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Korg • ElecTribe/R ER-1

"Korg has created the ultimate analog beat machine. Simply by tweaking the knobs on the ELECTRIBE-R, you have unlimited control over all the elements that make up the sounds - like pitch, modulation depth, waveform shape and much more. Drop these sounds into the built-in sequencer and you've got unique rhythms with your own creative signature. And with the ELECTRIBE R, you can hear every change you make as it happens, allowing you to mold the groove on the fly."

"The built-in step sequencer's 16 pad keys make it easy for you to produce rhythms from the sounds you create. Each pad keys lights up so you can easily see what rhythm a part is programmed to play. Plus, you can play in beats in real-time using the 12 trigger pads. Four of the pads are assignable to any analog modeling sound you come up with, two are reserved for controlling sounds accessed through the audio input, and the other four permanently control the indispensable PCM sounds. So you can tailor your own custom "kits" to fit each musical situation."

"To add even more life to your patterns you can record the real-time movement of any of the ELECTRIBE-R's oscillator, amp or effect parameters as a Motion Sequence. This lets you change your sounds as your groove progresses in a way that more traditional drum machines just can't match! Plus, every sound or rhythm you create can be stored as a pattern that includes your knob movements. And you can save up to 256 1 to 4-bar patterns in internal memory."

"The ELECTRIBE-R can also be controlled from an external sequencer, keyboard, or sampler to function as an analog sound rhythm tone generator, or set up to control or be controlled by other hardware or computer-based sequencers." - Korg-USA The ElecTribes are used by Orbital, Cirrus, Dan Hekate, Saulaterre, The Prodigy, YB70, 69db, MDFMK, Crystal Distortion, the Crystal Method, Massive Attack, and the Chemical Brothers.

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phreak9

Posted 18 days ago

i agree. no good snares. i messed around with this thing forever and filled up every pattern spot available and could only create 1 good snare sound and maybe a slightly distorted version of it.i also dont think this would work for live compositions as there is no way i found to change pitch or frequency without making the sound go haywire for a second and every good change you make gets reset when the next pattern starts and every time a pattern changes sounds with D,S, and R are reset and make a strange bounce sound. i like it for ease of use and for the price i give it a 3.5 out of 5 but for live use i dont think you can do much other than turn it on and press play and get far away from it. midi a keyboard to it maybe

Jake

Posted 30 days ago

Hi im Jake the Korg er-1's sequencer is horrible for transmiting midi trigering. You have not much control over it as far as editing options. If you want you can try useing the parts key pads as a non velocity key board of sorts. Good luck

andrew

Posted 31 days ago

does this ER-1 have a sequencer , because i was thinking of plugging it with an drum module wich hasn't a sequencer ( only triggering and midi ) .

ontopic : this electribe has a very nice sound generator , you can do so many styles with it , an very awsome and simple to use machine .

Jake

Posted 33 days ago

Hi I would love to erase all of my original er-1 patterns I tweeked and restet back to factory presets. Of coarse I have no manual. I think it is hold shift button and press write button twice. If anyone would post the order set of button pressing needed please post .

Jon

Posted 34 days ago

This is a very useful creative sound tool and sounds especially good through distortion (but then again what doesn't?)

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