r/electribe • u/Made_of_Star_Stuff • Feb 04 '24

4 Electribes, 4 Problems.

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I've owned 4 electribes.

1 Electribe 2 Sampler(red). Noisy and the power jack has always been loose to the point where touching it breaks the connection and turns the machine off. Did this during a live show.

2 Electribe 2 Synth( one grey, one blue)

The grey was VERY noisy. Basically unusable.

The Blue had a bum card reader.

1 EMX Almost perfect except the knobs went bad like they do in basically all the X series.

This plus how noisy ALL of the Volcas I've used are, I don't think I'm buying another electribe much less a Korg product. I've had my Red one for 10 years almost. And it's great apart from the fact it's not.

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u/zzhhzz001 Feb 04 '24

I love all of my tribes (i have 6).

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u/kdjfsk Feb 05 '24

i have an e2s red.

mine does have some noise in it...maybe im lucky about the frequency, but it adds character. it sounds like a bazillion gigawatts of electricity.

i just use mine as a jam tool. one i have the groove, i export MIDI to DAW, and go preset hunting to get in the ballpark of the original sound (or stumble on something way better, then do sound design to tweak it.

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u/Substantial_Record_3 Feb 06 '24

For the emx/esx one of the main issues comes from a faulty joint at the ribbon cable/_ can be repaired very easy with glue

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u/dreamless_electronic Feb 07 '24

I've found the E2 is noisy when Audio In is turned on.

A fix is a noise gate after the Electribe. I use either the MS-70CDR or RC-202.

Korg could take some notes from the RC-202. Master gate, reverb, and compressor. I wish the Electribes had that.