fading techniques?

gsrosser1989 · Post by **gsrosser1989** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 1:13 pm

I've been enjoying the E2 for the most part in composing songs out of 10 patterns or so and something I've come across that's mildly annoying is the lack of a fading system with the parts. Going from one pattern to another can sound choppy when you want to change synth parts, and I guess I could lower the attack/volume parts that I want to zero and manually fade in and out that way...

Which brings me to an idea I'm proposing to Korg. Korg, if you're reading this, you should develop a mixer to go along with the E2 series that you can control each part with. What would be even more awesome is if said mixer had extra features such as extending the bar count by four bars, extra effects, maybe even a waveform window for the ES2...That being said anything like this would be a game changer for the E2 series. I might be a little over my head on this but it would be awesome if such thing were possible.

gsrosser1989 · Post by **gsrosser1989** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 1:16 pm

Also if anyone has any mixing tips for the E2 as is please chime in

SMK · Post by **SMK** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 1:24 pm

Yeah, this is why I am looking into the Korg Tactile 25...it has 8 faders that I would use as a mixer for the top 8 synth sounds on my E2.

It's is just a question of changing midi channels on the fly. Waiting to see if some who has one to answer that question.

gsrosser1989 · Post by **gsrosser1989** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 1:35 pm

Wow that thing looks awesome! The look of the editor definitely parallels the E2 workflow.

http://www.korg.com/jp/common/php/exten ... AA7HGZGU6Q[/url]

Harryfox · Post by **Harryfox** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 1:41 pm

Try making transition patterns with elements of each pattern, for example I copy the track I'm playing first and delete most of the parts except for 3-4 channels, usually the from the drums. I then use that pattern to start building the next one. It's annoying how you can't just copy parts from another pattern, but it's a £300 quid machine, and you've just got to work with these things. I wouldn't be surprised if Korg have a bigger better electribe due for production that they'll probably sell for twice the price. Second hand EMX1's sell for more on ebay than the EM2 does new.

SMK · Post by **SMK** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 8:27 pm

gsrosser1989 wrote:Wow that thing looks awesome! The look of the editor definitely parallels the E2 workflow.

I'm going to wait till Musicmasse before I really pull the trigger because really I want large Taktile PadKontroler....I call it PadKotrol 2 but since the new branding is Taktile then Taktile it is! I want an all pad controller with all of the same features as the the Taktile 24 but with 16 (or more) pads...no keys.

gsrosser1989 · Post by **gsrosser1989** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 8:49 pm

I wonder if you could midi a nanocontrol with the e2...

Philternaut · Post by **Philternaut** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 9:20 pm

Yep: A nanoKontrol2 works OK for 8 parts on faders, or all 16 parts if 1/2 are on knobs and 1/2 are on faders. Use the extra buttons for toggles on something else you'd like to tweak frequently like MFX Send and it's a good companion.

I've had good experiences using a MIDI Fighter Twister as a 16-part mixer as per this thread http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... f0e0e79288

Both still need a USB Host (ie computer) in the middle, though. These larger controllers with MIDI DIN plugs look pretty tempting on that basis alone…