . You can change the setting from 16 (default) to 32, 8 tri, 16 tri. Hope this helps. 👍 Thanks for watching. 🙂
Thanks 😊
15:22 Amazing job.
I'd packed up my Electribe2. This video made me pull it out again.
don't worry - after running again into the it's limitations you'll pack it up again.
Let me know about these limitations. I am honestly, curious as to why people dislike this machine so much. 🤔I have been using mine for over 2 years now and I have not once considered selling it. 😉
@@littleBIGsynths It's not like as "dislike" it. Very low polyphony - when I'm finally trying to do something on it I'm running quickly of voices. Korg claim there are number of insert fx, but maybe ... 5 is useful. MIDI channels ... you can't change midi channel per track.
to process external audio, I assign "external audio" to a part and then record a long note that goes from start to end . is there an easier way to do this ? for me it feels like a hack and sometimes is difficult to get it right
@@littleBIGsynths thanks for replying, I'll find your video. A fill all feature would have been nice
I have both the synth and sampler, endless fun, infinite combinations I sync them both together to make a 32 padded monstertribe
I am wanting to get about 20 minutes of dance music for a live set. Is that possible (with clever resource management) with an electribe?
I totally think this thing is capable of holding a crowd for 20 minutes no problem. I honestly think this is exactly what the Electribe excels at. 👍
I'm currently using the E2 as the brain for a 2 piece band. It is taking care of drums, bass lines, and other miscellaneous melodies and sounds + sequencing external gear while I play live synth over it. Full length songs with no problem at all.
is possibile make this with red version ??
I really like your music !
Thank you! 🙂
Can I combine different sequence length in the same pattern? For instance, a 8 steps drum and a 12 steps bass? Like in Ableton where all the sequence run in loop separetly? Thanks
Excellent explanation!!!
Hey. I have the
Electribe
Kp3
Kaosilator pro
Volca sample. Bass. Fm.
And the minilogue
How do i sync all together to make something good with them. ? ????
You can "sync" them 2 ways:
a) 3.5mm trs cables
b) MIDI cables + MIDI THRU box.
The sync cable route will be the cheapest and easiest, but not as functional as the MIDI option. So, it really just depends. This sounds like a great topic for a new video. 😉👍
Hi is there anyway to record a full pattern with individual tracks without ableton?
Hi! You can also export tracks to .WAV files and then take those tracks into any DAW of your choice. It's a bit tedious, but totally possible. I've done it with a few songs in the past. 👍
littleBIGsynths thanks big help. I need one of these!
9:06 if you release it, I will buy it👍
Hey thanks! 🙂 I havent really released any music yet, but that is definitely one of my big goals for next year.... so stick around! 😉👍
Can it be used to trigger complex chords via midi on an external synth such as a dx7?
Sure!! 👍 It can be a challenge trying to create chords on the E2 using the pads though. You can also write in the chords using a step edit mode, but that's a bit tedious. Lol
I find it easier to use a MIDI keyboard to write the chords into first; Once they have been written to the E2, you dont need the keyboard anymore.
Hope this helps. Thanks for watching. 🙂
@@littleBIGsynths Thank you.
Vert great vidéo about this engine ✌️
Oi, does anyone know how to create more length with coping the existing pattern
thanks for the tutorial! what functionalities were you routing to/from the keystep pro? also, curious if you can offer any comparison between this electribe and the ESX.
can you sample sounds from different keyboards to the Korg - Electribe 2 and than attach a midi keyboard to it and play these sounds in the spectrum of the midi keyboard?
this synth version has no sampling capabilities. the sampler version can sample. they both respond to midi note data.
actually in europe it seems like the electribes are not availabe until august 2020...
anyone knows why ???
Is it possible to connect electrive and keystep with midi thrubox?
Wow I miss my Electribe, it was great sonically, portable and fun to play...😪 loved the vid tho, subbed!
Yeah. It really is a great piece of hardware... even more so if you can find one at a used price. 😉
Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for subscribing. 👊🙂
littleBIGsynths absolutely!! Will keep an eye out in the new year, all the best and keep it up!
Alright i had question you all might have an answer to so im working on a one man band called a liars only truth for a death synth band making death metal and breakdowns using synths i have the emx 1 and i need to know how to seperate my drum parts from my synth parts as a staple point in metal is of course polymetric timing,blast beats,and last but not least Double Bass drum kicks and alot of them and it seems that some not all of my 5 tracks seem to drown out ethier my layered dual oscolators making angry chugging leads immitating guitars drown out my drum tracks or vise versa the double bass and rolling snare parts will drown out the synths any tips on how to split the sounds from just the emx
Would one maybe suggest doing two half stack amplifiers going left and right out of the the emx1 and paning all the drum tracks to one of the half stacks or find a way to record and mix it in a daw
I saw a band last year in Las Vegas called a liars only truth. Was that you?
Negative this is a band name i came up with 11 years ago in Maine when i was 18 and always used it as a band name i have a really old video of my band on bmass drumming youtube but negative not i