Electribe EA-1

stevebirss · Post by **stevebirss** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:42 pm

Korg Electribe EA-1
Anyone have any comments on this little synth?
Good, bad, worth the money, waste of money?
thanks

Rawrasaur · Post by **Rawrasaur** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:51 pm

If you are planning on getting one, I would advise buying the emx instead. Its a newer version

JSRockit · Post by **JSRockit** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:54 pm

I think it is a good synth for basslines...as long as you add some effects. Not big on it for leads though. It is worth the cash though....and can be used as an external sequencer for other midi synths.

PitchBender · Post by **PitchBender** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:05 pm

Good. Worth the money.
Just don't expect too much out of it. My first synth, I also have the newer EMX-1, and don't plan on selling either.
Great for "acid" bass.

Post by **Vxster** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:57 pm

For how much it costs...just buy it. If you don't like it, sell it. You really will not lose out.

kyodai · Post by **kyodai** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:26 pm

get one. They are on sale at my local music staore for $125. I don't use mine much anymore but I still think they are great.

JUGEL · Post by **JUGEL** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:34 pm

It's so cheap and simple .. and has a sequencer! Can't hurt!

As for the ER-1 ... waste of space ,,

JSRockit · Post by **JSRockit** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:36 pm

JUGEL wrote:It's so cheap and simple .. and has a sequencer! Can't hurt!

As for the ER-1 ... waste of space ,,

Yep, exactly.

Mpresev · Post by **Mpresev** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:15 am

how many midi channels can it sequence?

sacredcow · Post by **sacredcow** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:22 am

Mpresev wrote:how many midi channels can it sequence?

2, monophonic.
It's an excellent synth for the money, by the way, though very limiting if you don't have things that do what it can't.

Alex E · Post by **Alex E** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:09 am

JSRockit wrote:
JUGEL wrote:It's so cheap and simple .. and has a sequencer! Can't hurt!

As for the ER-1 ... waste of space ,,
Yep, exactly.

I don't know- I've had a lot of fun with it. But I can't say I have much experience with better drum machines...

It's okay. Not great, but not all that bad in the end. It is what it is.

Tyler2000 · Post by **Tyler2000** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:44 am

EA-1 is pretty fun but it is important to note that it has not ADSR envelope or LFO. It does, however, have a D envelope and a flanger. The Delay is the most useful part.

It's pretty cool if you don't overpay. For me it added some good stuff to my setup. Namely a sequencer and filter with an input.

Spike Vincent · Post by **Spike Vincent** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:19 am

It is a bit limited,but it's very good at what it does,it's simple and it's fun.

konvert · Post by **konvert** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:19 pm

JUGEL wrote:It's so cheap and simple .. and has a sequencer! Can't hurt!

As for the ER-1 ... waste of space ,,

Funny, I feel exactly the other way around. I just hate EA and everything in it.

Yoozer · Post by **Yoozer** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:27 pm

JUGEL wrote:As for the ER-1 ... waste of space ,,

Hm, I don't know. If you're just controlling something external it makes a nice cheap way of having x0x sequencing.