Eureka! 2 ways to easily and quickly step sequence notes on the Electribe 2 and Sampler

[@cemegonuts]

Your tutorials are 10000000000000 times better than ANYTHING Korg puts out for ANY of their products. They better be paying you off!

[@copernico3033]

Dude. I had an electribe 2 once. Sold it. Bought it again. Re-sold it. Today i got another one. Then I remembered why i didn't like it. It was precisely because it didn't have a sequencer mode for notes. Saw your video. So useful. Love the electribe. Thanks!!!

[@ryanjapan]

The last 30 seconds or so blew my mind + opened up so many possibilities!

[@robotunes]

Thanks for posting. Got rid of my Electribe a year and a half ago because this Step Jump hack was the quickest way to step record. Drove me insane. I'm shocked that Korg hasn't improved the workflow after all this time. Well, keep on jamming.

[@bigeasternsyndicate6933]

OMG, you've rewritten my understanding of this machine.

[@00gavin]

Mind blown. That step jump input trick is just... Thanks!

[@loopop]

You're welcome!

[@AD-Dom]

Surprisingly simple. Cause the alternative is beyond time consuming. Thanks for the tips!

[@21daystill]

thanks a lot! just what i was looking for. opens up a lot of possibilities!

[@regfield1461]

Brilliant, thank you. This has been the one thing that has been a problem for me, its a great bit of kit and this has solved the last problem.

[@jhg1930]

Excellent! This is very helpful. I wish Korg would just release a patch that would make this easier, like holding the step down and turning the value knob to the note you want or something

[@vladv5126]

You can actually do that. You just need to go to the note page first in the step edit menu.

[@omgitsrook]

Both ways are super clever! Should come in very handy for me. Thanks!

[@AdrianRowbotham]

Only had my Electribe for 24 hours and this was my only burning question. I figured it was probably possible using a MIDI keyboard but that second technique is good to know for when I am travelling with it.

[@algrafx]

First «way» is brilliant!

[@loopop]

Thanks!

[@VTOLKits]

Thanks for the tips, i think its important to have a keyboard, especially for chords.

[@FBJ-Enduro]

So simple... so useful... the solution was always in front of us... thanks!

[@tririe5981]

electribe2のキーボードの打ち込み方に困ってました！ありがとうございます！

[@AbominusRules]

how is that midi keyboard controller in the video connected to the Electribe?

[@vorinc]

Hi, if you're still interested, I've uploaded a video on my channel where I explain how to do it with an Android smartphone instead of iOS. You just need some cables and a free app called "MIDI keyboard". It is basically the same method used here but with an Android device :)

[@Zeonoid]

Finally

[@hughthemusicalengineer4365]

I've used my Microkorg XL+ as a midi keyboard for my Electribes, but not tried the step sequence function. Just played notes into each midi channel live while recording the sequence on the Electribe.

[@MicheleRagosta]

how did you connect the xl plus with the electribe? ableton? which cables? i want to try too thanks

[@josepha891]

@@MicheleRagosta you need the Korg made, midi 1/8 to 5 din adapters.

[@OrangeJackson]

Great. Was wondering how to use "step jump."

[@willmoore1305]

Man. This is brilliant.

[@samaBR333]

awesome! and yes, we want more!

[@danielkats9045]

thank you very much for this tutorial man! I'll hit subscribe!

[@middle_pickup]

Great tips! Keep the Electribe content coming!

[@Steven_Random_Suffix]

Would be great if you'd be able to use a midi keyboard on whatever midi channel and it only records the part that's actually active on the Electribe.

[@MrLagershandy]

Hi there, Could you demonstrate how you connected the XKey25 to the Electribe please? I've searched everywhere for documentation/examples & even asked the guys at CME if it's possible. They told me that only the XKey37 has midi out via an additional cable. Thanks in advance.

[@loopop]

MrLagershandy CME to IPhone- then midi out routed thru midiflow. Hope this helps - tell CME too ;)

[@MrLagershandy]

Thanks! So that would be Bluetooth from the CME to iPhone, picked up by Midiflow, then routed out of the iPhone via USB to the Electribe?

[@loopop]

MrLagershandy yes exactly

[@echokammersurvivor2210]

why the fuck do I watch this, I dont even own the electribe

[@andreamilana_art]

Spacko Robi ahahah :D

[@256k_]

that midi keyboard is connected to a PC then connected to the E2? correct? or have you found a way to connect a usb midi keyboard straight into the e2?

[@loopop]

The keyboard is connected thru a phone and a hub - you can't connect a USB keyboard directly to the E2

[@danielkats9045]

Very cool tutorial man!

[@RickMaczka]

Excellent great tips you've been giving very grateful here keep it up

[@loopop]

Nice to hear - thanks & will do ;)

[@TheChannelofaDisappointedMan]

So you can use step jump to input notes but it won't quantize?

[@andreamilana_art]

Excellent tips here! Very useful Thanks! :)

[@PaulSpades]

Sooo... can we use the step jump in record mode to record automation jumps per step as well?

[@pernillajonsson2126]

Hi! Absolute beginner to everything in synths and grooveboxes so wonder how and where the sound comes from from the midi keyboard. Is it connected to a computer ? Could you just make a short explanation to as how you have connected the Electribe, midi keyboard and eventually a computer. Last question, do you think the Electribe 2 (also the sampler version) would be a good or bad place to start for someone just starting out?

[@loopop]

Sorry indeed I don't explain it in the video - MIDI is routed through a computer. you can do this in your DAW, but I recommend just getting a MIDI controller with a regular MIDI output and save the hassle. Regarding good place to start, It's not a bad place but there are so many other options in the price range, it's best to explore a bit and see what resonates with you. There's no right answer.

[@thundertentronchk7515]

You are the man.

[@Crafter2a]

how did you connect the keyboard

[@WrvrUgoThrUR]

I like the Electribe, but these little workarounds you have to do--as opposed to how easy they are on a KeyStep Pro, have convinced me to sell the Electribe and get the KeyStep Pro.

[@WayanJos]

how did you connect the midi controller? via midi?

[@pacom5543]

Thank it was really helpful I have the same one too Electribe Korg

[@bungeechord1]

Thanks!

[@j4ym2]

absolutely brilliant!

[@Philipplus]

Nice tutorial! Missing a step record mode was a great oversight from Korg. How are you programming those sustained sounds? One of the EG knobs is labels Decay/Release, but I never found how to activate sustain (thus I can only use it to control Decay)? Cheers!

[@loopop]

Philip+ thanks very much! You can get sustain if you turn off the Amp E.G. (I know, you lose attack and release). Hopefully we get ASR in a future firmware update

[@Philipplus]

Yeah... but not having Attack and Release transients makes the engine useless for pads. I'm still wondering why they put the "Decay/Release" label on a knob that effectively is only a Release on an AR envelope. Hopefully you are right and a future firmware will add (at least) a switchable sustain to the EG. Cheers.

[@AABattery]

very useful thx!

[@NeoLudditevisons]

Keep up these videos! great work :-)

[@TheArtosan]

Just for reference, but what are your global parameter settings for using this midi keyboard on the electribe? How its hooked up etc, for i bet you will get this question a lot if it's not mentioned. Great you put this up! Eureka indeed ;)

[@loopop]

Thanks very much! Regarding global parameters - I didn't change anything from the factory defaults - any old midi keyboard should work. This particular keyboard has MIDI out through USB and Bluetooth. I wanted to reduce latency so I hooked it up via USB. I could have used a USB-MIDI host but I just used my phone with MIDIMITTR routing the midi out back to USB and into the Electribe. Hope this helps.

[@brianholliday9198]

Jumping in on this....how well would the circuit work in place of that keyboard? Thanks for the video. That's a really useful tip to use the step jump to sequence.

[@loopop]

Funny you should ask. I first tested this with my Circuit and it works great as a midi controller for this purpose (or any other). I just didn't want to use it in the video because I thought it would confuse the heck out of people...

[@brianholliday9198]

Haha, fantastic. Yeah that makes sense to use the keyboard. That's good to know the circuit works well for this purpose. Alrighty I think I'm official sold on getting an electribe. I feel with the tips in this video I can do what I want with it. I really appreciate all your work, I use your lemur template for playing chromatic samples on the circuit all the time!

[@loopop]

Nice to hear about the lemur template ;) Before you get the Electribe... there two Electribes and you don't want to get the wrong one... make sure you know the differences between them

[@miles46100]

A midi keyboard won't spread the notes over the keyboard will it? Like, if I were to load a sample of a piano 'C' note, the other pitches of a piano wouldn't be present if I were to play another key on the midi keyboard?

[@DjSuess]

This can be done with the electribe sampler I'm guessing or hoping? Thanks

[@loopop]

yes

[@beat.bitlab]

useful tutorial and nice midi keyboard! is it the xkey air or silver 25? I'd like to buy it but the air one looks expensive, does it worth that much?

[@loopop]

Thanks! It's the xkey air 25. I highly recommend trying to play one in a store before you buy it. I like it, but only because I wanted the bluetooth functionality and mobility. It's that's not important to you get a cheaper keyboard with more motion (like the arturia keystep)

[@AroPloen91]

Just want to leave my kuddos. Very well informing video. I am debating between an Electribe 2 and a Korg VolcaSample for my live set up. Given the Electribe is $400. What do you think about it as an overall tool for live performance.

[@loopop]

Thanks very much. The "regular" Electribe 2 (E2) can't load your own samples, but the Electribe 2 Sampler (E2S) can. Compared the the Volca Sample - no doubt get the E2S. True, it costs a bit more than double, but you get orders of magnitude more... what the Volca Sample does is only a small feature compared to the many others on the E2S.

[@allroads8978]

/ volca sample is an amazing little box but it's like comparing a bike to a motorcycle /on the e2 or es2 you can play synth over drums- volca does even have a synth / there's ways around it but - / get both if you can if not then e2 or es2 / the volca is cool - best 160.00 Investment goin

[@SRF_1031]

Do you have the Electribe & Keyboard connected directly together via midi? I'm trying to use an external keyboard to play the samples from the Electribe, while also recording that sequence on the electribe. Basically record a sequence as usual on the electribe but using external keyboard to play the notes.

[@loopop]

Yes, via a USB MIDI host because that's a USB keyboard, but a MIDI keyboard should work fine

[@mauricioossa1125]

Hello there! Thank you for all these great electribe videos. I was wondering if you could do a video for midi program changes with the electribe. I use the electribe to sequence a moog slim phatty and a mother32. Changing patches on the fly it’s pretty easy on the slim phatty, but it’s not as easy to do it on the mother 32... could you please explain how to do this on the electribe? I know that midi channel 1 on the electribe can send prgm chngs, but that’s about it. Thank you very much, take care!!

[@luciferopestifero6770]

ciao volevo sapere come si usa il campionatore della korg blu 2 posso attaccare il mio telefono alla macchina e registrare delle melodie ?

[@richardcnrd8302]

great tips thanks alot

[@SashaMit01]

Hey man! Is that a USB keyboard? I tried connecting my USB keyboard via the Hobbytronics MIDI USB - DIN Converter, but I can't get it to work...could you give some advice please

[@loopop]

yes both USB and Bluetooth. Please watch my video about USB MIDI to understand the difference between a host and interface

[@zedster911]

I like your MIDI keyboard ... please tell us what it is? I have just bought a M-Audio 49 MIDI keyboard as well as a KENTON MIDI USB Host, and hope to hook them all up this weekend and see what we can do

[@loopop]

It's the CME XKey Air - your M-Audio is great too, I just wanted something small, portable with bluetooth. Good luck!

[@KrasavkinRomanE]

Good video

[@mullandglow]

do the octave up/down buttons on this midi controller work on the samples you're controlling? I'm digging how compact and portable it is so I'm curious to pair it with my sampler.

[@loopop]

Yes, the octave buttons work just fine. Check out even more compact (but less playable) controls by Korg and Keith McMillen

[@salomp1452]

so if I'm understanding this correctly, let's say you have a monologue plugged into the electribe, you can play a sequence of notes (on the monologue) and have the be triggered by a electribe pad?

[@loopop]

If there’s midi out of the monologue, sure

[@GalvinPatrick]

What cable did you use to connect the usb midi keyboard? USB to USB? How? Thanks in advance

[@loopop]

I used an iPhone in between with a USB hub and camera connection kit. That way you can connect two USB cables to your phone and use an app like MIDIMITTR to route them

[@GalvinPatrick]

Thanks for the info. Waiting for more electribe tutorials!

[@jlhewitt87]

Thank you so much!

[@capsuleboy]

Please help me! I want to know, is that midi keyboard connected to a computer and then to electribe? What kind of devices work just like that midi keyboard but going straight to the electribe2 (without the need of a PC). Thank you very much.

[@loopop]

Please check out my video about USB to MIDI connections. Bottom line you can't connect a USB keyboard directly to this, only a MIDI keyboard

[@jimbountitled294]

nice video!

[@n4tea5channel44]

Craving fulfilled :)

[@onelio5660]

Hello! i'm trying to use the first method with my oxygen 8 but for some reason the notes programmed in step jump sound very low. Can someone help me? i have noticed that it only sounds low when the oscillator is heavily tweaked. When they are in their original form they sound fine.

[@Wilu_FPV]

Guys, I have got Korg Volcas which I want to sequence from Electribe 2 (grey), Kenton midi thru box 1 to 5, Komplete Audio 6 interface, Akai MPK Mini and Ableton. How should I hook everything up to be able to play chords/notes from Akai MPK? At this moment I plug midi out from Komplete Audio 6 to midi in on Electribe, set midi track and everything in Ableton, midi out from Electirbe to midi in on midi thru box, and then Volcas form the box, but I cant hear Volcas playing?? any clues ?

[@FunkTree]

Awesome

[@juanfelipemosquera8379]

hi good video could you tell me which midi keyboard are you using

[@loopop]

Thanks! sure - see description

[@zemarceloalencar6716]

Love your videos. I just bought a Electribe 2 sampler and I'm fighting to learn with... Please, can you say how is that midi keyboard controller connected to the Electribe?

[@loopop]

Thanks! It’s an xkey air but I recommend a keystep from Arturia.

[@zemarceloalencar6716]

@@loopop Thank you! But, in which out in the electribe did you connect the controller, USB, MIDI? Did you use a adapter? Thank again!

[@loopop]

I think in this video I used bluetooth and an iPhone, very non standard... the Keystep has MIDI out so it should plug straight in (with the adapter)

[@benoitserrano9193]

Great_ Thank you very much

[@juanfelipemosquera8379]

Hey its me again but do you know how can I connect a microphone to the korg so I can use the effects of the electribe with my voice pleas help

[@loopop]

Sure it’s the line in feature - see my tips videos or read the manual

[@kristiaanreekmans8574]

and how do you get into that " advanced step sequencing mode " please ????

[@loopop]

Use the menus or the shift shortcut (read the shortcuts section in the manual)

[@jerinparsons7370]

I've come across the same problem with the electribe sampler, it just plays the same note in the sequence which ever pad i press. Quite annoying, is this a common fault? I'm just wondering if there's a problem with my sampler or are they all like this?

[@loopop]

Yes, they're all like this, Sampler and non Sampler - that's why you need this workaround ;)

[@charbax]

Hahaha I don't understand this video. I bought the electribe2 a year or two ago but I only used it a little because it's so confusing to me. I need keyboard but I can't figure out to plug my midi keyboard controller to my electribe2 (I lost the cable and just bought another that seemed to have similar specs 1.8mm to MIDI cable on ebay). I think I need to sell mine and get something like a Roland FA-08 instead.

[@loopop]

Charbax or just buy a new cable!

[@loopop]

Charbax ...and indeed different cables have different specs so not every one will work

[@charbax]

Thanks a lot, I guess my cable is incompatible. I see on ebay some Australian user is selling the cables specifically brande as for Electribe2 (though 2+ week delivery time) when I bought my cable it didn't mention Electribe2 I just assumed if the cables were the right 1.8mm and MIDI on the other side, then it would work.. I wish Amazon Prime had this cable for sale..

[@charbax]

But still it is a bit funny to me all the tweaks and stuff you need to do. It's very impressive and for sure some people on KZbin are able to do some nice loops with this machine. All the complexity seems to be limited by the user interface. Seems like a huge giant work by the engineers at Korg to include all the functionality the way they do. But I can buy capacitive multi touch Android tablets out of China for $20, it just seems they'd be able to have a much more intuitive UI if they could sync their sequencer controls with a tablet or with a phone.. Korg could even customize/manufacture their own $99 Tablet that you'd be able to dock on the top or on the side of it. Same thing I think they should do with Keyboards, and I've seen some of them have iPad controls so maybe I should just look into what they do with that. Maybe they're already doing everything that I'm thinking.

[@alanbouet-willaumez1390]

Charbax honestly you should try to read the manual from cover to cover, making very simple sequences as you go. Try midi kb later

[@NU__SKY]

it's unbelievable complicated...

[@silverlordfilms]

Glad i didn't get this wow

[@JamieClark]

What if one of your notes is wrong - is there a way to change the pitch of a single note in a sequence? I feel like I should be able to select the pad, watch the lights flash in keyboard mode and move that step to a different note, but I can't figure out how. Is it possible?

[@loopop]

I haven't tried changing just one note using "my" way.... At that point it might be quicker to go into step edit mode.

[@JamieClark]

I think that's a failure on Korg's part. There are a few things on this ES2 that are making me consider not keeping it (sample editing is another...). Do you use a computer for most of your music production or are you able to do all of it on your Electribe?

[@loopop]

Jamie Clark whenever I finish a track it's usually on a computer but the fun stuff tends to happen with hardware

[@sierrawhiskey5144]

So its 4 note polyphonic per channel?

[@loopop]

Sierra Whiskey yes, with an overall limit of up to 24 depending on which fx and oscillators you use

[@epicon6]

I’ve heard that the analogue emulation is not that great on the electribe 2. That’s holding me back and i don’t know if it’s true or not. I want one so bad! My brother had the sampler version and it’s a very nicely built machine.

[@loopop]

I’ve heard better, but it’s still a great machine to make music with

[@eltchavo1413]

Tu passe par ableton ?

[@musicShji]

Hey ! helpfull video :) but i have one question, can i connect electribe sampler with my m-audio oxygen 49 without iphone ? if yes tell me how please

[@loopop]

You need either an iPhone or a USB-MIDI host (there's one by Kenton and a few others)

[@musicShji]

loopop expansive cube :( thank you !

[@hsnhbo]

So it's all about creativity

[@arnaudcinquabreperez7069]

you connect directly the keyboard to electibe or passing by pc?

[@loopop]

Arnaud Cinquabre Perez thru a phone

[@arnaudcinquabreperez7069]

loopop hmmmmmn ok ! how u do?u need an app?

[@arnaudcinquabreperez7069]

thanks!!!!!!

[@loopop]

Arnaud Cinquabre Perez yes - you can use midiflow or midimttr which is free

[@biracial]

How do u link your keyboard with b2

[@loopop]

木 木 thru an iPhone or USB MIDI host

[@petresde]

maybe you should try to record playing the melody

[@wadysawwojciechowski2257]

This machine is for those uncapable of playing keys too

[@stalepalemale]

What is the midi keyboard being used its really neat!

[@naught101]

CME XKey

[@syukrialamsyahnasution9828]

After look this video i can make this in my board

[@dubsauro1975]

Hello and thanks for the video. Could you describe links between electribe and midi controller please? From the keyboard where do you go with the USB MIDI cable?

[@23fm]

loop, thanks...

[@7shawnmartin7]

so is it gonna rec the sound comming out of my synt? (roland sh 201 i also have a microkorg). or is my syntertizer will only be used as a keebord playing the sound coming out of the electribe (drum sample or piano sample ect..? if you cant understand my question im sorry its becaus im french and i have a hard time to explaine myself.

[@FuckOffTrends]

Avec cette electribe ton synthé te servira juste de piano. Mais tu peux le faire avec la version sampler

[@7shawnmartin7]

hopmr ok. merci d'avoire repondu à ma question. j'apprecie .j'ai le sampler justement. et ece que tu c ou je pourais trouver l'info pour comment faire. ou ece que fu c comment faire?

[@kristiaanreekmans8574]

and that beat or metronome on the background, is that realy needed ???

[@loopop]

No, as I say in the video, you can mute the other tracks if you want to work quietly

[@bryanborst7354]

Why did they destroy the electribe.....????????

[@DominicJacksonFilm]

i'm confused ... it must be a sequencer!?!?! :(

[@jojomako3154]

Do i Need ableton for this ?

[@loopop]

Jojo Mako no, just a midi keyboard and cable

[@jojomako3154]

Thank you

[@miles46100]

So I bought a sample pack for the DX7. In the actual file, i see many different notes and patches. How do I make the electribe map all the different pitches across the midi keyboard, without sacrificing memory? I'm talking about multi sampling sample packs. The folder has over 100 wav files. Do I need to load all 100 of those samples onto the electribe in order to play them like a keyboard? I heard one sample is enough.

[@bridebooking1209]

So on the sampler, can each of the 16 tracks be a tuned sample sequenced to play a melody? Could all 16 tracks be polyphonic?

[@loopop]

Yes, though there’s an overall voice limit depending on what you do

[@Deluxeta]

Why does this sound so much like Phantasy Star II?

[@DominicJacksonFilm]

shouldnt have tgo have this work around its a joke I was so close to buying this thing

[@kristiaanreekmans8574]

so this is what you call " easy " ? F.i. how do you clear the sequencer ???????

[@loopop]

yes I do... certainly easier than the menus but hey, If you don't think it's easy don't use it... clearing the sequence is done through the menus or with a shift-pad short cut (read the short cuts section in the manual)

[@wentbackward]

LIKE!!

[@DominicJacksonFilm]

wtf its marketed as being a sequencer nd also a groove box both means you should be able to sequence individual pitched tone tracks!!

[@e-conrecords4665]

Brillo

[@slimegucci7189]

Well