The Korg Electribe is a classic series of electronic instruments the first
of which started production last century. The range is still being produced today.
They use both analog modeling & sampling technologies.
They started as synths, drum machines & samplers.
The modern Electribes are fully integrated workstations.
Up to today, there have been 4 generations.
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1st generation - Released 1999-2001
EA-1: Analog Modeling Synthesizer
1999. Purely a synth.
Two voices, 1 filter
Distortion, Tempo delay, chorus/flanger
MIDI
ER-1: Rhythm Synthesizer.
Drum Machine
1999.
10 Parts (4 synthesizer parts,
2 audio in parts,
2 hi-hat parts,
1 crash cymbal part,
1 hand clap part)
MIDI
ES-1: Rhythm Production Sampler
Year 2000
This was one of the first samplers that let you process recorder sounds.
They were 32kHz.
This could store up to 95 seconds (mono) or 47.5 seconds (stereo) or recording time .
100 mono or 50 stereo samples can be stored.
EM-1: Music Production Station
Year : 2001
This was the first music production station.
It combined a drum machine and two synth parts.
The drum machine had 8 voices.
Lots of effects.
Eg Reverb, Flanger/Chorus, Phaser, Ring modulator, Pitch shifter, Compressor, Distortion,
delays, etc.
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2nd generation - Released 2003-4
Korg released Mark2 versions of their synth, drum and sampler electribes.
EA-1 mkII: Analog Modeling SynthesizerAgain , purely a synth.
number of parts: 2
Memory: 256 pieces patterns_16
ER-1 mkII: Rhythm Synthesizer
The drum machine.
combines a four-part DSP-based synthesizer with four additional PCM sound sources,
ES-1 mkII: Rhythm Production Sampler
(using SmartMedia storage. Maximum size card recognized is 64MB)
Number of parts: 12
Maximum Sampling Time: 95 (mono) / 47.5 (stereo) seconds
ESX-1: Music Production Sampler (using SmartMedia storage)
This is a workstation.
Interesting as they added vacuum tubes.
16 voices
2 synth parts, 9 drum parts, 1 drum accent part, 2 stretch part, 1 slice part, 1 audio in part
Sampling frequency: 44.1 kHz
Maximum 285 (mono) seconds
EMX-1: Music Production Station
2003
(using SmartMedia storage)
Again ... Tubes
16 voices.
5 synth parts, 9 drum parts, 1 synthesizer accent part, 1 drum accent part
4 types of filter. LP, BP, HP, BP+
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3rd generation - Released 2010
These were identical to the ESX & EMX above, except they used SD cards instead of the Smart Media cards.
ESX-1SD: Music Production Sampler
(Identical to the ESX-1, but using Secure Digital (SD) storage)
EMX-1SD: Music Production Station
(Identical to the EMX-1, but using Secure Digital (SD) storage)
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Apple iPad versions
iElectribe: an app for the iPad
This is the GORILLAZ Edition
iElectribe: an app for the iPhone
Electribe Wave: an app for the iPad and iPhone
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4th generation - Announced Sept 2014
Still in production
electribe: Music Production Station
(using SD Card storage)
electribe sampler: Music Production Sampler
(using SD Card storage)
