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Loudest · Full Member Joined: 11 Aug 2015 Posts: 174

...and of course :
release the SDK for the ES2/E2 (like for the Volca Sample) and make this open source so people can do some great apps for samples management, patterns editors etc.

thebiglebowski · Full Member Joined: 22 Jan 2015 Posts: 123

thebiglebowski · Full Member Joined: 22 Jan 2015 Posts: 123

Guys,

Can we slow down and move this to a new thread where we can work on the petition draft and collect all of our requests?

Maybe we should divide them into two groups:
- Bug fixes
- New feature requests (and lets be realistic with those)

Edit: once again, for reference - the DSI Tempest petition:

https://www.change.org/p/dave-smith-help-make-the-tempest-a-priority-for-dave-smith-instruments
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Loudest · Full Member Joined: 11 Aug 2015 Posts: 174

farfisa · Joined: 28 Jan 2015 Posts: 15

I'll sign the petition.

Re: #AskKorg

This was an Ask Tats session on Twitter, not Korg in general. There were a few Electribe questions. Tats is obviously in a different product group to the Electribe team. He was quite short on any E2/E2S responses, which I think is understandable. Not his problem. Although, imagine if his team took over Electribe development. I'm sure some well thought out features would be implemented or fixed.

My guess is Korg is a rather siloed company, with some cultural differences adding to the complexities. They make some excellent products, and some bizarre ones (Liverpool Professional Arranger - Looks like it's out of an Austin Powers movie, and I'm sure it sounds like it too!).

I think Twitter sessions like #AskKorg are great, however if you are going to open yourself up to a public forum, you must be ready to cop the good and the bad, and be genuinely responsive.

Re: Petition

Would be interesting to see how many people actually sign it. Put your money where your mouth is. Fingers crossed Korg does something. I won't be holding my breath.

I've made peace with my E2 for what it is. Hacked it to an E2S, lots of fun to play, really frustrating workflow. Reverted back to E2, bought a Volca FM and together they are wickedly fun. Added DJTT Chroma Caps and labeled the Shift functions, now heaps better.

BTW, I'm saving up for a Pioneer Toraiz, or if it sucks, an Octatrack. Unless Novation release a fully fledged Circuit Sampler (highly likely IMHO).

Cheers!
Cool

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christeti · Joined: 19 May 2016 Posts: 6

I have a hacked Electribe 2 and much prefer it as the sampler now. I installed the blank system file and it is much more useable for my needs now. I was ready to sell it since I couldn't find much use for a lot of the goofy sounding patches. The device makes more sense to me if I can pitch shift samples and greatly alter the way they sound with all the effects/time stretching. I dont have much need for 20 different kick samples and horn clips. It is pretty perfect that I can just export a WAV file and import it to Pro Tools.

A guy who played on some record for my band now works at Korg so I sent him the thread to see what he thought. He told me he was going to forward it to some other people at Korg who might be able to help. So hopefully this works out.
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Loudest · Full Member Joined: 11 Aug 2015 Posts: 174

I am glad to hear all of that
maybe it will finally (!) move a little... Smile

I hope so.

Because with just several improvements (only in term of firmware) the E2 / E2S could go from the "pretty shitty boxes" status to "awesome tools"!

(I have never seen a device with a potential spoilt as that ...)

jpeg · Full Member Joined: 07 Sep 2015 Posts: 158

The sampler is nice Im happy I sold my e2; its a nice machine but I would prefer to have had those sounds and filters integrated into the sampler.
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Cade · Full Member Joined: 20 May 2016 Posts: 127

I am considering starting a petition, and would like some input on the most needed changes for either (or both) units.

Post ideas for fixes/changes/additions here: http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=688611#688611
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christeti · Joined: 19 May 2016 Posts: 6

Does anyone notice a popping sound when manipulating and playing back samples? This is even after I am using a sample I have cut and faded properly in Pro Tools. I will adjust the sample start with the knob on the unit that let you put the sample in reverse, etc. I keep running into the issue of the device making a clicking sound when the sample starts, much like when an audio file isn't correctly faded in a DAW. Any idea how to fix this, or if a more recent firmware update will fix this?

I tried searching for this on the forum and all I found was someone talking about headroom in the unit, which is not the right answer whatsoever for this problem.
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