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RedHouse Junior Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2014 Posts: 72 Location: Isle of Man
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:11 am Post subject: Electribe 2 + what additional hardware??? |
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I've read with interest the thread on E2 owners using Volca keys etc as an add-on to the E2.
I'm thinking of adding something to my portable mini set up, but what?
Needs to be cheap, portable and add "something" to it. I mostly write 4 on the floor house/trancey stuff.
So, was thinking options are like:
Microkorg, MiniNova, TB3, Volcas (I sold my Volca triplets to buy the E2!)...E2 Sampler? OR, wait, save, Roland JD-Xi?
Waldorf Rocket? DSI Mopho, Monotribe......MicroBrute?
What would YOU add if you had to pick one of those, or something else? |
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apapdop Platinum Member
Joined: 27 Nov 2014 Posts: 713 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:28 am Post subject: |
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Electribe ER-1, mk1 or mk2. Mad little boxes and the bottom end can be fierce. Not the best for melodic stuff but for bleeps, screams, blarts... metallic ringmoddy stuff and 808 style kicks, packs a mighty punch. I found it goes nice with the new Electribe...
https://soundcloud.com/apapdop/sounds-from-saturday-morning _________________ If I'm not listening to music, or if I'm not making music, then I'm probably thinking about music.
Volca Sample, FM, Beats, Kick. OP-1, Monologue, Pocket Operators. And an ipad. |
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Automageddon
Joined: 17 Jan 2015 Posts: 34
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:36 am Post subject: Re: Electribe 2 + what additional hardware??? |
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RedHouse wrote: |
Microkorg, MiniNova |
One of these will add a midi keyboard to your EMX2, thus expanding it quote a lot |
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Poumtschak Senior Member
Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 295 Location: GMT+1
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:36 am Post subject: Re: Electribe 2 + what additional hardware??? |
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RedHouse wrote: | What would YOU add if you had to pick one of those, or something else? |
I think I'd go Waldorf Streichfett or Blofeld.
If only the e2 had separate outputs, I would have loved to run pads and stuff into Eventide Space, along with a (dry) banging beat and bassline. _________________ My electribe2 lousy patterns and stuff | KORG gear: NTS-1, nanoKEY2, electribe2/2S, WS/SR, WS/EX (on storage) |
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Tarekith Platinum Member
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RedHouse Junior Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2014 Posts: 72 Location: Isle of Man
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:41 am Post subject: |
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The Streichfett would add something different for sure.
Anyone seen/heard these: MFB Nanozwerg Analogue Synthesizer |
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RedHouse Junior Member
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:46 am Post subject: |
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Tarekith wrote: | iPad? While I use the Volca Keys with my electribe once in awhile, I definitely use the iPad or iPhone with it even more. |
I have an iPad and an Alesis ioDock. I use Gadget a lot, find it so quick to write stuff on there too. My ideal bit of kit is Gadget UI on hardware! |
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Tom 62 Senior Member
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:47 am Post subject: |
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iPad or iPhone. You can use it as additional synth, sampler, vocoder, arpeggiator, controller etc. |
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Ted3000 Platinum Member
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 1:25 pm Post subject: |
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Any analog mono synth with with keys and MIDI will serve you well. Here's why:
You can use the keys to program and play the electribe.
You can use the audio in as a mixer for the analog synth.
Use an audio in oscillator part for effects, or sequencing it.
The analog synth will give you sounds you can't quite get on the electribe.
You can play solos or improvise melodic stuff.
Sure, the electribe has a VA engine. But that engine is limited, in both parameters and sonic content. The e2 has steep anti-aliasing filters that dull the filter overtones. An analog voice will open up your sound, and the convenience of keys will set you free.
Suggestions: (used or new) Arturia MiniBrute, Novation Bass Station II.
For VA: MiniNova, MicroKorg XL+, Akia MiniAK. _________________ www.soundcloud.com/astrospy |
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nuggs
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 1:30 pm Post subject: |
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I am using USB out to my iPad for external synths via the CCK. I am also connecting the Electribe's midi out into a midi solutions quadra thru (which works perfect and is cheap), and gives me the option of adding 4 extra hardware synths, with a clean midi signal. Currently I have connected a Volca Keys and a MicroBrute. I plan on adding a few more. |
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RedHouse Junior Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2014 Posts: 72 Location: Isle of Man
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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some really interesting answers coming up here, I'm getting even more confused what to buy next, but its fun checking out each idea! Keep 'em rolling in |
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Spheric El Platinum Member
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256K Full Member
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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MIDI modded gameboys _________________ APC80 - kaoss pad quad - Launchpad - Launch control - an iPad Air 2 with a slew of useless gimmicky apps - electribe 2 free! - and future volca owner. |
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markxl1 Junior Member
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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rs7000
use that to make sequences and when you are happy, simply press record on the electribe.
Also, a great way to copy your time stretched, slowed down favourite 4 bar audio tracks or grooves to play alongside to make something different......
then, there is the loop remix for variations.
emu command stations work great also but tracks 1-8 and 9-16 are the wrong way round. |
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RedHouse Junior Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2014 Posts: 72 Location: Isle of Man
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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it probably needs to be something fairly current so that I can find one in decent order nearly new, if not new. |
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