electribe sx-1

i just got one of these cheapish and so far its fun but not particularly useful for me. the ribbon finger arp is fun but generates the same type of sound and that is getting boring (i see now why people say this is good for hiphop). i didnt buy it wanting to use it as a drum sequencer but that seems the most obvious use for it now.

i knew going from pc only to hardware was going to be limiting but only have 3 effects per pattern is harsh. ideally i suppose i want something else to record out to and then playback whilst working on another 'layer'. something like an old 8 track or what?

editing sounds on the electribe (truncate lol yeah right) is insane so i'm doing all that on the pc still and then loading it up.

and why can't you add effects to the audio through? and why are the effects mostly shit?

i'm looking at buying a midi cable and hooking my midi controller up to it. is it worth doing?

then i'm wanting a mpc500 (or 1000) solely for beats and keeping this thing for sounds. then i need suggestions on a synth.

based on an es-x (the older ones which used shiny silver instead of tubes to attract buyers), try working with sequencing software or like you say an mpc, this way you can automate more parameters than the motion seq allows you to and get more range out of the limitations. I guess with your controller you could also play more of these params too.

the sx is the sampler right? on the older es-x you can resample the audio with effects on it, just have to turn on the effect in sample mode. really have no idea how the new one works and I can't tell from korg's pictures, man how do you look at this thing, it's so red.

also do you know holding shift is like a coarse/fine adjust for changing the truncate start/end points?

congratulations on posting hellas about animal collective and not buying a roland sampler. :wink2:

  spraaaa said:

the sx is the sampler right? on the older es-x you can resample the audio with effects on it, just have to turn on the effect in sample mode.

yes the sampler. yeah you can record with effects on. i've tried this but editing what you have recorded on the machine seem really difficult/annoying. maybe the shift>truncate will help. as far as I can tell when truncating the tar end points you can't listen to where you have edited to currently. maybe you can. the manual isnt very helpful, not enough detail.

  spraaaa said:

man how do you look at this thing, it's so red.

i actually really like how it looks. its pretty.

  spraaaa said:

also do you know holding shift is like a coarse/fine adjust for changing the truncate start/end points?

i did not. thank you muchly

  spraaaa said:

congratulations on posting hellas about animal collective and not buying a roland sampler. :wink2:

haha. well if one had come up before the electribe then i woulda bought one. i'll try not to be influenced by them though and definitely won't copy them. but yeah i'm a big fan. i reckon if you wanted to copy them you could do a great job on a pc anyway.

anyone know what a good price is for a used electribe sx-1 with no box but manual and ac and one 128mb card and a sm reader. ebay doesnt seem to have any.

i finally got a midi able so i could hook it up and it seems to only have 1 polyphony which i need to research but if true then its going out the window

  Benedict Cumberbatch said:

i finally got a midi able so i could hook it up and it seems to only have 1 polyphony which i need to research but if true then its going out the window

One polyphony? As in one setting for x number of notes at a time, or do u mean only one timbre and not multi-timbral?

i know what i mean goddamn it!

I just need to know so i can help u out ok

yes true. i mean it only plays one note at a time.

haha it has two monophonic "keyboard" parts.. get yourself a sick collection of high quality samples and let the esx truely shine!

elektron.de has monomachine and machinedrum samples that are perfect! also google Esx organizer and you should find an invaluable sample organizer for windows