If you suffer from accidentally changing patterns using the value knob before you've saved, there's a global setting to lock the knob so you have to use shift-knob to change pattern.
@@spel2024 possibly maybe (Bjork song) you can easily update firmware, download from korg and put on sd card in folder. Read manual for folder names. Remember, korg block's downgrading back to old firmware to prevent switching grey version to sample with firmware substitution. But no big deal to find those firmwares and do it. Anyway newer firmware 2. better than 1.6 that used to sub's E2 to E2S.
As a complete noob to music, this video got me started on my brand new electribe in minutes, not weeks. With in a couple hours of ripping open the box, I was playing loops for my family. Thanks!
I’m the pianist and percussionist in my family, and my brother received something from Korg the other day so I opened it excited thinking he got a keyboard. Turned out to be this! And me being a huge techno fan, started playing around with it and thought it was the coolest thing ever. So now I have one on the way
Not sure if you’re aware, but everytime you load an init pattern, it always gives you a four on the floor kick....also I think shift & tap tempo gives you quicker access to the tempo change...in fact every part button as an associated shift function.....the groove type options for the drums will also automatically change velocity and in some cases move ‘off the grid’. Hope you find these little tips helpful 😀
My sampler arrived yesterday after 2 months waiting for it in the post and this video turned it from a head fuck into a utterly enjoyable piece of kit. Thank you.
There is an iOS equivalent to the Korg Electribe. It’s the Groove Rider GR-16 by JimAudio. It works very similarly to the Electribe but for a fraction of the cost, so if you want to see if the Electribe workflow works for you and you have an iOS device, check it out. Once you like it, then definitely get the Electribe as hardware is so much more fun.
Shift + Tap -> goes to tempo menu pitch envelope modulation on kick samples helps a lot with dialing them in. arp is great for filling patterns with rhythmic content. mix and match different arps an time divisions. part erase is more for rhythmic muting. there is a clear sequence menu page accessible with shift + a pad. there is also a clear motion so you can clear modulation and note data separately.
Ive got an extra electribe shift pad skin I had 3d printed if u want one, please do more tutorials, my 9 year old son has been watching your tutorials and is learning more everyday! Keep it up!!
Hey Gabe, I've been getting a lot of mileage from your videos lately, learning about grooveboxes in general, and now some specific stuff for my E2 which has collected dust for years. Thanks so much!
Coming in late after this video came out but hoping for an answer. Being a total newbie i would like to know why some nobs and pads are blue and why some are red. Can someone please give me a response.
Nice video, short and sweet. I believe each pad/button + shift brings you to a specific page in the menu pages. For example, shift + pad 14 takes you to the erase part sequence data page. With a little practice, one can navigate the menu pages quickly by hitting a specific pad. Keep up the good work.
@@GabeMillerMusic Thats fine if that's the way you want to work, but if you're going to do a demo take the time and learn the kit and show people the proper way to use the instrument.
I need a bass tutorial for the electrobe synth ahah, I will make Hardtek, Techno and Frenchcore but I don't know if the Electribe 2 is potent enough, Works fine on the EMX without problems tho
I connect Arturia BSP midi to E2 with stereo 3.5mm audio cable that made diy, it switches left and right channels because midi standard of korg and arturia some different.
Hi . I’ve got the electribe 2 s sampler, the red one. Does it have a similar functionality ? Even I’m new to these devices as I’m a singer/songwriter. Are there good tutorials for the 2 s sampler?
Hi Gabe as a noob i was wondering if there is a definitive book or publication that might speed up the learning curve a bit ? I'm retired so i can put the time in watching youtubes but it's a bit of a mish mash and things might make more sense if a manual/guide book was at hand.What thinks ye ?
hey mate thanks for these new tutorials. if i were to run a guitar + mic (via interface) into the Audio In of the Electribe, would i be able to treat them separately with separate FX? or are they limited to the same part?
This is the only groovebox I owned, and I have about a half dozen, that I actively hated with a passion. The only people who seem to like it have never used another groovebox. You can break off a branch from a tree outside and have a better experience by hammering on a cement sidewalk.
It's definitely not for everyone, but I'd disagree with the idea that the only people who like it only own one groovebox. One of the things that made me want to get it was people who had used both saying that it would compliment my Novation Circuit well, and they were right. Both are dope for very different reasons and I'm glad I own both (plus the MC-101, which is like a hybrid of the two).
Would you mind giving us a rundown of maybe your top 3 that you own and why? I've also owned quite a number myself and while at first I was pretty frustrated with the Electribe, once I learned the shift shortcuts and understood the workflow, it became one of my most used devices for banging out ideas.
I'm a drummer and my guitar player seems to think that I have time to mess with this thing instead of making backing tracks or using something like an Octo Pad for triggers etc. Any thoughts on this?
It's difficult but not as difficult as learning the entire music theory again from scratch. Maybe 1/4th of the difficulty of learning the entire music theory again from scratch, including all the scales, the drum beat rhythm basics, and your basic, beginner's Frequency Modulation Theory. Yes, I'm serious. It's that difficult. But it's worth it, and this is despite all the inadequacies of this little synth like part reverb absence or mediocre reverb in general, or inability to sample for the Synth one, offset by a huge, unforgivable loss of synths capabilities if you do decide to go with the sampler. Still, despite all this - this little (and uncharacteristically heavy) device is in a niche of its own. It has no competitors in its price range, and even beats a lot of the higher price range competition. I had to make my own type A MIDI breakout cable for it, because after spending $300 on it I wasn't about to dish out additional $30 for a tiny adapter that cost 25 cents to make.
I have a question if anyone can help. Once you've created a tune that you like, is it possible to export it from the electribe to a phone or laptop? For example, could you freestyle for ten minutes but keep that session to listen at a later time? I'm using the red sampler fresh off the shelf....and I love it! I haven't even thought about using the SD slot yet though 😂
You can export the individual tracks of a project to the SD card as wav files or an Ableton project. It's one of my favorite features of the Electribe.
Not really, it's pretty different. Each Volca does something specific with its own sound engine (analog subtractive, FM, etc), whereas the Electribe tracks are all pretty basic digital subtractive tracks.
4:40 what you forgot to mention is that you might have to go up and down with the Pattern keys for the "offenting note" to light up in the track. if you are on a different instrument
Noone is expecting you to create a hit song during a RUclips tutorial. Don't alienate your viewers, many of which are beginners, by constantly reminding them of how basic/boring this is. You start a demo/tutorial with a basic beat, like any professional teacher or instructor would... There is nothing to apologize for!
If you suffer from accidentally changing patterns using the value knob before you've saved, there's a global setting to lock the knob so you have to use shift-knob to change pattern.
Lock pattern feature is Bomber!
i cant find it? whats the name? its 17 options wirh mine
@@spel2024 Global settings 18\20 PTN LOCK ON )) wheeeee ptn huylo wheeeee lalalalalalàlàlaaaa
@@mikg2618 well, I don't have these settings, I have the gray one, haven't found it... Maybe it's an older version...
@@spel2024 possibly maybe (Bjork song) you can easily update firmware, download from korg and put on sd card in folder. Read manual for folder names. Remember, korg block's downgrading back to old firmware to prevent switching grey version to sample with firmware substitution. But no big deal to find those firmwares and do it. Anyway newer firmware 2. better than 1.6 that used to sub's E2 to E2S.
As a complete noob to music, this video got me started on my brand new electribe in minutes, not weeks. With in a couple hours of ripping open the box, I was playing loops for my family. Thanks!
I’m the pianist and percussionist in my family, and my brother received something from Korg the other day so I opened it excited thinking he got a keyboard. Turned out to be this! And me being a huge techno fan, started playing around with it and thought it was the coolest thing ever. So now I have one on the way
Not sure if you’re aware, but everytime you load an init pattern, it always gives you a four on the floor kick....also I think shift & tap tempo gives you quicker access to the tempo change...in fact every part button as an associated shift function.....the groove type options for the drums will also automatically change velocity and in some cases move ‘off the grid’. Hope you find these little tips helpful 😀
And the Electribe Tutorials are coming. I love that you keep the electribe alive. 😙
Thanks Gabe! This machine is still awesome.
My sampler arrived yesterday after 2 months waiting for it in the post and this video turned it from a head fuck into a utterly enjoyable piece of kit.
Thank you.
more , more ,more Electribe !!!!!😎👍
There is an iOS equivalent to the Korg Electribe. It’s the Groove Rider GR-16 by JimAudio. It works very similarly to the Electribe but for a fraction of the cost, so if you want to see if the Electribe workflow works for you and you have an iOS device, check it out. Once you like it, then definitely get the Electribe as hardware is so much more fun.
Watching this 3 years on and it’s helping me with my decision to pick one of these up second hand. Thanks!
As a primer that would be too hardcore for me. But having it rest in the drawer and get up to speed again quickly your video helped a lot.
Shift + Tap -> goes to tempo menu
pitch envelope modulation on kick samples helps a lot with dialing them in.
arp is great for filling patterns with rhythmic content. mix and match different arps an time divisions.
part erase is more for rhythmic muting. there is a clear sequence menu page accessible with shift + a pad. there is also a clear motion so you can clear modulation and note data separately.
big fan of Korg and you gabe!
Ive got an extra electribe shift pad skin I had 3d printed if u want one, please do more tutorials, my 9 year old son has been watching your tutorials and is learning more everyday! Keep it up!!
Hey Gabe, I've been getting a lot of mileage from your videos lately, learning about grooveboxes in general, and now some specific stuff for my E2 which has collected dust for years. Thanks so much!
Your 6:45 knob warning is no joke. Great advice.
I actually needed to learn the machine after I had it for so long and this video allowed me to do that, so thanks bunch for making this :)
Coming in late after this video came out but hoping for an answer. Being a total newbie i would like to know why some nobs and pads are blue and why some are red. Can someone please give me a response.
Thanks, I just got one and need all the help I can get to program it!.
Nice video, short and sweet. I believe each pad/button + shift brings you to a specific page in the menu pages. For example, shift + pad 14 takes you to the erase part sequence data page. With a little practice, one can navigate the menu pages quickly by hitting a specific pad. Keep up the good work.
Thanks! And yeah that's the proper way to do it, but found the method of just tabbing through settings a bit less intimidating to remember.
@@GabeMillerMusic Thats fine if that's the way you want to work, but if you're going to do a demo take the time and learn the kit and show people the proper way to use the instrument.
thank you:))
I have an EMX 1 and a Jdxi, a td3 and an akai mpk261. They all work BEAUTIFULLY in unison.
Thank you Gabe, very useful video.
loved my e2!
Great job, man. I have some software Electribes so this tutorial was useful for me.
Thank you!!
Thanks man this really helpful.
Very nice groovebox
You are AWESOME!n thank you😊
I need a bass tutorial for the electrobe synth ahah,
I will make Hardtek, Techno and Frenchcore but I don't know if the Electribe 2 is potent enough, Works fine on the EMX without problems tho
how to erase all the parts? It is very slow for me to delete the parts one by one
Atte. Diego
Always want to know what material is made of Electribe 2 and its knobs. Thank you
Would connecting an Arturia Keystep to the Electribe help as a sequencer/arpeggiator?
I connect Arturia BSP midi to E2 with stereo 3.5mm audio cable that made diy, it switches left and right channels because midi standard of korg and arturia some different.
Thanks for the video. It help a lot getting started! Any suggestions on how to get an envelope filter/wah effect?
Maybe try the lowpass filter with a high resonance?
Just got mine thanks !!! lol by the way did you know you can set a 2 bar intro on the metronome before the song starts !
There are no WAVETABLES in the Tribe @2:49 in the sense that some might understand that as...
Hi . I’ve got the electribe 2 s sampler, the red one. Does it have a similar functionality ? Even I’m new to these devices as I’m a singer/songwriter. Are there good tutorials for the 2 s sampler?
Hi Gabe as a noob i was wondering if there is a definitive book or publication that might speed up the learning curve a bit ? I'm retired so i can put the time in watching youtubes but it's a bit of a mish mash and things might make more sense if a manual/guide book was at hand.What thinks ye ?
hey mate thanks for these new tutorials. if i were to run a guitar + mic (via interface) into the Audio In of the Electribe, would i be able to treat them separately with separate FX? or are they limited to the same part?
This is the only groovebox I owned, and I have about a half dozen, that I actively hated with a passion. The only people who seem to like it have never used another groovebox. You can break off a branch from a tree outside and have a better experience by hammering on a cement sidewalk.
It's definitely not for everyone, but I'd disagree with the idea that the only people who like it only own one groovebox. One of the things that made me want to get it was people who had used both saying that it would compliment my Novation Circuit well, and they were right. Both are dope for very different reasons and I'm glad I own both (plus the MC-101, which is like a hybrid of the two).
Would you mind giving us a rundown of maybe your top 3 that you own and why? I've also owned quite a number myself and while at first I was pretty frustrated with the Electribe, once I learned the shift shortcuts and understood the workflow, it became one of my most used devices for banging out ideas.
I'm a drummer and my guitar player seems to think that I have time to mess with this thing instead of making backing tracks or using something like an Octo Pad for triggers etc. Any thoughts on this?
It's difficult but not as difficult as learning the entire music theory again from scratch. Maybe 1/4th of the difficulty of learning the entire music theory again from scratch, including all the scales, the drum beat rhythm basics, and your basic, beginner's Frequency Modulation Theory. Yes, I'm serious. It's that difficult. But it's worth it, and this is despite all the inadequacies of this little synth like part reverb absence or mediocre reverb in general, or inability to sample for the Synth one, offset by a huge, unforgivable loss of synths capabilities if you do decide to go with the sampler. Still, despite all this - this little (and uncharacteristically heavy) device is in a niche of its own. It has no competitors in its price range, and even beats a lot of the higher price range competition. I had to make my own type A MIDI breakout cable for it, because after spending $300 on it I wasn't about to dish out additional $30 for a tiny adapter that cost 25 cents to make.
How many sound slots can u have? what is the expansion slot on the left?
Oi, does anyone know how to create more length with coping the existing pattern thanks. :)
I have a question if anyone can help. Once you've created a tune that you like, is it possible to export it from the electribe to a phone or laptop?
For example, could you freestyle for ten minutes but keep that session to listen at a later time?
I'm using the red sampler fresh off the shelf....and I love it!
I haven't even thought about using the SD slot yet though 😂
You can export the individual tracks of a project to the SD card as wav files or an Ableton project. It's one of my favorite features of the Electribe.
@@GabeMillerMusic thank you so much for your reply.
That's great!!
Could you make this same video for the circuit?
Payton Carter beat me to it, and it's a great video: ruclips.net/video/KkOduK8IOkQ/видео.html
Hi there, is this Electribe an alternative for all the Korg Volca’s?
Not really, it's pretty different. Each Volca does something specific with its own sound engine (analog subtractive, FM, etc), whereas the Electribe tracks are all pretty basic digital subtractive tracks.
Shift+Tap - bpm page
Whats the difference to the electribe 2 sampler?
👍👍
Do you have to connect it up to anything to work? I see a cable in the top left..
That cable is to record its audio into my audio interface. But in regular use, it works completely by itself, all you need is a pair of headphones.
4:40 what you forgot to mention is that you might have to go up and down with the Pattern keys for the "offenting note" to light up in the track. if you are on a different instrument
Hi Gabe, I bought my Electribe 2 second hand also and most of the patterns are filled...how do I erase these? Thanks!
I'd try to see if there's an init pattern, then save it over a bunch of others
@@GabeMillerMusic Okay, thanks!
Factory reset!
"5 Min Later" lol for real
As a Circuit user this looks super uncomfortable to work on! Cool video, tho!
I have an advice too. Dont buy this shit.
Noone is expecting you to create a hit song during a RUclips tutorial.
Don't alienate your viewers, many of which are beginners, by constantly reminding them of how basic/boring this is.
You start a demo/tutorial with a basic beat, like any professional teacher or instructor would... There is nothing to apologize for!
Bla Bla Bla Bla
what? no tap tempo? yikes
You can do tap tempo - just tap the "tap" button.
Hmmmm read the manual yet? 😁
Seriously stooopid comment, especially given it's got a dedicated button.