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256K · Full Member Joined: 22 Jan 2015 Posts: 236

have you looked into Pocket Operators? they say they can sync with volcas and since electribe can sync with volcas too im guessing POs can sync with electribe.... and they are cheap and fun
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Frenzies · Senior Member Joined: 10 Feb 2015 Posts: 464

immon · Junior Member Joined: 23 Jan 2015 Posts: 73

I was partnering my E2 with a shruthi monosynth but my new Volca sample seems more fun already....

RedHouse · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:12 am Post subject:

I wondered about the PO's but I think they are maybe too restrictive.

I want to add something too, so I think for my purposes EITHER a Volca Sample or a mini synth with great warms pads. Mininova, Microkorg?

The E2 has good drums, some nice VA sounds, but some rich pads would eat up the polyphony/paraphony and it doesn't sample, hence my line of thinking.

I dunno, from a sonic point of view, what do you think is "missing".

SadPaper · Joined: 18 Jan 2015 Posts: 23

RedHouse · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:40 am Post subject:

Steinberger · Full Member Joined: 17 Jan 2012 Posts: 228

Korg DSN-12 on a Nintendo 3DS XL. No MIDI you say? Who cares it sounds freaking awesome. At the most basic level you can set the tempo and play a single synth with the KAOSS pad on the 3DS. Expand on that with 12 total DSN-12 synth/drum parts. Another thing is you can have several electribe2 Audio In parts with different filter/mod/fx and sequences and go to town.

immon · Junior Member Joined: 23 Jan 2015 Posts: 73

RE volca sample.

Syncing is extremely easy using the analog sync port port from the E2. No menus required. Works instantly.

I've not found an easy way to send a send a whole load of samples at once to it yet, but individual samples are easy. I love playing with pitch envelopes as it gives the samples an elastic quality.

RE Shruthi

I got one ready made on eBay for £150. Its fun to play with, it looks cool and the sound can be gritty or chunky recommended.

RedHouse · Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 9:15 am Post subject:

for what I want that I feel is "missing" in my sonic armory, I am looking at getting a 2nd hand Roland Gaia SH-01

Anyone have one? I'm looking for those supersaws, pads and arps.

When I do a big trancey saw it eats up the voices on the tribe, so I think I'll use the tribe for beats and bass.

Frenzies · Senior Member Joined: 10 Feb 2015 Posts: 464

RedHouse · Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:35 am Post subject:

Frenzies · Senior Member Joined: 10 Feb 2015 Posts: 464

RedHouse · Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 12:23 pm Post subject:

I have Massive, but I dislike making music at a PC. I am a Cellist, so I like to play an instrument. An E2 is an instrument, a Macbook Pro is a Computator! I'm with you there buddy!

I just want to find a smallish keys with those "massive" synth sounds. I'd thought of MiniNova and MicroKorg, not sure they offer enough though, but its difficult to gauge from online demos. I live in the Isle of Man and we don't have a shop with this type of stuff. So, I look to you guys for guidance. Smile

NickZoll · Full Member Joined: 22 Jan 2015 Posts: 181

RedHouse,
if you have a midi keyboard I would suggest waldorf streichfett, it doest great pads but it is a module without keys. Or you can control it from e2 via midi.
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ghostly606 · Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:35 pm Post subject:

I have tried a load of small-ish synths over the years and the standout for me is the Alesis Micron. Not available new anymore but the Akai Miniak is essentially the same synth in a slightly different shell.
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