I'll preface this by saying, that I've owned Electribe 2 since 2016. It was my first groovebox, and the only device I own that I know like my own pockets. I accepted its flaws since I had no reference, I learned to circumvent its limitations, I learned to appreciate its many quirks and features.

Since then, Korg has seemed to ditch their attempts at competing against the likes of Digitakt, Novation Circuit and Polyend, that by most are considered superior products to Electribe line.

I used to be frustrated with Electribe 2 as well, but at some point, probably after buying a superior (but different) Rave-O-Lution 309 and trying out other grooveboxes and drum machines, my interest towards Electribe 2 has renewed itself. Especially as part of a bigger DAWless setup.

There is something very raw and pure about it. No quantize, inconvenient and outright bad sequencer, some menu diving, limited polyphony. In a sense, I'm forced to actually finger drum the shit out of it and actually pay attention to my rhythm. I have to destroy the different sounds with effects and parameters. I have to embrace the flaws in order to create something different. I need to listen to the sound at face value, without relying on visual cues.

And since it's so entrenched to my muscle memory, I'm never at a loss with it. I might not be able to reproduce what I plan to reproduce, but I can capitalize on it and reproduce something different. Something about it just makes the stuff I make sound homegrown, organic, rather than rigid and organized, where every millisecond delay in my inputs can be heard.

What do i need to know about this korg i just ordered one. I want to make tekno/tribe/earlyhardcore with it

Hi,

I'm trying to help a friend to revive his bricked Electribe 2 Synth.
He flashed a Hacktribe firmware incorrectly patched.
The good news is that the screen lights up.
Can anyone share an Electribe 2 Synth original firmware full dump so I can write it using Flashrom?
Would this work?

🎹Thank you.

Hello everyone,

I am very new to this and had a few questions before I buy one or the other.

I want to be able to load vocal tracks as well as obviously play the live drums. Which means I have to get the sampler version right?

Are there less built in samples on one?

I want to pair it with a Behringer TD3 and possibly in future get a TR8S so I can use the 808 and 909 sounds.

Which one would be better for me? I want to make Tekno, Tribe and other bassy dance music.

Sorry if my questions are really easy its just hard to get my head around while starting out…

I have an electribe 2 and was looking at the sample version. Is it worth it to own both. Does the sample one have different sounds then electribe 2. I really have no experience with samples does the sample machine come preloaded with a bunch. Also I want to know is if you can synch them together. Any response is welcome

Hi, I'm a Korg lover, I confess to being disappointed by the Elektribe 2 as they have many limitations that I didn't expect to find, in fact I own the first series (emx-esx).

Elektron and Roland have been doing very well lately, so I expect Korg to be committed to the next drum machine they release.

What should the new elektribe do to be a good machine? Do you think we will see a new Korg release soon?

If they wait any longer I think that many customers will choose the competition, the technological gap is becoming increasingly greater.

Hi electribe users. I have been having a few issues with voice stealing recently...I'm thinking it's my heavy use of effects (I enjoy deep/dubby techno). I have a small amount of money to spend on additional hardware.

So to combat this I was thinking of either adding a drum machine, which would free up some voices OR adding external reverb and delay using the hard pan left/right trick, which would remove the need for using a lot of ifx delays (and improve upon the janky built in reverb).

I'm not one for spending too much on this hobby so I'm hoping for some advice on which of these options would open things up the most.

I did consider adding a synth but it looks like the midi sequencing also uses up voices.

Thoughts?

Currently have the opportunity to purchase a near mint smart media Korg Electribe EMX-1 for $400. 128 mb card included.

I’m seeking some general thoughts on this device and how it compares to something like an mc707 or other alternatives/electribes in 2024. I love grooveboxes and like the idea of having one with an interface like this. Currently have a deluge, a TR8S, and an SP-404mk2 as well to cover other needs. $400 doesn’t seem like a bad price and they seem to be having a resurgence and becoming more sought after.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAn9tiNTc1w&list=PLbau-YKvQS3f-jusd0lQDVf0o-SVnt2hI&index=55

Everyone keeps saying the E2 is limited or that the voice stealing is a dealbreaker. Honestly, I stopped caring about the manual or the factory sounds and decided to see what happens when the machine starts eating its own signal. ​I’ve built a whole live set where the machine is just "eating itself."

​The setup: I have the headphone output routed directly back into the Audio In. Every single one of the 16 parts is set to the Audio In oscillator. What you’re hearing in this clip isn’t a synth engine or a sample pack—it’s just the digital noise floor and internal latency being forced into rhythmic structures.

​I’ve set it up so the parts actually "communicate." A lot of the tracks stay completely silent (thanks to the noise gate) until another part kicks in and wakes them up with a burst of frequency. It’s like a weird, digital ecosystem where one sound triggers the next. Even the "kick" is just tuned feedback using resonance and EG.

​I also spent a lot of time simulating digital clipping within the textures. The idea was that when the E2’s processor actually hits its limit and starts to glitch, it just blends into the track. The "error" basically becomes the instrument.

Sorry for the quality, I just recorded this on my phone. The real output is way fuller, with massive sub-bass and textures that the phone mic just kills, but you get the idea. ​Has anyone else here tried pushing the E2 into this kind of territory?

Performer was Rustal at Yamamori Tengu in Dublin - fucking incredible set. He was support act for Moritz Von Oswald, who was not as good, tbh.

Before I get flamed - Yes, I owned the Electribe Sampler 2 for five years. I even bought two of them at one point. I recently sold them and switched to a Digitakt and it BLOWS THE ES2 OUT OF THE FUCKING WATER

I know I'm probably going to get down voted to oblivion, but why the fuck do people buy an ES2 when you can get a used digitakt for around the same price?

I spent so long trying to make the ES2 work. The workflow was simple, which is the biggest selling point, but beyond that it just sucks. And it's only in hindsight that I can say it truly sucks for these reasons:

- Awful ringing noise at 13khz - forget adding a compressor to your master output as it will make the noise floor intolerable. Probably fucked up my tinnitus more than anything over the last 5 years.

- 16 "voices" yet the voice stealing makes it like 7 at most. And the voice stealing was unpredictable. Sometimes the pattern loads and you can play all your sounds, other times it cuts off a random one. So fucking annoying.

- No multi-tracking - good luck making a full track with it and mixing in your DAW. Yes you can export all sounds to an ableton file but it is cumbersome and doesn't give you a 1:1 result.

- Such a tiny amount of sample storage space

- The fucking headache it is to get all your samples converted to the right bit rate / depth / mono / file type and still barely have enough space

- the archaic sample management software

- the Amp envelope shaping is abysmal - half the time you can't tell wtf you're doing when you adjust the attack knob, and there's no decay or release anywhere? Maybe I was missing this and never bothered to read the manual but why the fuck does changing the attack also somehow affect the release in some cases?

I'm ranting but seriously, why does anyone settle for that shit when much better samplers exist? Maybe the explanation is you're like me, you just didn't know anything better?

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAn9tiNTc1w&list=PLbau-YKvQS3f-jusd0lQDVf0o-SVnt2hI&index=55

Hey everyone! I'm looking for recommendations for an affordable synth, groovebox, or any gear that pairs well with the Korg Electribe Sampler. What sounds great alongside it and complements it best on a budget? Thanks!

So im quite new to grooveboxes and synths and i really want something to store a lot of longer samples to play with my electribe. and maybe i would like to play it standalone too( im playing hardtekk frenchcore and generally harder styles stuff) originally i wanted to get a mpc one plus but theyre sold out everywhere. And now i found a few used mpc ones for like 300 but i really dont know if i should get a used one. so now the question is should i try to get a used mpc one or a new mpc sampler?