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thats the same thing i was thinking... poke around on there and see what other kinds of stuffs going on... there are weird things with filters or effects and its not like on here where 4 people chime in and say "oh youve got the something something on ..." its got me second guessing an electribe... i did read a post that the first ones of the er and es had smaller or different fuses and they changed them but how do you know?

edit: they said that if the fuze goes out (the most common problem on the page ive found) call korg they put you in touch with the tech closest to you and its repaired free of charge..

can the es1 resample the sequencer ?

uh ohhh

i got my esx1

i REALLY like it

an hour or so so far...

to the people goin on about problems with electribes,

most of em are fine, its not some big issue that affects a large amount of electribes. Of course people with problems are much more likely to go on korg's forums than people who havent had an issue...

The electribes are solid, fun and basically they're awesome bits of gear for crazy prices.

Yeah, I'm aware of that. People that are happy won't complain and most likely most of them won't take time to post positive comments as they are satisfied already.

I've seen some of them go for very good second hand prices. Ahh, tempting!

I recently picked an ER-1 mkII and while I didn't mess with it at this time,it's a sweet machine!!

Rob P wrote:I recently picked an ER-1 mkII and while I didn't mess with it at this time,it's a sweet machine!!

I just got one today

Tis a wicked piece o kit! Make sure you get to know the cross modulator - pretty much the only change since the mkI (I used to have one of them), but its a big addition! It basically lets you make simple FM type sounds rather than just the virtual analog style stuff.. very cool!

thanks for the tips!! However I do have one question for you,how can I start my own patterns?
The presets are very dope though and I had a blast tweaking those in real time

i would highly HIGHLY suggest downloading/finding the manual and printing that shit out... dont just save it to your computer get it printed.. when youre camped out on the couch elbow deep into a beat getting up and getting wrapped up in the evil that is the computer is no good... save the file to a disk and bring it to work (like i do) and print it or take it to kinkoes or whatever and pay the few bucks to have it printed... i cant think of much else that would be better advice than that... the manual 9 times out of 10 will answer your questions without having to get off the couch...

i live by my manuals... although i admit to asking a lot of questions when i first got my 404... i think korg writes their manuals a lot better than roland...

Rob P wrote:thanks for the tips!! However I do have one question for you,how can I start my own patterns?
The presets are very dope though and I had a blast tweaking those in real time

You just save over the preset ones,
make sure that memory protection is off in the global settings,
then just hit the write button, choose where you want to save, then hit write again.

Thanks Space!!
But Tim is right,I should read the manual in depth and I actually have it:)

all this talk of the 'tribes is making me want one!

im not gonna lie

i feel like the esx1 is really gonna help me make stuff... i never felt at ease with the 404... its a powerful yet complex little machine... the esx has its downfalls but i think im gonna do really well with it... it sucks so much stuff is out there for dance type music.. this thing makes rad hip hop beats and has so much potential in the right hands..

im amped to dabble on it every day...

ps im keeping the 404 ... i know ill use it eventually for audio in and weirdness but for now im learning with stock everything to keep things simple and pushed so later i can hopefully rock more..

I think they're referring to the TR-X0X style sequencing that both the MC's and Electribes are capable of. I've owned an EA-1 and a MC-307, both had the TR-X0X style sequencers. IMO the Korg version was much easier to use, something about those lighted rubber pads beat the hell outta the hard plastic button/keys the 307 had. The Roland did have a more versatile sequencer at the cost of simplicity.

hematurge wrote: IMO the Korg version was much easier to use, something about those lighted rubber pads beat the hell outta the hard plastic button/keys the 307 had.

agreed.
Roland did actually implement lit pads during x0x sequencing in the MC09 and D2, maybe influenced by Korg

has Korg officially discontinued the Electribes?

is anyone still making grooveboxes?! or is the assumption that everyone's rocking a laptop for that shit now?
Yamaha, Korg, Roland i'm talking to you - enough MIDI controllers already - sink some R&D into developing your grooveboxes!