Hey there - sorry about the silence in tip 20. It's still a good tip, you should use MFX on external audio - unfortunately, I got a copyright strike because I demonstrated the feature using an obscure song I thought was cool, and that's the thanks I get... the whole video's ad revenue being taken away. Even though I think the way I used it is fair use, it's not worth the effort to take the song's publisher to court.
Sorry to hear that, it's kind of indicative of modern social media that the use of an obscure song to illustrate one point out of twenty can cause you to lose all momentary value for your intellectual property. And on what is a, let's face it, fairly niche audience. Suspect the problem came from the publisher rather than the artist, but still... Choose your targets
Another tip, can hard pan tracks to give you 2 mono signals. A hard pan one way actually cuts all audio on the other side so works great. I mainly use the electribe for drums and bass. I send bass and kick in one side and all other percussion in the other so I can process them differently in my mixer.
Just found other hidden (at least to me) feature... By keeping two or more pads pressed and, at the same time, change the oscillator/sound, the multiple pads are assigned to the same part. To separate them back, change the sound of one pad while keeping it pressed
Cremacaffè Design I find the shift skin completely useless. It only shows 16 shortcuts and they only take you to different part of the menus. It’s really simple memorizing them and if you forget it only takes 2 seconds to find the right one because pressing them will not excecute anything yet.
Thank you for creating so many great videos with logical step by step explanations that go in depth and don't seem rushed. This is very helpful to me as someone whom just bought an e2. Just subscribed, loved your superego+ video too.
I've just ordered an E2 second-hand, so the tutorial was a brilliant in-depth look at some of the "tricks of the trade" that can remain hidden, unless they are made obvious, as you thankfully have here. I've had a couple of attempted C/Strikes against two tracks on my channel, due to a publisher in the states claiming i used parts of one of his artists tracks. Fortunately, i was able to prove the parts i used were bespoke samples i made in the early 2000's, so managed to get out of that but yeah, it can be a bummer when it happens. Thanks again for the info, subscription done. ; )
Awesome video! I've been using it for about a year now so I was expecting to know a lot of the tips but there was a lot that you showed I had no idea about. Wish Korg put more info in the manual, particularly a shift key guide!
Hey great tips and very well presented. Here's one more, hold trigger down as you press a pad and you've selected a part without making any sound. Good for live stuff.
Master level! Very good stuff. I would add a tip about sequencing external gear... I like to use Part 8 for this, set as OSC 409 / Audio In, with AUDIO IN THRU set ON. Set the external synth to receive on MIDI channel 8, patch MIDI in on synth to MIDI out on Electribe, patch audio out on synth to audio in on Electribe. Bonus: you can do this with TWO synths via a stereo headphone splitter on the Electribe MIDI out. Cheers.
Hey man, can you expand on that. Step by step explanation maybe. I have e2 and e2S a Juno, Nord Lead 4 and Blofeld. So I have the Juno and the Lead in to the e2 and from the e2 in to the e2S then in the AI.
I spent watching 10 minutes to learn that Korg didn't actually put pressure sensitivity by default on their pads but you've solved that problem very easily for me, all the while I'm learning more about the instrument in 5 minutes than I usually do by exploring it myself, there's some amazing knowledge in this video! Nice job, I really like some of the melodies and beats you played around with in this too. I tried the hacktribe firmware on the device and I found that it wasn't really a worthwhile trade and it can be a risky, so I wouldn't recommend it.
I own the blue one, I’ve found that if you push through the learning curve (e2 is a bitch to fully understand at first) you will eventually figure out all of the hidden power in this instrument. You don’t get this kind of sound in the price range so if you’re on the fence about getting one ... get one!
I have the red one, but I've found the same thing. Lighting fast to use, and feels like an instrument once you've got you head around it (I've had mine for a year, use it often, getting really comfortable with it now!)
Just a note on tip 3: if you select seq play, sounds will play only if a part is unmuted. So while with regular trigger settings you can tap any pad to get the sound from it, independently if the part is muted or not; when yo switch to seq play mode, the audio is played only if the part is unmuted.
That was a powerhouse! I am just starting to learn how to do stuff, EMX2 is my first anything to do with music apart from listening and this vid helped me to understand a lot. Thank's a bunch! Whenever you get to Riga, let me know, I owe you a nice beer or something!
if you have one part playing and the other parts are not, you can let them play in one time bij pressing shift and part mute. then al parts will play instandly
Fantastic video! Thank you for this! Please keep giving us Electribe tips. I'm very new to using mine. I have the Electribe Sampler, but it functions very similarly.
Oddly, the most important video for the electribe has yet to be made. Hands down the best part of the tribes (since the emx1) is its synth oscillators - fast complex wave forms (sine wave combos are my fav - smooth to complex) with the turn of a knob. Yet nowhere on the tube is there a comprehensive video on each synth oscillators and what the edit knob does and with modulation added.
There is also a retrigger function hack. It is easily done by, while holding a note on the x/y pad, pressing the "touch scale" BUTTON to the right of and beside the "gate arp" BUTTON as you look at the front of the instrument. This makes it easier when typing, with your finger, a single note, to add rhythmic variation without lifting your finger, possibly playing some other note on the scale. I've found it useful when the gate arpeggiator isn't accessible or too time consuming to use, or the desired pattern needs to be manually typed in
thanks a lot .. some of these tricks will come in super handy for me. Especially the ones that help stream line navigation. Slow workflow has been my only drawback on this purchase so far, but hopefully some of these shortcuts will help . peace
Great video! Definitely one of the best for explaining some of the more in depth features of this unit. It's really pretty amazing all it can do with some creativity. Just wish I could copy parts from one scene to another. That and the occasional polyphony glitch.
Now give us synth electribe 2 guys a tutorial on how to make it function as the sampler instead :) preferably with the latest update capability. Much love btw
Actually that's kind of possible without selling it and buying a sampler - since it's a sequencer, you can connect a sampler to it via MIDI. Which one? Depends on your budget. iPhone? iPad? Volca Sample?
It seems to me that some people who really didn't care what anyone thought, threw alot of awsome effects and ways of shaping and molding a sound together, and said have a ball. This thing is crazy nice. Just imagine the patterns and sounds you can come up with on this thing.
I have been thinking of getting one , for more relaxed music to play and sing over . you have done a great job of explaining some very complicated things within this unit and I think you for that . Im usually performing with a three string stereo electric dulcimer (billy freeze reverbnation) . But I want to try something different with some of my poetry and short stories , I really wish I knew which electribe would best suit my needs , This one or the sampler. I have subscribed , and once again thank you , excellent tutorial .
I watch your videos about the Electribe 2/2s when I come across something new that I discovered about them to see if you already covered it. Most of the time you have but I am curious about why you haven't posted anything on how they work together via midi and could you consider it? It caught me off guard that I can combine the two IFXs and Master FXs and put one Filter in HP and the other in LP (like a BP) and moving one knob still animates other. I just scraped the surface but I'm sure theres plenty of other quirky things. Love your channel thank you for your informative posts. Hopefully the E2 isn't too old for your reconsideration of another instructional video.
Thanks for your comment! If you have additional tips please leave them in the comments. The E2s aren’t too old but for now I sold mine. I didn’t need portability that much and I felt the Maschine workflow and content suited me better. That said I do miss my E2 a bit so who knows..
Hi, this is the most technically clear video explained for the fuctions of the Electribe 2. I would ask,... Audio in, the entrance is in stereo? And where can see the parameter/value of mfx effects. Greetings
I’ve been using the Korg Electribes for about 15 years now. It’s a deal breaker for me that they did not label the shift functions or include separate 16 step sequencer pads. I believe the ESX-1 is the best Electribe sampler. Great video though!
@@difflocktwo the shift functions aren’t labeled. One has to buy a third party overlay. Sure you can memorize it after you spend time with the manual, but it takes away from the immediacy of the Electribe series.
Bro, You are demonstrating the ideas of Korg Electribe in very nicely to watch and learn so can you please tell how to connect with Yamaha PSR S9 series keyboard to play along with Eleectribe samples that will play with any keyboard also benefit people like me who is very new on MIDI sampler
Not the best light and audio quality of the video (something weird happens with the voice mic around 8 min) but really crazy good information! I was considering the Electribe 2 but if the manual is so badly written that it doesn't even cover all available functions I'd rather skip it.
Excellent video and tips but could you use subtitle or lower the music volume? Or speak when no music? And set the camera to manual focus so it won't follow your hand. Don't get me wrong you are the man to take these very very useful tutorials I just thought I can give you some feedback.
Thanks! that was one of my first videos and you don’t want to know what kind of gear I was using... - hopefully I got better since ;) but anyway I appreciate the constructive comment
@@loopop Yes after I commented I realized this video is not so new... As far as I read you don't have the electribe 2 anymore right? Do you still have the circuit? Is it better for you? Are there something similar you like? Some kind of sampler drum machine groove box synth kind of thing in similar price range you would recommend over the electribe? I wish they make these things with more one knob per function approach again since somehow they always mess up the menu. And they didn't print the shift button functions to the front? What is wrong with them? Anyway thank you. And these videos are very very helpful indeed so thanks again for making them.
I don’t have the Electribe but I still think it and the Circuit are the best deals for the money. Of course there were a few frustrating things about the Electribe... otherwise I wouldn’t have made so many videos trying to improve it. Re Circuit: I still have it but mainly because I like its sequencer ui
Hey there - sorry about the silence in tip 20. It's still a good tip, you should use MFX on external audio - unfortunately, I got a copyright strike because I demonstrated the feature using an obscure song I thought was cool, and that's the thanks I get... the whole video's ad revenue being taken away. Even though I think the way I used it is fair use, it's not worth the effort to take the song's publisher to court.
Probably a bit of a long shot after all this time, but would you happen to have the separate recording of your voice track, without the music?
Sorry to hear that, it's kind of indicative of modern social media that the use of an obscure song to illustrate one point out of twenty can cause you to lose all momentary value for your intellectual property. And on what is a, let's face it, fairly niche audience. Suspect the problem came from the publisher rather than the artist, but still... Choose your targets
Tnx anyway
Can also use modulation on audio in
very appreciated tips!
Another tip, can hard pan tracks to give you 2 mono signals. A hard pan one way actually cuts all audio on the other side so works great. I mainly use the electribe for drums and bass. I send bass and kick in one side and all other percussion in the other so I can process them differently in my mixer.
I don't even own one of these, yet I still watched the whole tutorial lol. Excellent video man!
Just found other hidden (at least to me) feature... By keeping two or more pads pressed and, at the same time, change the oscillator/sound, the multiple pads are assigned to the same part. To separate them back, change the sound of one pad while keeping it pressed
Would you mind elaborating on this? What mode are you in when you do this?
Excellent tutorial! The best we've seen around so far :) Thanks a lot for showing out our Electribe Shift Skin! Best.
Where can I get your Electribe Shift Skin?
Cremacaffè Design I find the shift skin completely useless. It only shows 16 shortcuts and they only take you to different part of the menus. It’s really simple memorizing them and if you forget it only takes 2 seconds to find the right one because pressing them will not excecute anything yet.
Thank you for creating so many great videos with logical step by step explanations that go in depth and don't seem rushed. This is very helpful to me as someone whom just bought an e2. Just subscribed, loved your superego+ video too.
Sean Kenny thanks for leaving this comment ;)
Best Electribe tutorial yet. Many thanks
cool to see you were on this device back in the day. you've come a long way!
I've just ordered an E2 second-hand, so the tutorial was a brilliant in-depth look at some of the "tricks of the trade" that can remain hidden, unless they are made obvious, as you thankfully have here.
I've had a couple of attempted C/Strikes against two tracks on my channel, due to a publisher in the states claiming i used parts of one of his artists tracks.
Fortunately, i was able to prove the parts i used were bespoke samples i made in the early 2000's, so managed to get out of that but yeah, it can be a bummer when it happens.
Thanks again for the info, subscription done. ; )
Awesome video! I've been using it for about a year now so I was expecting to know a lot of the tips but there was a lot that you showed I had no idea about. Wish Korg put more info in the manual, particularly a shift key guide!
Hey great tips and very well presented. Here's one more, hold trigger down as you press a pad and you've selected a part without making any sound. Good for live stuff.
Dang thanks!
Dustin Cassidy thnx
whoa!
I'm french and i don't speak english very well but your tuto is really clear! Thank you so much from france 👍✌🙃
Master level! Very good stuff. I would add a tip about sequencing external gear... I like to use Part 8 for this, set as OSC 409 / Audio In, with AUDIO IN THRU set ON. Set the external synth to receive on MIDI channel 8, patch MIDI in on synth to MIDI out on Electribe, patch audio out on synth to audio in on Electribe. Bonus: you can do this with TWO synths via a stereo headphone splitter on the Electribe MIDI out. Cheers.
That's an awesome tip Gavin! I added it as an annotation to tip 20 and gave you credit. Note annotations are only viewable on desktop.
Ha, great! That's a hefty annotation. Cheers.
Hey I didn't write it, I just copy-pasted it ;) People might need to use the pause button....
Hey man, can you expand on that. Step by step explanation maybe. I have e2 and e2S a Juno, Nord Lead 4 and Blofeld. So I have the Juno and the Lead in to the e2 and from the e2 in to the e2S then in the AI.
King, best tips I’ve seen yet.
I spent watching 10 minutes to learn that Korg didn't actually put pressure sensitivity by default on their pads but you've solved that problem very easily for me, all the while I'm learning more about the instrument in 5 minutes than I usually do by exploring it myself, there's some amazing knowledge in this video! Nice job, I really like some of the melodies and beats you played around with in this too. I tried the hacktribe firmware on the device and I found that it wasn't really a worthwhile trade and it can be a risky, so I wouldn't recommend it.
I own the blue one, I’ve found that if you push through the learning curve (e2 is a bitch to fully understand at first) you will eventually figure out all of the hidden power in this instrument. You don’t get this kind of sound in the price range so if you’re on the fence about getting one ... get one!
I have the red one, but I've found the same thing. Lighting fast to use, and feels like an instrument once you've got you head around it (I've had mine for a year, use it often, getting really comfortable with it now!)
Just a note on tip 3: if you select seq play, sounds will play only if a part is unmuted. So while with regular trigger settings you can tap any pad to get the sound from it, independently if the part is muted or not; when yo switch to seq play mode, the audio is played only if the part is unmuted.
I appreciated that immensely. I was wondering about the audio in options and it was explained in this video. Yay!
My dude. This video is excellent. I use my electribe 2 frequently. Did not know many of these features.
Thanks!
Thanks again pops! I have an electribe and your videos have been very helpful in my learning process.
Thank you kind person for this hidden treasures reveal!
Very nice to sum them all up! Really a video to get back to if you've not used your E2 for a while. Thanks!
Thank you for this! Been contemplating on buying the electribe 2 and this video is a big plus on my decision making. Thanks again!
cool. note there are two version (sampler and non sampler)
Good video. Love my E2s.
Lot of great help. Thanks for taking the time to do these.
That was a powerhouse! I am just starting to learn how to do stuff, EMX2 is my first anything to do with music apart from listening and this vid helped me to understand a lot. Thank's a bunch! Whenever you get to Riga, let me know, I owe you a nice beer or something!
NGC1433 thanks and my pleasure - check out my Electribe sound design tutorial too - goes deep on the synth side
if you have one part playing and the other parts are not, you can let them play in one time bij pressing shift and part mute. then al parts will play instandly
Fantastic video! Thank you for this! Please keep giving us Electribe tips. I'm very new to using mine. I have the Electribe Sampler, but it functions very similarly.
I'm picking up one of these soon, and it's awesome to know these tips ahead of time. Thanks! :)
Now I'ma have to get this with my Model samples...GUH! I knew the firmware would probably become something semi kewl...
Love this and go back to it every time I need a refresher..thank you..
Oddly, the most important video for the electribe has yet to be made. Hands down the best part of the tribes (since the emx1) is its synth oscillators - fast complex wave forms (sine wave combos are my fav - smooth to complex) with the turn of a knob. Yet nowhere on the tube is there a comprehensive video on each synth oscillators and what the edit knob does and with modulation added.
Great video. Thanks
Best tutorials on CZcams
Carlos Ponce de Leon thanks so much - now I'll have to make some more ;)
Great video, thanks! So many hidden features, it's a little powerhouse!
Thanks.
There is also a retrigger function hack. It is easily done by, while holding a note on the x/y pad, pressing the "touch scale" BUTTON to the right of and beside the "gate arp" BUTTON as you look at the front of the instrument. This makes it easier when typing, with your finger, a single note, to add rhythmic variation without lifting your finger, possibly playing some other note on the scale. I've found it useful when the gate arpeggiator isn't accessible or too time consuming to use, or the desired pattern needs to be manually typed in
Great demo Electro bro! Congrats and thanx!
Brilliant tutorial, very nicely done! All extremely helpful tips.
thanks a lot .. some of these tricks will come in super handy for me. Especially the ones that help stream line navigation. Slow workflow has been my only drawback on this purchase so far, but hopefully some of these shortcuts will help . peace
11 just blown me away good tip !!
Superb work, neither in my entire Life I'll be able to Discover One of them
Great tips, love your tutorials! Have had mine for a while but completely missed the "pad short cut", super useful!
Thanks a lot for this video ! It's really helpful 😃
Great video! Definitely one of the best for explaining some of the more in depth features of this unit. It's really pretty amazing all it can do with some creativity. Just wish I could copy parts from one scene to another. That and the occasional polyphony glitch.
You can
These tips are great, thanks!
Very, very useful! Thanks for your time
Now give us synth electribe 2 guys a tutorial on how to make it function as the sampler instead :) preferably with the latest update capability. Much love btw
Actually that's kind of possible without selling it and buying a sampler - since it's a sequencer, you can connect a sampler to it via MIDI. Which one? Depends on your budget. iPhone? iPad? Volca Sample?
Thanks! tip 19 is one that I use a lot
It seems to me that some people who really didn't care what anyone thought, threw alot of awsome effects and ways of shaping and molding a sound together, and said have a ball. This thing is crazy nice. Just imagine the patterns and sounds you can come up with on this thing.
IDK man, I might be retarded or just not creative at all, but I struggle with it. I'l sell it for 200eur if you want it...
Thankkkk youuu. I guess they said let’s make a station with 27 Easter eggs in it
great vid. learned a few new tricks. thanks!
superb primer ... makes me want to explore
If you like the electribe you will love gr-16 for the ipad. It has everything that is missing in the electribe. Its awesome
Bought an electribe because of this video.
I have been thinking of getting one , for more relaxed music to play and sing over . you have done a great job of explaining some very complicated things within this unit and I think you for that . Im usually performing with a three string stereo electric dulcimer (billy freeze reverbnation) . But I want to try something different with some of my poetry and short stories , I really wish I knew which electribe would best suit my needs , This one or the sampler. I have subscribed , and once again thank you , excellent tutorial .
Very good tips sir!
Very helpful! Thank you!
very useful!
Great vid, thanks, bummer hear about the copyright. Maybe repost a copy with different audio for your last part?
Thanks! Too many people linked to this already, it would frustrate people if I take it down plus not sure I have the original...
This is excellent
Thank you
Thanks just love the tips
This was very helpful
This video is very helpful
Good speaking voice- no "um" or "er"- and good, tight editing. Well done.
Andrew Kelly ummmm.... thanks! ;)
thanks for this vid!! great info that i wish i had sooner!
thx 4 your work!! big respect from Russia
Got my 90’s shoulder dance going....lol
Very good!! nice music!!!
thank you
Great video.
great video,
i dont understand why they didnt put "label" for the pad
I watch your videos about the Electribe 2/2s when I come across something new that I discovered about them to see if you already covered it. Most of the time you have but I am curious about why you haven't posted anything on how they work together via midi and could you consider it? It caught me off guard that I can combine the two IFXs and Master FXs and put one Filter in HP and the other in LP (like a BP) and moving one knob still animates other. I just scraped the surface but I'm sure theres plenty of other quirky things. Love your channel thank you for your informative posts. Hopefully the E2 isn't too old for your reconsideration of another instructional video.
Thanks for your comment! If you have additional tips please leave them in the comments. The E2s aren’t too old but for now I sold mine. I didn’t need portability that much and I felt the Maschine workflow and content suited me better. That said I do miss my E2 a bit so who knows..
Thank you very much!
Absolutely amazing thanks a lot dude :-)
great vid!!! You should do other in depth vids about e2.
really good u make me discover my machine better, 6 months ago ! where come from the voice ? peace from france
You absolute legend!
Hi, this is the most technically clear video explained for the fuctions of the Electribe 2.
I would ask,... Audio in, the entrance is in stereo?
And where can see the parameter/value of mfx effects.
Greetings
I’ve been using the Korg Electribes for about 15 years now. It’s a deal breaker for me that they did not label the shift functions or include separate 16 step sequencer pads. I believe the ESX-1 is the best Electribe sampler. Great video though!
Learning the shift functions isn't difficult. What's wrong with using the same pads for different functions?
@@difflocktwo the shift functions aren’t labeled. One has to buy a third party overlay. Sure you can memorize it after you spend time with the manual, but it takes away from the immediacy of the Electribe series.
Thank you.
8:05 first time I heard of anything coming with the velocity off at default how strange
Bro, You are demonstrating the ideas of Korg Electribe in very nicely to watch and learn so can you please tell how to connect with Yamaha PSR S9 series keyboard to play along with Eleectribe samples that will play with any keyboard also benefit people like me who is very new on MIDI sampler
Big thx!!
Thank you!!
Good job mate! thanks for share ;-)
Mind blown.
Not the best light and audio quality of the video (something weird happens with the voice mic around 8 min) but really crazy good information! I was considering the Electribe 2 but if the manual is so badly written that it doesn't even cover all available functions I'd rather skip it.
You are amazing
That's nikes is smooth 😂
thank you
super thanks
great tutorial. thks
David Robot my pleasure
Top Video Thank you
Excellent video and tips but could you use subtitle or lower the music volume? Or speak when no music? And set the camera to manual focus so it won't follow your hand. Don't get me wrong you are the man to take these very very useful tutorials I just thought I can give you some feedback.
Thanks! that was one of my first videos and you don’t want to know what kind of gear I was using... - hopefully I got better since ;) but anyway I appreciate the constructive comment
@@loopop Yes after I commented I realized this video is not so new...
As far as I read you don't have the electribe 2 anymore right? Do you still have the circuit? Is it better for you? Are there something similar you like? Some kind of sampler drum machine groove box synth kind of thing in similar price range you would recommend over the electribe? I wish they make these things with more one knob per function approach again since somehow they always mess up the menu. And they didn't print the shift button functions to the front? What is wrong with them? Anyway thank you. And these videos are very very helpful indeed so thanks again for making them.
I don’t have the Electribe but I still think it and the Circuit are the best deals for the money. Of course there were a few frustrating things about the Electribe... otherwise I wouldn’t have made so many videos trying to improve it. Re Circuit: I still have it but mainly because I like its sequencer ui
@@loopop Thank you!
could you plz add CC subtitles to the upload ? it helps pause & check on the e2 while viewing ...
thanks
please activate subtitles thanks!
great channel
Very interesting
Well thats a game changer! Thanks for laying it all out so simply for us :)
Ps Risky business running on low batteries :P
Hello loopop!
Can you activate subtitles for this video?
thanks!
as usual
@loopop can you make a video where you explain how to use and connect ableton with k.electribe 2 ?