Korg Monotribe

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Flux Mode allows the creation of sequenced synth parts that are not rigidly tied to the step grid, providing more musical versatility. The creation and morphing of edgy beats and stuttering rhythms has never been easier.

It just samples the control voltage from the ribbon. Cool for doing the above but probably not cool for this thing getting MIDI in a hurry.

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Light, compact, and portable, monotribe is great on the go. Equipped with a built-in speaker and powered by six AA batteries, it is completely self-contained and ready to deliver hours of enjoyment wherever you take it.

OK they could totally have swapped out batteries and built in speakers for MIDI in and out/thru. Boo fucking hoo for the hipsters and 303 nostaligia heads that actually would have used it as an "on the go beat making machine"

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Auto-Tuning Analog

 

Analog synthesizers of yesteryear were prone to drift in pitch. But no more! The monotribe?s auto-tuning circuitry provides stable chromatic playability, and will not go out of tune. This auto-tuning technology also means no warm-up time, no servicing for pitch calibration, no sensitivity to temperature changes - just the great sound of analog VCO.

aw man

  On 4/6/2011 at 7:25 AM, analogue wings said:

 

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Light, compact, and portable, monotribe is great on the go. Equipped with a built-in speaker and powered by six AA batteries, it is completely self-contained and ready to deliver hours of enjoyment wherever you take it.

 

OK they could totally have swapped out batteries and built in speakers for MIDI in and out/thru. Boo fucking hoo for the hipsters and 303 nostaligia heads that actually would have used it as an "on the go beat making machine"

I wish they did, but I'm convinced they'd sell a lot less units.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuqJfAWkN2c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE6_o7sSjtA

  On 4/5/2011 at 2:15 PM, Brandi_B said:

But to tease with the electribe name, and make me think a new "electribe" is coming out (which have gotten better and better and more advanced per generation) is just gut wrenching. :_(

qft

seems like I was right about the sync jacks - they are audio line level inputs allowing you to easily sync with any audio source - you could even stick a mic into it and trigger patterns by beatboxing...

  On 4/6/2011 at 10:27 AM, analogue wings said:

youtubes

lol

makes a lot more sense now, although it's easy to see that ribbon controller sucks for progamming of notes as opposed to "HEY I HAVE ANALOG SYNTH IN COFFE SHOP BEWBEBWBEEWEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWSSSTHHHHHHHHH"

*ahem*

anyway, i'll get one or 5 and "Sync" them up...see what happens. The snare is win.

i like the hats but the snare is a bit subtle... moar 808 snappy wld be cool but that is a complicated circuit IIRC

i am yet to see any mention of price

  On 4/6/2011 at 1:50 PM, analogue wings said:

i like the hats but the snare is a bit subtle... moar 808 snappy wld be cool but that is a complicated circuit IIRC

well if it had more than ONE output you could compress that beyotch

I do like the quantize & gate features from the other "tribes" that were included

i saw 199 euros somewhere and that is not good

yeah the snare on my jomox was a gayfest until i gave it its own mixer channel and then it was

  On 4/6/2011 at 2:00 PM, analogue wings said:

i saw 199 euros somewhere and that is not good

 

yeah the snare on my jomox was a gayfest until i gave it its own mixer channel and then it was

eek! so that's like 285 USD, seems pricey for them to have stayed in this whole "cheap toy" like design and have no midi. Sure its all analog but they pwned all the other companies by putting out the monotron "all analog" for pennies. I mean 285 USD isn't much for a synth, but i'm just sayin. Not complaining just observing.

it's not confirmed, but if that is the price and theres no midi they can get fucked. i'd rather try to mod a monotron for 1/3 of that price

did he say 280 euros? :s

i would pay 150 for it maybe but that price is ridonkulous

looks like a fun toy tho

i love how everyone demoing this thing is just god awful at it. I bet this guy is funny at parties.

So disappointed about the price

I was already thinking about selling my monotron

adding individual outputs for the synth + drum noises strikes me as a mod that will be easy to pull off...

The drums sounded better than I imagined, seems like a nice box for electro.

  On 4/6/2011 at 2:45 PM, Brandi_B said:

http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2011/04/06/wnamm11-korg-monotribe-up-close/

that looks addictive !

i dunno, it looks dope

korg should keep churning out this kinda stuff

yeah it was just on the last page

One thing I was wondering about is the sync feature. Presumably it's expecting a straight click sort of sync? What would happen if you used something irregular? Or even if you used psudeo-rhytmic synth sounds?

Any ideas?

  On 4/7/2011 at 9:33 PM, jeyemusik said:

One thing I was wondering about is the sync feature. Presumably it's expecting a straight click sort of sync? What would happen if you used something irregular? Or even if you used psudeo-rhytmic synth sounds?

 

Any ideas?

Oh god it would just be so awesome.

try it on any of the million other synths with analogue sync ins.

It probably advances the sequencer/arpeggiator by one step for each gate signal, a la the SH101.