Korg Monotribe ?

[factual35]

I was pretty much beside myself when I first heard about the Monotribe a couple days ago. I've been wanting to see something like this ever since the Monotron came out. I recall rambling on to my girlfriend about how KORG needs to make "a little analog Electribe with a drum machine". Then, lo and behold, here it is.

Still, I'm going to have to see/hear some real songs made with it. Most of what I've heard from it has been noise. I like noise, I've made plenty of it, I have a Throbbing Gristle collection, but I need hear more melody from this thing. That's going to be the deciding factor for me. I think the lack of midi sync is major downfall with this peice. Pretty much restricts you to using the built in drum machine, which is too limited to do much with.

I'll just wait until it's in the hands of the general public and videos show up youtube. I've seen amazing things done with the Monotron, so I'm not giving up hope yet.

[Stab Frenzy]

The ability to feedback loop the percussion could have added something to the Monotribe, as that plus the ability to feed it an irregular clock could have wielded interesting results, but it can only be used as a filter to external audio input if the synth is triggered...

You can't plug the output to the input? Surely that can't be the case. Haven't got one to play around with the clock yet but will it really not trigger from an irregular clock? Are you feeding it proper +5V triggers?

You're giving his comment too much credence. He's combined like 4 things he's read other people say into 1 sentence. Theater of the absurd.

Actually he's one of the only people on this board who owns a Monotribe.

I think the lack of midi sync is major downfall with this peice. Pretty much restricts you to using the built in drum machine, which is too limited to do much with.

Maybe you need midi, a lot of people don't. I'm really looking forward to clocking this to the sequencer on my modular, or to the clock controller I wrote in Max4Live.

[mizu]

Just picked mine up in Maebashi, Japan for 18,900 yen (about $200) American. I'll come back and post some thoughts about usage in a week or so. Maybe it's a bad idea, but I may give the Monotron to my two year old daughter - get her into synthesis early, y'know

found one in Kichijoji Japan. Very nice. it was 16,900 yen though.

[factual35]

Maybe you need midi, a lot of people don't. I'm really looking forward to clocking this to the sequencer on my modular, or to the clock controller I wrote in Max4Live.

You don't need to make me sound like the only person in the world that has a problem with the lack of MIDI. I recall seeing a lot of complaints to this effect on YouTube. I'm sure it's been mentioned in this thread as well.

[soundxplorer]

the lack of MIDI.

On the bright side it sounds like the sync input will accept an audio source. I used to do this with my Juno-60. Any short, loud sound like a drum hit should work. But I too hope that these products continue to evolve into bigger and better things.

[tallowwaters]

I recall seeing a lot of complaints to this effect on YouTube.

You often use Youtube comments as a barometer?

[Stab Frenzy]

Maybe you need midi, a lot of people don't. I'm really looking forward to clocking this to the sequencer on my modular, or to the clock controller I wrote in Max4Live.

You don't need to make me sound like the only person in the world that has a problem with the lack of MIDI. I recall seeing a lot of complaints to this effect on YouTube. I'm sure it's been mentioned in this thread as well.

What's with the persecution complex? You said:

Pretty much restricts you to using the built in drum machine, which is too limited to do much with.

I was just pointing out that for me (you did use the pronoun you) and anybody who uses a soundcard with more than two outputs it's not a factor at all. I think that people who only use midi and don't use a computer in their music making/recording are actually in the minority these days. This is a budget piece, you can't expect it to have every feature built in and still be $200. People buy 303s, 606s and lots of other gear that doesn't have midi sync for a lot more than this goes for, and don't have any problems using it.

Maybe you're not experienced/knowledgeable/imaginative to realise there are lots of other ways to sync things without midi. In that case congratulations! You've just learnt some new ways of doing stuff that might help you make better music in future.

Finally, I know youtube is full of people whining like babies, that doesn't mean it's acceptable here. Perhaps if you'd actually read the thread before posting you would have seen that this thread has already gone through the complaining about price/midi/whatever and is now out the other side. Please don't try to drag it back there.

[griffin avid]

Those two commenting one ...after ....the other...



I was pretty much beside myself when I first heard about the Monotribe a couple days ago. I've been wanting to see something like this ever since the Monotron came out. I recall rambling on to my girlfriend about how KORG needs to make "a little analog Electribe with a drum machine". Then, lo and behold, here it is.

Me too, but I wasn't talking to your GF or at least I don't think I was...

[lazerface]

this korg vid shows a few ways you can sync if you havent already seen it..




they appear to be available for around $200 now, im gonna pick one up this week for sure, look like a whole bunch of fun

[factual35]

Maybe you need midi, a lot of people don't. I'm really looking forward to clocking this to the sequencer on my modular, or to the clock controller I wrote in Max4Live.

You don't need to make me sound like the only person in the world that has a problem with the lack of MIDI. I recall seeing a lot of complaints to this effect on YouTube. I'm sure it's been mentioned in this thread as well.

What's with the persecution complex? You said:

Pretty much restricts you to using the built in drum machine, which is too limited to do much with.

I was just pointing out that for me (you did use the pronoun you) and anybody who uses a soundcard with more than two outputs it's not a factor at all. I think that people who only use midi and don't use a computer in their music making/recording are actually in the minority these days. This is a budget piece, you can't expect it to have every feature built in and still be $200. People buy 303s, 606s and lots of other gear that doesn't have midi sync for a lot more than this goes for, and don't have any problems using it.

Maybe you're not experienced/knowledgeable/imaginative to realise there are lots of other ways to sync things without midi. In that case congratulations! You've just learnt some new ways of doing stuff that might help you make better music in future.

Finally, I know youtube is full of people whining like babies, that doesn't mean it's acceptable here. Perhaps if you'd actually read the thread before posting you would have seen that this thread has already gone through the complaining about price/midi/whatever and is now out the other side. Please don't try to drag it back there.

Yeah, sorry about bringing the complaining back in. I did actually read a lot of the thread, which is part of the reason behind why I am less enthusiastic about this machine compared to when I first saw/heard it.

And I am aware of the others ways gear can be synced, and actually figured out how to sync this thing to my stuff. That is, if I'm correct in thinking the sync signals used with the Monotribe are audio-based clicks. I could easily do that with my EA-1 which would be MIDI'd to my ES-1. Problem solved.

I feel like I should thank you, since your post promted me to come up with a solution.

[lazerface]

first monotribe hack on youtube (as far as i can tell)
he added a bass drum decay knob.

[James Mandible]

officially available from sweetwater, though no shipping date just yet
$250

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ ... =Monotribe

[soundxplorer]

$250

Talk to the guys at NovaMusik. Their "pre-order special price" is $219.
http://www.novamusik.com/

[awol9000]

Up here in Canada they're $194 @ Moog Audio

[Automatic Gainsay]

first monotribe hack on youtube (as far as i can tell)
he added a bass drum decay knob.

Yeah, the first mod I could think of EVER doing on the Monotribe is that. Because there's nothing better than having a bass drum that suddenly becomes a fixed-pitch tone.