Alex Rafter - Electribe 2 - House & Techno

[@timzero]

I've seen cats with rooms full of gear that fail to create the vibe you do in this set , jammed out on one box on your sofa. Such sweet, masterful transitions too. You got it man, bring it .....

[@alexrafter]

Ah thanks a lot for leaving the comment man. Always great to get encouragement :)

[@elliottsilverman7931]

@@alexrafter goodtune ,how did you get the strings at beginning from the saw or the preset strings?

[@jjaarsveld1]

I’ll be more than happy to pay for a tutorial on how you did that!! Amazing!!!

[@eduugr]

Awesome !!!! So cool you can do all that amazing stuff with just the electribe 2. So many people on youtube displaying their 1 millon gear, and you come with your tiny wooden desk and the electribe 2 an rock it man... much inspiration!

[@alexrafter]

Thanks a lot eduugr 😎

[@OdeAnDenAmok]

Wow, absolutely great! I love Gregor Tresher and my mind was blown away as your set started! GREAT!

[@alexrafter]

Cheers! Yeah Gregor Tresher makes some blinding tracks.

[@tarkhancaracal]

GREAT stuff!!! Man I love seeing what people can do on the Electribe2.

[@alexrafter]

Thanks a lot. Yeah they're really good little boxes, always fun to use.

[@Chudmeat]

Just wanted to say that Alex Rafter is a great sounding techno name.

[@WrvrUgoThrUR]

How awesome is this!! Doing an entire mini-set on a single device. Just purchased the sampler version. Good to know what can be done with this amazing machine!

[@alexrafter]

Enjoy! It's a lot of fun still.

[@Chris_NBG]

Habe nicht gewusst das man solche Klänge mit der neuen electribe erzeugen kann. Erinnert mich stellenweise an die guten Sachen von Gregor Tresher! Sehr geile Session!! 😉

[@alexrafter]

Danke für das Auschecken!

[@awkb777]

I slowed this down 50% and i love it. thanks

[@rockawayu.s.aaudiovisualst4384]

I think the Electribe has a really good bass sound. Thanks for using the sub bass so we can hear the heavy bass tones. A lot of grove boxes miss this attribute. Keep up the good work!

[@themsquaredproject1675]

The sounds, variety, and performance is impressive. Keep it up!

[@alexrafter]

Cheers +The MSquared Project!

[@IanFairmanUK]

I'm not a great fan of house but I really liked this. I've got an Electribe 2 and this is a great source of inspiration.

[@alexrafter]

Thanks Ian.

[@MisterNiles]

Very nice. You have proven that the electribe is indeed an instrument and not just a piece of outboard gear.

[@alexrafter]

Hey man thanks very much! Yeah i definitely agree. I like to think of the Electribes as instruments first. They are very 'playable' which is why i think i'm still using mine as much as i do.

[@dnch]

best electribe jam on youtube!

[@alexrafter]

Thanks a lot man. Hopefully have another video up real soon.

[@andrejtrotzki5592]

Alex Rafter how can I produce an endless sound like you did in the beginning ? or didnt you do that with the electribe ?

[@alexrafter]

Yeah, all the sounds are from the Electribe. Just adjust the envelope release setting to full while using one of the VA waveforms. It'll carry on playing for a long time, not endless but long enough to mess about with on the fly ;)

[@drezno]

Best thing I've seen done with an electribe. full stop

[@alexrafter]

Thanks a lot for checking it out and leaving a comment Joel.

[@sandemigod8344]

best electribe2 video out there .. u nailed it man i love it

[@alexrafter]

Awesome thanks bud!

[@AllNightDayDream]

Definitely one of the best videos of its kind on the tube. Great work man!

[@alexrafter]

Thanks man. Much appreciated.

[@Jaysusitsme]

Best I’ve heard from any Electribe 2 on KZbin to date. Good stuff 👍🏿

[@alexrafter]

Thanks a lot Keith

[@kurzajewl8430]

Auch aus einer korg kann man Musik wie die Profis produzieren! Es geht nicht immer um das teuerste Gerät sondern um das Geschick /Ahnung und Ideen was die meisten Leute nicht haben! Punkt und aus!

[@sr7bbird]

now that was a decent minimal beat! nice job😀

[@alexrafter]

Nice one +sr7bbird! Thanks for checking it out.

[@changeling3050]

Very nice mate. Really enjoyed.

[@alexrafter]

Thanks very much for listening Paul.

[@anttoneves]

wow.....what a gig bro! fantastic! i'll get an electribe for sure....

[@alexrafter]

Thanks for the comment Antto. Hope you enjoy the Electribe when you get it. Still use mine all the time.

[@animitas]

I like it... a trip to the universe.

[@alexrafter]

Thanks bud!

[@arianabindman9446]

Pure magic. I thought my setup was complete but clearly not!

[@julienguillaud1604]

Bravo, respect ! Belle gestion de l'electribe 2.0. J'espère un jour arriver à faire a peu près ça ! J'ai reçu la rouge il y a une semaine, merci pour ta vidéo 👍

[@ethanjones5404]

great set, definitely the best i've seen, good shit!

[@alexrafter]

Ethan Jones ah awesome message to leave, thanks a lot! 👍

[@sirajansari7784]

Great set!

[@danielvigor7298]

Amazing mix

[@alexrafter]

Awesome, thanks!

[@epicon6]

This is so awesome!!! OMG!!

[@alexrafter]

Awesome! Thanks :)

[@JohnSmith-cc5zn]

Pure inspiration for my ES 2. I'm just becoming @ one with it

[@alexrafter]

Thanks Simon! They're great little instruments once you get into them.

[@muchhustle4982]

Very well done! Is really really tempting me to rebuy a used Electribe (to replace the one I sold last year, regretfully). If only it had a wavetable osc for more future’ish type bass..... This and the better stuff I made with it always sounded like my favorite music of the 90’s.....

[@VikerTurrit]

minimalistic+melodic= great! ....first electribe vid with style and good sounds and sense for club arrangement. ordered a electribe sampler 4 lifesetup... greetings

[@alexrafter]

Thanks very much for listening! Hope you enjoy the sampler. I just got mine about a month ago.

[@t-midownproduction48]

yes man c'est cool ta production bravo

[@johandypablofrias3453]

Like you Music and... nice Little table man !!! :)

[@alexrafter]

Johandy Pablo Frias thanks a lot! Yeah its great for a jam with the Electribe that little stool.

[@nicholaskothari8150]

I have one too and I really enjoyed this set

[@VTOLKits]

Great Performance!

[@alexrafter]

Thanks a lot for the feedback! 👍

[@holidayiv4856]

Ahh I freaking love it I have to get one of these solid track bud

[@alexrafter]

Thanks man! Yeah still use mine all the time.

[@al-fi9328]

damn Alex, you got some lit beats there. Electribe Union :)

[@alexrafter]

Ah awesome, thanks Al-Fi!

[@hihan196]

Good work

[@immyvideo]

Solid breakdowns

[@alexrafter]

Thanks a lot!

[@Raminmarciano]

Hey man , is this all stock samples ? This is by far the best demo i found on KZbin ! Also do you perform ?

[@basstantion9875]

ca gère mec c est du bon taff continu comme ça et surement même que tu as du progressais depuis ces dernières années.. force toi ALEX 👍 _(((( ELEKTRIBE POWER ))))°°°°

[@111213forlife]

alex, this is sweet! subbed! putout some more like this, man! keep it up!

[@alexrafter]

Thanks a lot for the encouragement! I'll hopefully get something else recorded soon :)

[@natanmandala]

Are you only using the effects on the korg, or are you using an effect pedal or other machine to help with the sound effects? What were the two sounds that you were using in the very beginning? Those were really good.

[@alexrafter]

Thanks Nathan Coleman. Its just the Electribe on its own. Not sure which sounds you mean exactly but the synth parts are made from the inbuilt waveforms 😎

[@NeoLudditevisons]

Great work man!

[@alexrafter]

+NeoLudditevisons Thanks for checking it out!

[@NeoLudditevisons]

I've listened to it a few times now, really good example of what this unit is capable of by itself. I've done a few vids on my channel using EMX2 an Volcas you should check them out =)

[@alexrafter]

Wicked. I nearly bought a Volca a couple of weeks ago. I'll definitely check the vids out.

[@NeoLudditevisons]

Get the Vsample it's great to play through the audio in in EMX2 =)

[@alexrafter]

+NeoLudditevisons i'm waiting till NAMM at the moment to see if there's gonna be any other new samplers this year.

[@creaturefarm2698]

Fantastic! Best Electribe vid out there imo. You put a lot of time into this. How long did it take you to build all of the different patterns/ compose the whole performance?

[@alexrafter]

Thanks a lot for the comment +Creaturefarm. Ah i'm not sure exactly as i made it a while ago. I tend to just make lots of different patterns and then start to put them all together so its not like i write it from beginning to end. I suppose i put together one or two patterns when i pick the Electribe up for a jam. I ditch the weak ones, and once i've got about 10 or so that i like (often with a couple of different variations of each), then i put them together. That bit sometimes takes a bit of time as i like to add bits to blend between each part. Hope that helps!

[@danielvansteenbergen4910]

Great vid man! Are these sounds on the Electribe? Of you put them in?

[@alexrafter]

Thanks +Davas! Yeah they're all straight out of the Electribe, nothing else added.

[@matt_r_w]

You're very talented

[@alexrafter]

Thanks Matthew!

[@edwardvivaldi]

Excellent.

[@alexrafter]

Cheers! +Edward Piercy

[@noquarter28]

Dope!!

[@MicroAnalogic]

Great jam, keep on ;)

[@alexrafter]

Thanks Pedro

[@redgiant1]

Is this done solely on your electribe or are you plugged in to some software? I haven't used one of these since the original mx came out and this is making me want one again

[@alexrafter]

Hey man. Yeah its all done on just the Electribe, nothing else. Still enjoying mine long after buying it.

[@livmccarten6250]

This shit fucken SLAPS. Well done

[@alexrafter]

Liv McCarten thanks a lot!

[@Naapeajaea]

Nice stuff !!, still on my old esx and ems, do you think I should upgrade ??

[@alexrafter]

Thanks a lot. Ah i've never used any of the older models. I heard the EMX1 has ita own character. I'm very happy with the new model overall. You can pick an EMX2 up for pretty cheap now second hand. I'd def recommend having a go on one. Still using mine a long time after i got it.

[@akt67]

Nice, Have you tried arturia spark? which is best for intuitive use?

[@alexrafter]

Thanks for checking it out. Yeah i haven't used Spark. I've got iSpark for my iPad but not the laptop/desktop version. The iPad version currently lacks modulation options, and ability to easily record motion sequencing in the simple way you can with the Electribe. But you do have some amazing features like the ability to stack sounds on one track, the fx, etc etc Hope that helps man!

[@dannyfink390]

Respect! 👍

[@ivanho7457]

chill beat gj.

[@hippiemajors5491]

good job bro this shit sounds great.

[@alexrafter]

Nice one +Hippie Majors. Thanks for the comments.

[@eSKa1982]

hi Alex, really great what you've done with the es2... i'm looking for an alternative to my laptop to producing stuff like this. all sounds are out of the korg es2 ? ans which model is it ? thanks in advance ;)

[@alexrafter]

Thanks a lot for the feedback +Barsch - Banause! All sounds are from the Korg Electribe 2 only (the synth version not sampler), nothing extra added. The older model like mine was grey in colour, the newer version is Blue (that's the only difference though). Its a great place to start for making things away from the laptop just stick with it and don't get put off by its limitations. Enjoy!

[@cHrOniCki11er]

dope man... respekt

[@alexrafter]

Nice one. Thanks

[@beat.bitlab]

Good job! Do you use only one unit pattern or do you use chain mode?

[@alexrafter]

Thanks man! Made this one quite a while ago. I think i might have put it together before the update with pattern chaining came out.

[@beat.bitlab]

Alex Rafter so did you only play the samples in a single unit pattern? do you know how record a long track and export it in the SD card?

[@alexrafter]

This one is the synth rather than the sampler model. I tend to make a few variations of each pattern and transition between them. You can export patttern chains as audio i think but i've not used it myself. I record longer sets as audio like this one, through my audio interface.

[@03Edgar]

amazing

[@alexrafter]

Nice one, thanks +Edgar Ordonez

[@Philipplus]

Neat Jam!

[@alexrafter]

Cheers!

[@FuckOffTrends]

great job mate ! especially the part that begin at 10:30, this is brillant ! How do you record with the mini jack 3.5 please ?

[@alexrafter]

Thanks man! I just recorded it with a mini jack to phono into going into my audio interface.

[@josealberto246]

Hola, hace falta conectarlo a una computadora? O solo a un parlante?Tengo un microkorg xl y mi idea es usarlos juntosGracias muy bueno lo tuyo

[@marcovalentini3387]

Great lives man!

[@alexrafter]

Thanks man

[@CaalamusTube]

Excellent toothy Bass Tone :] ...chewy!

[@vaspers]

Slow beginning....but takes off into outer space with techno frenzy. Very good demo. This video is pushing me over the edge toward the Electribe. I am also considering the Novation Circuit as a groove box. Had a Beat Thang, but it didn't work, so I returned it to Guitar Center and got a Roland JD-Xi as a groove box synth. Now I want more a pure rhythm/beat machine like this Electribe 2.

[@alexrafter]

Thanks dude. Yeah, i really like the Electribe for putting together drum patterns. Its quick, fun, and you can get some good results. I like the sampler for drums as well as you can change the kits.

[@hihan196]

Steven Streight that's named progressive sound, the heart of techno music ! 🤙

[@hihan196]

Haha

[@hihan196]

Da black is delicious too !

[@KrasavkinRomanE]

Sound good . Thank you.Peace.

[@oldschoolebm666]

dope track man! couple of questions: what are the swings settings you're using on this track? and which one would you take if you have to choose. This one or the sampler?

[@alexrafter]

Thanks a lot for the feedback. The set is made up of quite a few different patterns so the settings vary depending on which pattern i am using at the time. I use the groove templates quite a bit on different elements to add more variation to timing and velocity. As to which one, personally i'd go for the synth but that's probably just because i've used it more now. The sampler is definitely just as good in its own way.

[@KaratePigeonStudios]

At 3:00 it kinda sounds like gregor tresher - a thousand nights :) were you going for this ? Great jam by the way!

[@KaratePigeonStudios]

Ok, just read the description. Haha I'm an idiot! Great work!

[@alexrafter]

Ha ha no worries man. Yeah that track is one of my all time favourites.

[@arasimonian]

Very nice! Do you live in California by any chance??

[@alexrafter]

Thanks! Ah, no i'm from the UK ;)

[@arasimonian]

whats your thoughts on the ease of use?

[@arasimonian]

also are the sounds you are using presets or have you build of downloaded them? thank you. I am very interested in buying one and so far i think your video is the most well demonstrated one. :-)

[@alexrafter]

Yeah its definitely very easy to use.

[@alexrafter]

Thanks a lot. Yeah, all the sounds are built from scratch. It's pretty easy to get started. You could copy sounds over from the preset patterns but i've never done it personally.

[@alexmansion7518]

Man has talent

[@alexrafter]

Alex Mansion thanks man 🙏

[@pawemolenda3094]

Beauty !

[@alexrafter]

Cheers Pawel!

[@diegocortez6677]

great jam

[@alexrafter]

Thanks man

[@natanmandala]

I asked so many people this, and it seems like nobody has a simple answer, but how are you making the volume come right through the phone and out of the e2 itself, instead of recording a video like I do with the audio being recorded from a mini speaker with the phone's outside mic, at the same time, which sounds horrible, because I'm recording the volume live from the mini speaker coming out of the e2. I know how your doing the video, but how do make the volume like it's coming out of the system itself? How could I record a video just like your doing, and with the volume like yours, instead of recording it live with my phone recorder? Is there anyway to do this with an android phone alone or without a computer? I know there's got to be a way, I am just not tech savvy at all. No one ever taught me this kind of stuff. Any feedback I'd really appreciate? What is the cable coming from your headphone jack, and where is that routed too, and recording into? Thanks Alex.

[@alexrafter]

The Truth Channel hey man. I don’t have an android phone so I can’t give advice on that. I used a laptop with an audio interface. But, you have lots of options. You could try a simple audio recording device like one of the Zoom models if you want to keep it simple.

[@johnchesters81]

hi great work. I'm thinking of selling my Maschine to fund an electribe sampler. i want to get away from the computer but still post my songs to soundcloud. would I be able to record a live performance into my daw from this?

[@alexrafter]

Thanks John. The unit has a stereo out so you can record pretty easily into your DAW if you have an audio interface.

[@neffneffgeiler184]

You can export any pattern via SD as WAV or as Ableton Project! This synth is a beast.

[@SteveBurkert]

How long did it take to set this up? Must be lots and lots of sets you saved there, since you change them periodically and transition into each other, before moving to the next set.

[@alexrafter]

I tend to just pick up and play when I have a bit of free time so I don’t have a good sense of how long making the patterns took if I’m honest. Some come together pretty quickly, others might be sitting on there for a long time, and just messed with every now and then. Thanks for checking it out 😎

[@SekretSkwirral]

How do you save your jams and link your electribe to a DAW? ...

[@alexrafter]

Hey man. I don't use a DAW for jams like this. I just record the stereo out into an audio application like Audacity. You can export the patterns though as 16 x wav files and them load them into your DAW.

[@FuckOffTrends]

Alex Rafter a cool thing is that you you can jam outside and use event record, and then record into DAW at home.

[@mamgu21]

Out of interest, at 2:43ish, how do you get part 8 to start playing without pressing it? Bough the ES2 about a week ago and am still getting used to it.

[@alexrafter]

Hey man. Its just a pattern change. If you look a few seconds later you can see i use the pattern knob to switch to the next one in the set. I copied over parts to smooth out the transition. Think that's the part you mean anyway ;) Hope you enjoy your Electribe. Still rocking both of mine often.

[@GlobeBuster5150]

Nice work dude keep it up 😃 how would you rate this machine for a newb who's wanting to start making their own tunes?

[@alexrafter]

Hi Andy. Personally i think an Electribe would be a great place to start, particularly if you want to get away from the computer.

[@jaychar6013]

ULTIMATEEEEEEE!!!!!

[@sapuri5866]

nice music!!

[@alexrafter]

Thanks for the encouragement :)

[@EXA054]

WOW!

[@alexrafter]

Thanks for listening

[@86Ivar]

Really nice! but I wonder what the electribe really is.

[@alexrafter]

Thanks for checking it out. Yeah, just the normal E2.

[@demstaincanada]

Are they pre loaded sounds? Or do they come with the Korg elec?

[@alexrafter]

The synth parts you hear are made from the VA waveforms. The Electribe comes with a load of different waveforms: saw, triangle, sine, etc and you can shape them with the different parameters like the filter and modulation. It also has a pretty decent range of one-shot drums. Some of the other sample vocals etc are a bit dodgy but i tend not to use them that much personally.

[@silverlordfilms]

can you please make video on how to make a song with this

[@alexrafter]

+silver lord films great idea! I'm working on a new set on the EMX2 at the moment. Once that's done maybe i'll have a go at a tutorial or something. Let me know if there's anything specific you want me to cover.

[@silverlordfilms]

i wanna know how to make a song from start to end ,how to set the bars and patterns how to export to sd card basic song structure

[@MrSpectralwave]

Bravo Maestro !!!!!!!!!!!!!! nice tool, but you have the rythem in blood . respect from Romania

[@alexrafter]

Thanks a lot +MrSpectralwave

[@MrSpectralwave]

Hello again , I buy this ""machine"" a few weeks ago .I insert a sdhc card( 8 giga), and when try to export my made new sample the message is ""memory full"" Sorry for my English . Help me please ??!!

[@alexrafter]

Hey dude. Have you formatted the memory card for use on the Electribe?

[@MrSpectralwave]

Yes Alex ! First time I do this , and I read the user manual. After I formatted the card in Korg , I put this in my laptop , and I import in wav format maybe 50 sample . When I look to property of sd card , I use 200 mb from 8 giga , then I put it again in korg , after a few processed sample and save, message is"" memory full"" How to create o more space ??? . Respect ! A few tips I learn from you ,watching again and again at your post.

[@alexrafter]

Its sounds like the message you are getting on the Electribe sampler is related to the Electribe's memory being full. It only has 24mb so it will get full very quickly. If you want to load more samples i recommend downloading the blank file from Korg's website then you can load up a bunch of your own sounds on the ESX2. Also, try you could try using a sample manager. I found it much easier than doing sample management just on the Electribe.

[@prestondenby68]

This is amazing!

[@alexrafter]

Thanks a lot +Aaron Preston

[@Electro5e]

hi, wich electribe 2 model is it ?

[@alexrafter]

Thanks for checking out the jam. Its the EMX2 - the synth model ;)

[@aprocalypse2525]

Nice!!!

[@generaltheoryofdub]

do you play live shows with the Electribe?

[@alexrafter]

generaltheoryofdub Hey man. Yeah I play out a bit up in the Midlands UK. Not pushing it very much at the moment though.

[@brunoscherma9407]

Good work ;-)

[@alexrafter]

Thanks man

[@hippiemajors5491]

I'm getting one of these mos def

[@alexrafter]

Yeah go for for it man. They're awesome for jamming.

[@tonyhawk667]

i always have a static noise on 20khz, how did you delete it.

[@alexrafter]

Yeah they're a little noisey. Have you checked to make sure the audio input is switched to off (in global settings i think)? Having this turned to 'on' tends to make the background noise much louder.

[@LandOnBolts]

this device rules, you could put in batteries and bring a pair of headphones and go anywhere with it

[@ACIDis...]

Hi Alex! great jam!! Like your style and sure as hell like the basslines! Now I have a question; what is your secret of getting 57.000 + viewers for this vid?? I'm gettin maybe about 500 a year.... I'm kinda yealous ☺

[@alexrafter]

Ah thanks a lot man! Not sure why this one took off but really happy people enjoyed it.

[@ACIDis...]

Alex Rafter: I just listened to it again and it sound really great indeed!! There are a lot of Electribe 2 haters out there, but I think we proved them wrong... It’s a great instrument (even more as one takes in it’s almost budget price tag) and surely CAN produce nice performances like yours!! I tried many boxes but this one still has a great workflow compared to several contemporary machines... thanks for your reply, sweet jammin!!

[@screamotraplord]

Awesome bro! You should check out my jam sessions on the kpro+ and Kp3+ peace

[@KrasavkinRomanE]

Good ) Thank you.go next video)

[@adamarkus6405]

2:51 gregor tresher - thousand nights cover :D

[@alexrafter]

adam arkus well spotted 👽