Filters - Korg Electribe 2

I love the electribe 2

Its a wonderful and underrated synth for very easily creating your own sounds.

You can model your own unique drum and synth sounds really easily.

 

The filters are one of your best tools for doing this.

There are 3 basic types:

LP, HP, BP

They are virtual analog.

 

You can cycle through each sub group by pressing the LPF/HPF/BPF buttons repeatedly

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LPF

electribe LPF  

MS20 LPF

MG LPF (moog)

P5 LPF (prophet 5)

OB LPF  (oberheim)

Acid LP  (TB303)

 

 

HPF 

electribe HPF

MS20 HPF

P5 HPF (prophet 5)

OB HPF (oberheim)

Acid HPF

 

BPF 

electribe BPF

MS20 BPF

P5 BPF

OB BPF

Acid BPF

 

 

A good live performance trick is to cycle through some of the filters. 

 

There's  filter automation available so you can program in filter sweeps quickly and easily.

Press the record button, and then move the cutoff freq knob.

You will notice the record button starting to blink.

 

Experiment with the EG int (intensity) knob in the filter section.

Increase the EGint to let the Amp EG modulate the filter.

 

When building a baseline, I usually use the LP filter to cut out higher frequencies.

However, a cool live performance trick is to load identical copies of  your bassline

into parts 1, 2 & 3 , and give each a different filter. The mute/unmute each part

and tweak your cutoff freq, Q and EG int during the performance.

You can even automate some of the parts.

 

Remember you can also input external audio through the electribes filters.