"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.

zlzabayle

March 14, 2013 @ 6:13 pm

I bought one here in Japan yesterday for 160US. It arrives in 2 days. Can't wait.

Meaty Beats

March 7, 2013 @ 4:50 am

Sold it. WISH I had it back right now. Trying to recreate some things that were so easy to do with the ER1 and it is taking forever.

Sclr

March 5, 2013 @ 7:03 pm

All the og electribes have one flaw. After years of plugging in the power supply, headphones and cables the jacks can come loose and might even separate from the board. There are simple fixes if you know your way around a soldering iron and you have patience fishing the boards out of the plastic housing.

Sclr

March 5, 2013 @ 7:01 pm

Legit. Its a Modern classic. Simple to use and nice step pattern features. I agree the snare can seem wimpy but if you spend some time with the er1 you can get some pretty decent 'woody' analog soundin snares. And if you layer like someone else said it can sound pretty bombastic. The hats sound like a 909 wich can be good or bad. The clap is ok same with the crash. They are static. but don't even mess with them, roll your own on the synth parts.

Cyrus

February 10, 2013 @ 9:23 am

Studio Clearance - Having to part with ours :(

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Korg-Electribe-ER-1-Analogue-Drum-Machine-/121064928 516?pt=UK_Drum_Machines_Grooveboxes&hash=item1c30083504

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