Korg Electribe Sampler Importing Wavs

gravygrave · Post by **gravygrave** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 2:44 pm

Hi !
As a fan of the korg es1 I bought the new electribe sampler. I really like it so far although I miss the ease of reverse button.
I'm trying to import some wav samples. 16/44.1 in mono but just get:

ERROR
"format error"

I made a separate folder on the sdhc card but no joy.

Any help would be appreciated.

Many thanks

G

aubrey · Post by **aubrey** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:22 pm

I had the same problem. Use GoldWave as your editor. Remember to get yourself the sample manager from: http://www.appification.de/ElectribeSampleManager/
a real must

cheers
Aubrey

wasstof · Post by **wasstof** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:22 pm

I don't own the sampler but I'm pretty certain it won't be long before someone comes back. With R.T.F.M.!

gravygrave · Post by **gravygrave** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:39 pm

Right, realised that the wavs, while originally coming from ableton, went into an mpc1000 and were saved again. So that's a nono. While still being wavs, the electribe doesn't like it.

I tried a new sample, exported from live as a mono 16/44.1 and it's fine.

Thanks anyway!

gravygrave · Post by **gravygrave** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:43 pm

[quote="wasstof"]I don't own the sampler but I'm pretty certain it won't be long before someone comes back. With R.T.F.M.![/quote]

I read the manual. It was only 19 pages.
In the troubleshooting it states.
"file error" = file can't be read/write correctly.

That's all. Nothing helpful in the loading/saving bit. Just says
"to load/save a wav" etc.

I've solved the problem anyway.

stahlwerk · Post by **stahlwerk** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 8:51 am

I'll repeat what I wrote in another thread regarding what wav files are compatible. If I try the wrong type of wav, I also get the same error message.

stahlwerk wrote:I also had a problem with some wave files. From what I understand there are two "standards" for WAV files, and it seems that the electribe sampler only supports one of them.

I use sox for file conversion, and there I need to pass the flag "-t wavpcm" to write it in a way that the electribe can read it. According to sox documentation, this is some kind of unofficial standard, and not correct according to Microsoft docs, but still used alot. (see here, point 4: http://sox.sourceforge.net/Docs/FAQ)