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ailerom · Joined: 25 Mar 2019 Posts: 14

That's a great tip about single cycles. I'm not sure where to grab any buy I'm sure I sort that out. Was just loading a bunch of drums samples onto the SD card and lamenting the fact that the more melodic samples I like are too long to use practically.

TheDoctor · Full Member Joined: 28 Mar 2019 Posts: 162

There's a recent post about it but remember to convert to the right sample rates and make sure is tune in C3.
Basically are one cycle of a wave so in order to have a tone you have to loop it at the beginning otherwise is just a click.
You can also make your own by justi loop a short sample and make aure it doesn't click,tune it, done but you'll find a lot online. I will sughest a tuner where you can see frequency response or use a tuner in any daw.
If you'd like to do in the Electribe, tune in the sample edit by semitone, once you're close to C3 write, load the wave on a parts and you can fine tune with the knobs, if you notice the first 10 or something step move by cent, when you find c3 just resample.
Note to make sure you easily find the start point, do resample and by hit the pad it will start record, stop it, a C3 it should be 366 sample long so if you sed the end point at 366 you should get your wave, of course don't forget to loop it.
Also take in mind the 366 because it will basically tune the sample at C3 so you avoid to tune it, just make sure it doesn't click.

Also don't forget the usual old school trick for long sample where you can resample by pitching up so it will take less seconds but then you have to remember to pitch it down when you bring in...you loose quality but could you really notice the difference Smile

ailerom · Joined: 25 Mar 2019 Posts: 14

One thing I would really like to know. Is there a way to load a .all file? Or is the only way to name it e2sSample.all and have it auto load? I know there is a load pattern, load all pattern option, load sample but not load all sample.

TheDoctor · Full Member Joined: 28 Mar 2019 Posts: 162

Basically it does with the import sample, if you select an .all files it will ask you "import all sample?" Press enter and you're done.
If you export all sample it will override to the e2sSample.all file.
If you'd like to take few sample from that .all fole just export single sample, load the e2sSample.all, import those sample, export all sample to override

ailerom · Joined: 25 Mar 2019 Posts: 14

Thank you. That's not so bad. Although it is quite a significant problem in many ways. The only point in loading a different .all file in my mind would be too edit it and save it again. Why let you load a different file if you can only overwrite your default one?

TheDoctor · Full Member Joined: 28 Mar 2019 Posts: 162

ailerom · Joined: 25 Mar 2019 Posts: 14

I think if I could rename the 'all file as I export it I would be a happy user. Thanks so much for all the help you have given though. I have a workflow now and it is just a matter of getting fluent with it.

What I'd really like is just a handful of melodic instruments, pads and basses and I could journey on that for a while. Starting to think I'm going to have to make my own but man it would be so cool if there was an electribe sample pack somewhere that fit the bill. I have more drums samples than any rational human could ever need though.

TheDoctor · Full Member Joined: 28 Mar 2019 Posts: 162

I'm glad I helped, yeah workflow needs to get used but it'll come.
Yeah few expansion would be really nice and easy but I guess they didn't do to don't cut out the emx which can't resample and load new one.
I think that's the main problem with the actual Electribe is that the sampler has synth too so if Korg does pack for the Sampler it will cut out the blue version, instead without synth the blue can still be strong and they could do an extra drive on the blue like the old one and maybe a 2nd edit knob for the red.
The actual Electribe ESX is the strongest because it has easiest workaround for the limitations

ailerom · Joined: 25 Mar 2019 Posts: 14

How big is your sample library? I don't really know what I want so apart from one kit with some bass parts I just have massive amounts of samples. Probably too many to wade through. I need to pear it down a bit.

Seems I should stick to 10-20 kick, snares, hihats etc and then just have a few of a bunch of other stuff like (bass, bells, pads, strings, FX, leads, guitars, brass etc)

What are your thoughts on that and how many samples to you have sitting on your device?

TheDoctor · Full Member Joined: 28 Mar 2019 Posts: 162

50 kick,50 snare and clap, 50 hat and shaker, 50 perc(tom/conga/rim/cowbell etc), 50 cymbal and crash, 100 single cycle wave form most of them are made on the Electribe itself or I made on my computer.
I have 150 slot and 180 sec I believe.

I do often boom bap so I resample from vinyl, but I export to all sample only if I didn't finish something, once I'm done I export any long sample or resampled drums(internally or externally) with the pattern and then I delete from my loading kits.
When my folder looks messy with all these exported samples(of course I always rename in the Electribe accordingly) I go to my computer and simply make folder with the project/song name and put in my pattern file and my samples.

I keep doing this all the time so everytime I have my 250 drums+100 wave+180 sec ca.

Sometimes I override my drums kit because I make or find a nice drum hit. In the case I override a part I used on a project I simply don't care because if it was just my personal kit it will have filter,mod,amp,fx and mfx I can easily adjust accordingly or make it better, and to he honest everytime I'm done with something I use the rec events or whatever is called, so basically it record your performance and you can make your song on the fly or I record audio in my DAW. I simply save my samples and pattern too for an extreme recall which it won't never happen or sometimes just to pick up something I like by listening to tha song.

Also I don't really use kick just for kick, they can become hat, and hat can become kick....abuse pitch and modulation,you don't steal voice and you touch weird territory sometimes.
Or resample from vinyl,your phone(it's super easy with a 3.5jack sometimes I don't even load kit by sd), microphone.
Same applies to drum hit become melodic stuff.
I prefer single cycle waveform than pcm, I like patch my sounds(I have Monologue,Volca Keys,Bass and Beats) you can have fun 100 of them don't take a sec(make sure they're tune, use a tuner or your daw).
If you really like have pcm just sample when you need, if you just have a phone go anywhere source what you need and sample, you can follow the export single sample as I explained.