New Electribe vs old Electribe MX...

thesigma · Post by **thesigma** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 7:41 pm

iluvchiclets wrote:Thanks for all the replies and ideas,

I did finish my 3 days playing with the Electribe MX, now I am going to spend some more time with the E2. For sure the immediacy of the knobs and controls on the E1 is nice - tweaking sounds for evolving textures felt pretty good.

I should mention that there was an occasional "wind" noise on the model I borrowed...sounded like static or ocean waves that would suddenly appear, then sort of swish about before dropping out completely. Kind of wrecked my confidence in the used E1!

I will write back if I have any specific questions about either model - thanks again for everyone's contribution...

Probably from the tubes. there is a bypass mod that removes them and (supposedly) cleans up the signal. I have not tried it, nor have I noticed a sound that comes and goes, my noise floor is constant, and not troublesome to me.

octodigitus · Post by **octodigitus** » Tue Aug 04, 2015 7:28 pm

Just a note on the chords: the EMX cannot do custom chords while the E2 can, which was pretty much all the reason I needed to go with the new one.

I have a friend with an EMX I've played extensively with and I know I'd be less satisfied with it, even with all the E2's shortcomings. Another nice thing is that drum sounds can be played at any pitch on the keyboard, and you have 16 channels to make any combination of drums and synths you want; you aren't stuck with 5 synths and 9 drums.

Seems to me the biggest strength of the EMX over the E2 is sound design capabilities. I have a friend who plays live with an EMX and he just couldn't do what he does with an E2: making really weird, harsh noises with lots of depth that at times make your ears almost bleed over really intense beats. The E2 is more for me because I'm more into composing melodies and stuff...

FreshHorses · Post by **FreshHorses** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 5:10 am

I also have both, and I think the EMX-1 IS more 'ethereal' or spacey somehow, mostly because you can chain effects. I really miss that feature. I also miss that smudgy reverb. I love the nice reverbs on the E2, but I wish they would have put the crappy one in with the rest of the insert effects.