The New Electribes

Hugo · Post by **Hugo** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 11:23 pm

L551 wrote:
Hugo wrote:
bingkingbo wrote:Official launch webinar for the Korg ESX2 and EMX2 Electribe units

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRWc6QWhYdA
Now online.
No "ESX2" though. They'll probably have it in NAMM in January.

The guy in the video said he expected it shipping in February.

L551 · Post by **L551** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 11:50 pm

Hugo wrote:
L551 wrote:
Hugo wrote: Now online.
No "ESX2" though. They'll probably have it in NAMM in January.
The guy in the video said he expected it shipping in February.

So they'll probably demo the sampler in NAMM in January. February sounds optimistic for the sampler release, but lets hope so.

cymeg · Post by **cymeg** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 3:36 pm

he said the 1.03 firmware would solve completely the gap problem

and he said that you have to buy an midi adapter cable to connect your midi stuff (he should know that the adapters are shipped with the units as an official korg promoter)

DrHoo · Post by **DrHoo** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 3:56 pm

cymeg wrote:he said the 1.03 firmware would solve completely the gap problem
and he said that you have to buy an midi adapter cable to connect your midi stuff (he should know that the adapters are shipped with the units as an official korg promoter)

He's wrong on both counts then ! Gapissue is improved but that's all.

TechnoMusic · Post by **TechnoMusic** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 4:15 pm

So I've had the esx 2 in my grubby little hands for about an hour now and there is plenty of fun stuff you can do with it. Sounds very smooth punchy and essentially noiseless out of the box. The drum samples are well selected and beefy and the synth tones are good especially when the filters are applied. All in all great fun so far.

In my opinion anyone who thinks its a presets machine only isnt being very imaginative. Sounds very good out of the box and ive just spent the last hour layering a single bell sample tone with synthesised & filtered white noise for good moody wierd ambient/drone fun.

Very much looking forward to seeing what the sampler version can achieve.

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 4:43 pm

You mean EMX2?

DrHoo · Post by **DrHoo** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 4:46 pm

TechnoMusic wrote:So I've had the esx 2 in my grubby little hands for about an hour now and there is plenty of fun stuff you can do with it. Sounds very smooth punchy and essentially noiseless out of the box. The drum samples are well selected and beefy and the synth tones are good especially when the filters are applied. All in all great fun so far.

In my opinion anyone who thinks its a presets machine only isnt being very imaginative. Sounds very good out of the box and ive just spent the last hour layering a single bell sample tone with synthesised & filtered white noise for good moody wierd ambient/drone fun.

Very much looking forward to seeing what the sampler version can achieve.

Agreed, it's not very imaginative to just use presets on any synth although there are some good ones to be had but with 16 parts there's deffo room for tons of experimental stuff, that's what i think i'm going to use it for, droney loopy soundscape stuff. I originally wanted a dubby tune box but with the 4 bar limit i'm having to evolve to different ideas from it. It's deffo got something of its own flavour to behold.

TechnoMusic · Post by **TechnoMusic** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 4:50 pm

Tarekith wrote:You mean EMX2?

No. Esx2 I'm the only person in the world who has one, they shipped it to me by mistake!!!

Or maybe I made a typo... You'll never know

Spheric El · Post by **Spheric El** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:28 pm

Hey @Drhoo ,I know Luke"from korg" didn't seem to have as good a grasp as he should,like he hadn't had it long(didn't really answer questions what people seemed to be asking-confusing swing for groove feat. etc).. But
Didn't he say version 1.8 was the newest update just out that solves gap issue? I only watched it once so I (or he) may be wrong.

DrHoo · Post by **DrHoo** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 6:05 pm

I did'nt watch it but if there's a new firmware, i'm all over it, thanks.

sauce · Post by **sauce** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 10:45 pm

I just got back from Guitar Center here in Denver, CO USA where I got to play with one for about 5 minutes. It is *really* heavy, built like a tank and not at all like it looks in video.

This one definitely did not have any upgraded firmware, as the "gap" was all over this thing. One thing I noticed.. If you slide your fingers across all the pads in "track mute" mode, just before the pattern changes, it is an effective way to bypass the gap problem.. It actually adds tension like when a DJ cuts the fader out momentarily.

Oh.. and the sound quality is amazing.

I will return tomorrow and pound out a video demo.

SMK · Post by **SMK** » Sat Dec 20, 2014 2:28 am

Spheric El wrote: Didn't he say version 1.8 was the newest update just out that solves gap issue? I only watched it once so I (or he) may be wrong.

He never 1.8, when he answered the question he quickly said 1.03, which could have sounded like 1.8 with his accent but yeah it's still 1.03.

You can hear the comment in the video: http://youtu.be/aRWc6QWhYdA?t=24m22s

markxl1 · Post by **markxl1** » Sat Dec 20, 2014 2:27 pm

Is it possible to change the midi channels on the electribe. It doesn't look possible...
Or is there a way to record midi into the current track you are using (blue)
from another sequencer?

Spheric El · Post by **Spheric El** » Sat Dec 20, 2014 7:49 pm

I think the midi channels are hard wired to each part ,1-16 and can not be changed. Just select the right channel in your DAW.

Sclr · Post by **Sclr** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 6:21 pm

So the new firmware 1.03 addresses the 'gap' issue. I have read it makes things more managable but doesn't fix the issue completely. Is that the case? Is the gap issue a timing error or a drop in the internal sounds?