In this review I’ll be referring to it as the Electribe 2, just to avoid confusion with earlier models. Today we’re looking at the ‘Synth Electribe’, more usually called Electribe 2 but sometimes referred to as EMX2 - or simply Electribe. A licence for Ableton Live Lite 9 is slipped into the package, along with additional functionality to export in Live’s own format. Regardless of when and where inspiration strikes, your tunes can be exported, part by part, as loops to be arranged and elaborated upon in your DAW. Tooled–up with an effect for every part, polyphony and velocity–sensitive drum pads, these ultra–slim pretenders to the throne will even run on batteries. Their would–be successors, the Electribe and Electribe Sampler are lauded as ‘Music Production Stations’ and packed with Korg’s latest modelling technology. By topping them off with effects, motion recording, valves and a brace of individual outputs, Korg set the bar high. Electribes earned acclaim for their direct and intuitive control over sound engine and sequencer. The reign of the Korg ESX1 and EMX1 Electribes couldn’t last forever, but in rapidly changing times for technology, a decade (and counting) is a remarkable run. Sixteen years after the first one was released, Korg have completely revised and redesigned the Electribe.
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