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roblabs wrote:Actually Olivander12, both electribes have the same audio input - a stereo line in.

Yes, but the sampler needs a mic to record for sampling, right? The electribe only connects the signal through.

Iv'e never known an elctribe to record from an external input. Samples on previous models were loaded via memory card & then processed.

DrHoo wrote:Iv'e never known an elctribe to record from an external input. Samples on previous models were loaded via memory card & then processed.

No. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQivYhKB3Y0

Olivander12 wrote:

DrHoo wrote:Iv'e never known an elctribe to record from an external input. Samples on previous models were loaded via memory card & then processed.

No. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQivYhKB3Y0

Righty ! I never knew that.

DrHoo wrote:

Olivander12 wrote:

DrHoo wrote:Iv'e never known an elctribe to record from an external input. Samples on previous models were loaded via memory card & then processed.

No. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQivYhKB3Y0

Righty ! I never knew that.

But I was wrong with the mic-thing. A line in is enough to record audio material, so electribe and electribe sampler might be identical.

It would be great if it were a true sampler. record in & keep it fresh.

DrHoo wrote:It would be great if it were a true sampler. record in & keep it fresh.

you might be able to. The ES1 was like this, never used the ESX but I believe it also had that functionality. Not as fast and immediate as the KP3 but still does the job with no other equipment needed except a card.

Olivander12 wrote:There Firmware will not be changeable. Why would Korg do this? Also, the hardware is not the same. So it is not even possible technically.

nowadays, electronic gears/instruments tend to have more extendibility, like korg volca's midi mod, it is designed to hack, they don't need an official statement, but they can leak sth on internet, make the product more fun, hotter and live longer, quickly increase short term profits with sustainable long term growth, leaving more discussion and influence here & there.

Looking at the photos, I would not be surprised to find out that the 'sampler' is a photoshop of the synth and that it doesn't exist yet. The ESX has different knobs from the EMX and there's nothing about start and end opint or other sample features on the images on the Korg web site for the new sampler.

I don't think it's a photoshop.

Look closely on both of these units on this high-res photo:


That is the best photo of the units, yet.

Notice those little stains on the Sampler Edit-Knob? They are not on the Electribe.

The only difference in designs between the 2, is that the Sampler has black paint (vs grey) and that the sampler has black knobs (vs grey). Also the name of the unit, ofcourse. The lights may be different too, not sure of that.

I seriously believe (on day, in the future) that Korg will make the OS interchangable. The hardware is the exact same, but the way the Sampler Operative System utilize the hardware is different, and therefore less power to the synth-part, more power to the Sampler part. It's just a different Operative System specialized for it's own purpose. Like Windows 7 is for gaming, but Windows Server 2012 is for something completely different. But they could easily run on the same hardware.

This could even be like a sales pitch for Korg. Try before you buy! But you have to buy 1 to try 1 If if Electribe owners try, and like, they buy! Because then they'll want BOTH!

You guys understand?

You do not have insights in the internal hardware, so you do not know whether it is the same or not.

Olivander12 wrote:You do not have insights in the internal hardware, so you do not know whether it is the same or not.

True. Oh well. Who knows, really? I don't think Korg knows themselfs, even. They're probably just working hard to get the Sampler built, and take it from there.