The Ultimate Korg Electribe 2 Beginner Tutorial

A Korg Electribe 2 (synth version) tutorial for complete beginners, showing you how to use it to set up and produce your first song.
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[cyberbillp]

As a complete noob to music, this video got me started on my brand new electribe in minutes, not weeks. With in a couple hours of ripping open the box, I was playing loops for my family. Thanks!

[RissOfRivia]

I’m the pianist and percussionist in my family, and my brother received something from Korg the other day so I opened it excited thinking he got a keyboard. Turned out to be this! And me being a huge techno fan, started playing around with it and thought it was the coolest thing ever. So now I have one on the way

[pcm-tn]

If you suffer from accidentally changing patterns using the value knob before you've saved, there's a global setting to lock the knob so you have to use shift-knob to change pattern.

[orphanoforbit]

My sampler arrived yesterday after 2 months waiting for it in the post and this video turned it from a head fuck into a utterly enjoyable piece of kit.
Thank you.

[johnchesters]

Not sure if you’re aware, but everytime you load an init pattern, it always gives you a four on the floor kick....also I think shift & tap tempo gives you quicker access to the tempo change...in fact every part button as an associated shift groove type options for the drums will also automatically change velocity and in some cases move ‘off the grid’. Hope you find these little tips helpful 😀

[neffneffgeiler]

And the Electribe Tutorials are coming. I love that you keep the electribe alive. 😙

[channelz]

Watching this 3 years on and it’s helping me with my decision to pick one of these up second hand. Thanks!

[Theatrix]

Thanks Gabe! This machine is still awesome.

[gemetrxx]

The work around to grid based music on the eltribe is to use the groooves, such as rush or laidback... increasing depth will take the notes off the grid

[EricWatkins]

Hey Gabe, I've been getting a lot of mileage from your videos lately, learning about grooveboxes in general, and now some specific stuff for my E2 which has collected dust for years. Thanks so much!

[kellywarner]

Your 6:45 knob warning is no joke. Great advice.

[AbstractVisionzTieDye]

Ive got an extra electribe shift pad skin I had 3d printed if u want one, please do more tutorials, my 9 year old son has been watching your tutorials and is learning more everyday! Keep it up!!

[pernillajonsson]

Coming in late after this video came out but hoping for an answer. Being a total newbie i would like to know why some nobs and pads are blue and why some are red. Can someone please give me a response.

[dannyvalentino]

There is an iOS equivalent to the Korg Electribe. It’s the Groove Rider GR-16 by JimAudio. It works very similarly to the Electribe but for a fraction of the cost, so if you want to see if the Electribe workflow works for you and you have an iOS device, check it out. Once you like it, then definitely get the Electribe as hardware is so much more fun.

[iAussieGuy]

I actually needed to learn the machine after I had it for so long and this video allowed me to do that, so thanks bunch for making this :)

[KommaAchtKommaEins]

As a primer that would be too hardcore for me. But having it rest in the drawer and get up to speed again quickly your video helped a lot.

[charlesflint]

Thanks, I just got one and need all the help I can get to program it!.

[difflocktwo]

Shift + Tap -> goes to tempo menu

pitch envelope modulation on kick samples helps a lot with dialing them in.

arp is great for filling patterns with rhythmic content. mix and match different arps an time divisions.

part erase is more for rhythmic muting. there is a clear sequence menu page accessible with shift + a pad. there is also a clear motion so you can clear modulation and note data separately.

[AlexContinou]

what you mean with: choose the slot (min 1:20) ? why do i press write if i havent changed anything yet ? sorry, i am total newbi

[caleb]

Hey Gabe, kinda struggling between keeping the korg electribe 2 sampler or the circuit rhythm. What do you think?