The Electribes also have Ableton Live integration. Pretty impressive…
The volca sampler doesn’t really sample, just does playback. but it does have a song mode. Something about the look of it reminds me of the elektron gear, it bears more than a passing resemblance to the monomachine only about half the size (and 1/8th of the price).
In addition to the 100 preloaded samples, you can use a dedicated, free iOS app to load your very own original user samples. Audio files on your iPhone or iPad or ambient sounds recorded with the app, can be used as samples.
Details about the dedicated iPhone application will be released in October 2014.
The new electribes, while not looking too sexy, actually have some great advancements:
16 different filter types (only 3 for sampler version though)… different pattern lengths per part up to 64 steps… 16 parts… can be drums or synths… different fx per part… more than 1 polyphony per part… master fx playable via touchpad which also include sequence manipulation algorythms… velocity sensitivity on pads… sampler also includes some synth models… & the sound quality? with 48khz guessing its an improvement on the emx.
Definitely wondering about price.
Main pity is that sampler only has 270 seconds of mono sampling @ 48khz.
Why no stream from SD card
Interested in speed of loading new sets of samples on the fly from SD.
Looks like the Volca Sampler will have it’s own Strom(like for RYTM) for loading samples haha. Not at all interested in the Volca Sampler. Can’t wait to see video of the new electribe.
Wonder about the price? I have to say the Electribes kind of seem OP-1ish almost. I think the have Mono 1/8inch audio input for recording. Battery powered. Pretty cool, hopefully they can do them under the 400 range.
There’s also a “pattern set” function which lets you switch patterns by pressing trigger pads, and an “event recording” function that records that performance.
-This is what the Octatrack needs. A way to record your whole performance “from scene to arrange mode” and further edit. Also recording fader movements into said mode would be key for Octa.
-Ok I assume with this electribe you can record your performance of track mutes scene changes and x-ypad movements, then possibly go back and over dub improvisations. Very powerful stuff, especially for live use. Then,oh, just bounce that to an Ableton session for mix down and adding further ITB sounds or what eve.
-I wonder if you can import Ableton sessions back into the electribe. Who needs a midi controller just save your set to a hardware groove box.
Glad that Korg are on paper appearing to offer something that seems so obvious to a groovebox song mode. Will have to wait & see if they record mutes/parameter manipulation/pad movements etc & overdubs, & which will carry over to ableton set data.
Really interesting.
What I see from this or what I hope is that These Elektron dudes are watching this as its the first real threat to the OT.
Elektron make the OT “fun” to use and by that I mean I love so much working with it but to save, name, reload, ect Ive already lost what Im doing it takes so long and is so unintuitive. Thats the killer.
When your really in the moment and you have to stop and remember 15 button combos, spin 3 times, point your ass to Mecca and hope it all works. Oh it doesnt - shit = NOT FUN.
Call me old-fashioned; but what has got me most excited about these is the ability to integrate their sequencers with other gear via midi. I have an A4, AR, and I just ordered a Pulse 2 even though I know I can’t incorporate it into my setup (which really bugs me). A setup consisting of the Pulse 2 with one of these new Electribes is sounding really good right now.
yeah, me too @Prints. I’m getting my werkstatt modded with midi in and I think the sampler will suit me just fine.
actually the volca sample had a pretty convincing thump as well.
i have a question for electribe veterans; could the esx send sample as sysex?
the reason I’m asking is if the format is 16bit/48khz, then the samples could, theoretically, be thrown at the RYTM, I think.
but quite nice device!