Electribe is a group of electronic musical instruments by
Korg
, founded as Keio Electronic Laboratories, is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures electronic musical instruments, audio processors and guitar pedals, recording equipment, and electronic tuners. Under the Vox brand name, t ...
. From its beginnings with the Electribe R to the ESX-1, this series includes both analogue modeling
synthesizer
A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis ...
s and sampling
drum machines that can be programmed the same as a drum machine. The
analogue modeling synth and sampling drum machine both share a ''drum-pattern'' section and a ''synth-pattern'' section, whereby the user can not only program drum patterns, but also synth and
basslines. These hybrid machines could be considered '
groovebox
A groovebox is a self-contained electronic or digital musical instrument for the production of live, loop-based electronic music with a high degree of user control facilitating improvisation. The term "Groovebox" was originally used by Roland C ...
es'.
The launch party for the product in 1999 was announced with a recorded CD invitation that was featured in Entertainment Weekly magazine as one of the best party invitations of the year.
Models
;1st generation - Released 1999-2000
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EA-1: Analog Modeling Synthesizer
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ER-1: Rhythm Synthesizer
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* ES-1: Rhythm Production Sampler
* EM-1: Music Production Station
;2nd generation - Released 2003-4
* EA-1 mkII: Analog Modeling Synthesizer
* ER-1 mkII: Rhythm Synthesizer
* ES-1 mkII: Rhythm Production Sampler (using ]SmartMedia
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storage. Maximum size card recognized is 64MB)
* ESX-1: Music Production Sampler (using SmartMedia storage)
* EMX-1: Music Production Station (using SmartMedia storage)Secure Digital
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The standard was introduced in August 1999 by joint efforts between Sa ...
(SD) storage)
* EMX-1SD: Music Production Station (Identical to the EMX-1, but using Secure Digital
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The standard was introduced in August 1999 by joint efforts between Sa ...
(SD) storage)
;iPad application
* iElectribe: an app
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for the iPad
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* iElectribe: an app
App, Apps or APP may refer to:
Computing
* Application software
* Mobile app, software designed to run on smartphones and other mobile devices
* Web application or web app, software designed to run inside a web browser
* Adjusted Peak Performan ...
for the iPhone
*Electribe Wave: an app for the iPad and iPhone
;4th generation - Announced Sept 2014
* electribe
Electribe is a group of electronic musical instruments by Korg. From its beginnings with the Electribe R to the ESX-1, this series includes both analogue modeling synthesizers and sampling drum machines that can be programmed the same as a drum ...
: Music Production Station (using SD Card storage) http://www.korg.com/us/products/dj/electribe/
* electribe sampler: Music Production Sampler (using SD Card storage) http://www.korg.com/us/products/dj/electribe_sampler/
* Electribe ER1 VST, as part of the Korg Collection
The Korg Collection (initially launched as the Korg Legacy Collection in 2004) is a suite of virtual instruments and effects that emulate Korg's various hardware synthesizers. The original release included virtual versions of the MS-20, Polysix ...
released in November 2022.
References
Further reading
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External links
Korg home page
Korg Electribe forum
Electribe ESX/EMX forum
Electribrary files community database
Korg synthesizers
Grooveboxes
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