Bad Gear - Korg Electribe EA-1 - Worst Of The Tribe???
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- In this episode of Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools, we are going to fearlessly twist the knobs of a Korg Electribe EA-1. Will the Electribe hardliners show up at my place with torches and pitchforks? Is it really the odd one out in the bunch?
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The favorite patch I ever made on this created a sound like a fart performed with such strength that you could hear the cheeks flapping. Very realistic and with no need to make the microphone smell bad. A++ would buy again.
Nice technique!!!
Ahhh. Memories. The EA, a tr 606 and a midi to sync box, a tr 707 a Russian Big Muff and a parametric equalizer. Those were the days.
1 water, please
I wish I had a russian big muff to play with 👀🤣
Ah, the SOVTEK green version, with shitty tank green paint and massive on/off switch! Had one of them, very MUFFled sounf I thought- I apologise in advance for that Dad joke!
been obsessed with this channel for the past couple days, good shit
Thanks!
Synth nerds hate it? Cool, I like it even more now.
My attention was grabbed immediately, as well ;)
This is pretty much my philosophy with gear lol
YOU ARE VERRY IMPRESSIVE
I've absolutely destroyed raves with that thing. Shredded it. Gotta know where the sweet spots are, and how to use them. And when to use them. Also, I'll add.. It sounds a lot bigger coming through a 50,000 watt system in a warehouse. I believe that is what they were designed for ;)
It's an oldschool techno animal
@@AudioPilz sold to animals, playing for animals. :) it was a live performance piece, in a live performance time.
To be fair, my SOMA Ether sounds a lot bigger coming through a 50,000 watt system in a warehouse.
Thanks pussy
@@2112jonr yeah but we're talking about the EA-1 to be fair. As a matter of fact my talking Barbie sounds awesome on a 50k PA.
With the ER-1, pan the kick hard left and all the other drums hard right. Then you have the kick on it's own mono channel and the other drums on their own mono channel. You should put reverb and or delay on the right channel and compression on the kick. Thank me later.
More ER-1 content coming soon. You will be heard
Yep this is the one ER-1 super trick
Thank you captain obvious))
Works great also patch headphones out into audio in 1 or 2 for some more modness
Genius
I love my early Electribes. EA and ES 1 user here. The sequencer is so fun.
True that!
I love how you take “bad gear” and make it sound great proving its (mostly) the artist not the tools.
Thank you!!!
2:56 He's like the Cenk of old gear. The synth is always going to sound amazing, and we'll keep forgetting it's 99% instinct
Some pedals can really help;)
This is one of the most entertaining gear videos I have ever seen.
Thank you so much!
Electribes are good for rave music
They certainly are
mind=blown ;)
I'm mostly into punk and industrial music to me there was never a bad electribe I loved what ever I got my hands on I think this was a cool video though thanks man
Your fkn brilliant at making banging tunes with this gear.
Thanks!
I like to put my EA-1 in an fx loop on an aux channel (share the love, so to speak). The audio input is super fun for slicing up a drum beat, or theremin, or whatever is in the mix really :)
Yeah, the external input is great
Never expected to see Flodder as an example :D. Great video
Thanks! ❤️Flodders❤️
I honestly kind of enjoy that shrill sound.
Very useable
, Actually... This is my secret weapon. Connect it via midi to a good 303 clone and use it as a sequencer/midi controller. Also it's filter input and two sounds can (at liw volume) enhance everything and this is the perfect combon for all of that.
Aber ich muss sagen: ich liebe deine Videos! Ich besitze viele Stücke die du hier zeigst, sehr informativ und objektiv. Danke!
Besten Dank! More 303-style content to come
Gosh I am finding all of my old gear in your videos this morning. I remember when I bought the EA-1 and ER-1 to use with my DJX keyboard at the end of ‘99. While they were limited I had a blast playing them and forever regret selling them, though I used that money to buy an Access Virus A, which has been my favorite.
I was close to buying a second pair about 15 years ago at a used music shop where I could have gotten them both for $200 but it was Christmas, money was tight and I ended up getting a layaway refund 😭
I still look around for them from time to time and have almost pulled the trigger on several occasions. Maybe... someday.
They're still quite affordable!
Early digital stuff is so fascinating. It never nails what it's going for, but sometimes it creates it's own extremely unique sound. And when I say "early digital stuff," I really mean like 80's and 90's and early 2000's stuff, as legitimate virtual analogue stuff that was good at copying analogue sounds didn't really come about until the mid 2000's at the earliest. And honestly that makes me really happy because I like different sounds, not just stuff that sounds like something else.
I always wanted the original Electribes. I used to compare them to the Roland MC boxes and even the SH-32. After all these years I'm still not sure how any of those stack up, as I've never owned them, but I still have a soft spot for all of them, being pieces of gear that I've longed for. I always liked the layout of the Electribes. They seem very intuitive.
I like that you're using an EHX POG in this video. That's a great pedal. I wish I hadn't sold mine!
Electribes are so much more intuitive than MCs
I remember getting some experimental analog type psychedelic kraut rock sounds out of it using the tempo delay. And the cool minimal design - cold silver backdrop with a single blue geometric shape - also made it feel very German to me 😱
I totally love it
Hello from France (dédicace La Triberie !) !
I've got one since 1 year, all the gear is old (she knew Rave Parties and the dust) but with a little revision, It's a dream ! She's very fun to use and she's got a typical sound. And I know lots of artists and people which used it since a long time !
And in my live setup, I've got a ER-1 too. So have mom and dad in a setup is great :p
Ne sommes-nous pas tous des hommes de tribu ? ;) Yeah, absolute classic!
i've had an EA1 for years, it's a great 2 part monosynth in midi mode and in sequencer mode i'ts brilliant!
I couldn't agree more
I loved my EA-1, and miss it.
Nice and dirty little synth
I think this thing rips! Pair it with a key step and it's Unstoppable! The global delay is trippy, and the bass..omg the bass👍
It can really kick some behind
just love ur videos man . . . waiting for the ES-1 video
Thanks, great suggestion!!!
This video actually convinced me to buy one on Reverb, lol
Great synth! Dirty AF...
Opening theme with the sliding skull doors was hilarious!
Have you spotted the second Indy-intro?
@@AudioPilz Sorry, didn't quite catch your meaning. Did you mean the second video sequence? All I know is I'm an orig 90s goa trance freak. It totally cracked me up presenting the EA-1 as the emergence of a God. The Awe!
I got strong Orbital vibes out of that small jam you made there at 2:00 :D Awesome content, you earned my subscribe
Thanks!
Akai Rhythm Wolf is a totally LEGENDARY synthesizer
I happened to pick one of these up for under $100 US the other day. God it's awful. Sometimes these old VA's have a charmingly thin and nasal sound, and this one doesn't disappoint on that front. It's like the added they cheap distortion to make it sound even crappier. I still like it though. Crapy is good. Rather fun to fool around with. Def. going to pick up an ER1.
Agreed, it works pretty well for super distorted stuff
I purchased one of these back in the day. Had no idea what I was doing with it and sold it for a guitar. Wish I had stuck with it.
Depends on the guitar you got for it;)
I think I’ll sell mine too, because I got the ER-1 and the EM-1, am a bit worried though I may regret selling the EA-1
I played a wild techno set about three years ago with only my
old ea-1,er-1, and Es-1. It was after hours in Detroit and I had fun..
Nice!!!
The best synth groovebox ever created on Earth. It can create sounds that none of my analogues or digital synths can do. People hating this machine do not experiment its sonic possibilities. Even with no external effects or pedals , it rocks . What is sold today, by the majority of manufacturers makes me laugh hard : mini musical toys...
It just found its way in Alex Ball's new Korg documentary;)
@@AudioPilz yes. As always, we can not all love or hate the same things. This is our liberty of choice. This is our thoughts based on our experience. I just regret not to have bought the bigger metallic version of the EA-1. I recently see some people jamming with them and other instruments. Thanks for the info.
Got an ea-1 15 years ago. Triggered the demo song, i thought “i will never be able to do stuff like this” so i sold it out of anger at my own ineptitude 😂
I feel you!!!❤️❤️❤️
Those tracks,... you're a genius
Thanks!
Sounded good to me🤣. Even without an amp envelope (wtff?) Can't think of where you'll go next?? Looking forward to it 👍
One episode at a time... ;)
Your demo song sounds like a boss fight against Mecha Bowser.
It sounds differently every episode
Excellent idea of show ! And really good and funny editing ! Cool. Well, there is a famous gear to talk about... forgotten, hated, loved, re-forgotten, now more and more expensive and re-loved. I’m talking about the Roland JX3P. But you’ll have to find one (and don’t think about using a JX-03 !) Good luck :👍🏻
Thanks! Isn't the JX3P like a preset Juno?
AudioPilz it’s the first midi synth from Roland (1983). There is preset yes, but it’s more like a light Jupiter 8, very different from the Juno. It was based on a guitar synth, and they decided to do a keyboard synth finally, 6 voices. It’s actually a good vintage synth, but some people hated it, or underestimated it, because... some sounds are crappy in the preset bank, I gess (best synth to do dying cat’s growl), but some other are great and emblematic (maybe it’s not a English word, sorry I’m French...) of the 80s. Maybe it’s a too good synth for your show... but it’s controversary (yeah... I’m pretty sure this word is not English at all).
this was the synth used for that iconic bassline in the Phendrana Drifts Deep Lake ost
Interesting!
To hell with stomp boxes man. Kaos pads are the best for effects that I've found so far. With an X/Y touch screen controller and live sequencer not to mention the looping feature it's pretty badass. The only thing I have an issue with is the lack of information it's capable of displaying. The Kaoscilator is also a lot of fun. I highly recommend both.
Kaoss Pads are great! Still totally addicted to stompboxes;)
Gosh, how I miss this lil box! I've had all tribes (
except the S), this one was my fave.
Yeah, it's dirty like
Great channel bro, please keep it up🤙🤙🤙🤙
Thanks!
Yeah I remember them, you got also with a tube inside, a sampler and a drum units, I’d never own one. Good video 👍🏿
Thanks!
OMG A FLODDER REFERENCE! This movie was translated in quebec french and was quite infamous in the 90s here :D
They were all over German speaking TV stations too!
Would love to see a vst recreation by korg, otherwise I doubt I'll ever grab this
NI FM8 is pretty similar to that in easy mode
hey did you ever get a hold of the Electribe EMX-1? if you could would you do a video on that one too? better yet, maybe do a video on the history of ALL the Electribes :)
Great idea, thanks!!!
I still use my Es-1 all the time despite the fact I own a Digitakt, and a bunch of other samplers/drum machines as well.
The Digitakt goes together well with its ancestors
I could definitely see some of that sound being used in something like IDM or industrial music, especially with all those distortions and other effects on there.
But there's probably better ways to get that sound. Once you've put so much processing on it I'd imagine that whatever unique flavour this synth's tone has gets all-but lost anyway.
The FX are nice but the user interface is where it really shines. Nice sequencer
Accurate. :)
It makes some killer basses - it killed a couple of pairs of headphones of mine at least! Not really deserving of the 'thinny' award it holds. Lead sounds are a bit naff and 1 dimensional, but that second channel is really useful for weird FX blarps and squizzles
Mmmmmmh, blarps and squizzles - sounds like a British delicacy
sup
Hey me, wait you're not me... unless you're me from the future! This is getting confusing and/or meta! :D
To be fair the Korg ER1 is actually fucking great so I can understand people being upset you showed it next to the rytm wolf :P
I apologized ;)
The EA1 always has a place in my studio
I will never part with it, as well...❤️
HANDS DOWN, BEST MIDI SEQUENCER. ELEKTRON NERDS GET WRECKED.
Nice sequencer indeed
Mann ey, dein Mix ab 3:35 geht mir nicht mehr aus dem Kopf... ein echter Ohrwurm! Schade, daß es den nicht als ganzen Track gibt :(
Danke! Muss schauen ob ich den noch irgendwo finde...
@@AudioPilz Ohhh, das wäre echt geil :D
If ppl (Synth nerds that is in this case) hate it, then it’s good.
That’s my philosophy
Tell me ;)
The ER-1 was my first drum machine and it sounded tinny and flat but with a BBE Sonic Maximizer it could fatten up the kicks and low end. I also had the Electribe ESX-1 SD which had built in effects, sampling and a touch sensitive strip to control drum rolls, pitch etc. During that time period the only other step sequencer drum machine on the market were made by Roland (MC-307) or Yamaha (RMX1.) I also had an SP-505 by Boss and that was very hard to use. I’d love to see a video on that device! It was a lot of numerical editing to get things in the right order.
Nice vintage setup!
Big ups for the animal farm reference 👊🙌
Classic!
Do a video on the Roland sp555. I have had mine for a long time and though they are useful for a few things, you quickly realise that they are very limited. Still, I love the effects! Step ring modulation, step filter, and bpm looper are all great
Wow, I forgot about that one
No this is actually the best of all the Electribes. What you had here was basically a synth with the power of say a sequential PRO 1 with an on board sequencer and effects. No SMALL THING. As usual the problem was the lack of skill and imagination. Within the people who actually used this gem. And countless other gems. In the right hands put two of these together with midi sync. And you can recreate classic Electro pop. Effortlessly.
Thank you for the feedback!
Haha I just realized that the one background in the first jam is of a power pole in Bangkok with all the crazy telephone wires(looks bonkers.) I put 2+2 together when I noticed that you have a Thai travel guide on your shelf.
I went to University in BKK, love the city!!!
@@AudioPilz Chula?
Alesis AirSynth. A regrettable purchase that had about a six month shelf life.
I have an EA-1 and even though I designed some loops on it I use it mostly as a weird acidy mono synth.
Wow, AirSynth! I'll take a closer look, thanks!
I used to have one. Lol
Got this and the ER, love them both and have some great 90s electronica sounds. If I remember rightly the TB 303 and TR 909 were also hated by purists when they arrived.
True that! Don't forget to check out the modified ER-1 ua-cam.com/video/aV5idTIZz0o/v-deo.html
I'm addicted to your content! Try doing the Akai MPX16 people seem to hate it
Thanks & thanks for the input. I put it on the shopping list
Wow the song at 3:35 sound absolutely nice, I would love to hear the full standalone song.. if there is even such a thing. sounds absolutely great man. Just ordered an electribe sampler 2, to hopefully be able to get some of that vide
Thank you so much!!! Shameless plug: extended jams and full tracks can be found on my Patreon...
I used to run one of these through a distortion pedal and delay/reverb and it sounded mad
Way to go!
Your video made me want to buy one.
I'll take that as a compliment ;) thanks, but I'm not selling...
Hey I have that one! Your intros are fantastic!
Thanks!
greaT Show, do one about the ALESIS MICRON please pleaseee
Thanks, it's on top of my list!
My EA-1 dissolved in storage, very strange, I liked it after lots of wine until that point.
The EA-1 is nicer than her reputation (like so many)
Awesome. First synth I ever owned.
Nice starting point!!!
How everything always seems to tick all the boxes at first glance
That's how life works
The EA 1 sounds so digitally metallic. Feel like the Electribes have bad higher end that needs taming.
Agreed!
Very nice channel! Humor is lead thing here!) subscribed!
Thanks!
I remember our old Yamaha SY-1 breaking down in the middle of a tour and having to find a replacement quickly at a pawn shop... It did disappoint.
Damn, I really would have liked to see that gig ;)
@@AudioPilz We were an infectiously happy electronic indie-pop band known for gear breaking and a "the show must go on!" attitude, so I think it just added to the charm as we laughed about the awful sounds. It wasn't nearly as bad as when we had to replace an Ensoniq Mirage with a toy-ish Yamaha keytar someone handed us from off-stage mid-song (that red one that is actually pretty cool for lo-fi sounds).
...Oh to be in my early 20s again.
well to be honest, all the presets on that thing were great to see what it could do... but i wasn't huge on any of that. i never really used the sequencer either..... outside of that, the ea-1 is one of the loudest machines i have owned. for some reason it is damn potent and rugged. i use it only for making quick bass patches that i sample into other things... sometimes i have sequenced it with an mpc or something (you can sequence all the knobs via midi so that is neat) ... i think it really shines as a simple bass synth. they have gone up in price on the used market so i can see how some people might be disappointed these days... but back when i bought that one there were not too many affordable synths. the analog wave 2.0 didn't happen yet.
Yeah, it's great for some dirty basses
+1 for the Flodder family in the video ^_^
The beauty of the late 80s
i just found one of these in a pawn shop. i want to trigger it with my Polyend.
Nice combination!
It has a pretty distinctive sound. Lots of the stuff in this video sounds similar to lots of the stuff I've made with mine. But it can do...stuff. It's not useless or terrible, just not great either, though it had the potential to be. Could try to post some examples...
It just needs some pedals ;)
@@AudioPilz What it needs most is Accent.
TBH I found the latest electribes are worthy of a bad gear entry too. When it was released you couldn't even switch patterns without ALL effect tails just cutting off. That was somewhat fixed but it was still severely limited, and yet managed to require menu diving. Absolutely terrible. ALSO, if you ever do a GoodGear (tm), consider the Deluge. It's... I don't know how Korg is able to sell any electribes. Or that new sequencer box they shoved out. The Deluge is an absolute BEAST.
Also also, if you wanna borrow mine for an episode let me know :)
Thanks for the offer! I really appreciate it!
I still use my ES-1mkII, it's a dirty little machine. good video!
Thanks!
Future music mag back in the day (20 years ago back in the day) made me lust after this, the er1 and the OG Kaoss pad. Instead I had EJAY.
*Maybe a little more than 20 years ago
EJay, the crusher of electronic musicians dreams
I hope that wonderful instant ramen didn't go to waste ;-)
Never!!!
lol ive got it, and hum yeah its hard to get a good sound with but it's possible sometimes.
I have an EA-1. Its fed audio and Midi from my, um, Korg DW-8000.
It sounds absolutely WILD.
EA-1 is REALLY dirty!!!
Now that it's been a few years hopefully it's safe to say this:
Electribe 2 is the worst electribe. It sucks. The workflow is SUPER menu-divey, voice allocation sucks, and the sound library is ho-hum at best.
That's why I put those question marks there;)
It's one of my favorite grooveboxes but I hate it too. I do appreciate all the demos it ships with though, they help with getting around the defects
I like mine. I figure it is less intuitive and heavy on the menu diving because it can do so much. Way more capable than a Circuit, from what I can tell
The amount of tweaking you can do to the synth engine is pretty great though
@@middaymeds Yep! Better, yet worse. It gives the E2 and E2S some character!
What was that weird black&blue sampler work station called that was supposed to be all that but faded away silently? beat something maybe? oh yeah, beat thang lol.
The Beat Thang?
Great videos as Always!
Thanks!!!
ea is a great device for techno styles..it has two mono outputs..and if you process them, it doesn't sound so harsh..
True! FX pedals really help
I used to fire the drums from my MC303 through the second channel for FX and filters then had a spare channel for riffs as well as the clean music from the 303. Now I just use it to sequence my MS20.
Cool! MS20 is nice!
Your videos rock!
Thank you, it means a lot to me
I always used my EA-1's if I needed some hard squelch - theres some incredible sounds you can get using the effects especially delay - but mostly I used these for sequencing only for my live PA set up.
The internal FX are killer on all 1st gen Electribes!
@@AudioPilz The artifacts you can get from extreme delay + a detuned OSC are so juicy
How did a Flodder family cutaway end up in this lol. Is that even a thing outside The Netherlands? I'm genuinely surprised.
I watched Flodders as a teenager!!!
@@AudioPilz holy shit - mind blown. Tatjana Simic :) though
I love all the worst gears
I do!
Flodder!
Yeah!
I actually liked the way everything sounds. Maybe I just have bad taste?
Certainly not a Minimoog ;)
nah it sound sick! va drum synths are cool!
It has a certain beep-boop charm to it but you aren't going to wrangle anything sophisticated out of it. Sometimes you just want to make video-game-y techno though, and that's fine!
This thing is a beast !!!
Love 1st gen Electribes
My buddy is giving me one for free today. That and a Yamaha DX200. I can’t wait to run them threw pedals and what not. I haven’t played them both in at least 20 years
Wow, DX200 - NICE!!!
@@AudioPilz most definitely, although it won’t boot up. I’m gonna have it serviced. I cracked it open and can’t figure it out. Apparently the sound board in it is worth money. They add it to the Motif to give it FM.
Had a go of one the other day didn't think much of it I got board of it after five minutes might have another crack at it
Definitely give it another try!
Actually in my eyes none gear on this series I consider as a bad gear
You know the drill, one man's Bad Gear...;)
@1:56 Flodder!
Classic!