ELECTRIBE A (EA-1)

ELECTRIBE R (ER-1)

ELECTRIBE S (ES-1)

ELECTRIBE R mkII

ELECTRIBE MX (EMX-1)

iElectribe for iPad

Electribe is the name given to a group of electronic musical instruments by Korg

Korg

is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures electronic musical instruments, audio processors and guitar pedals, recording equipment, and electronic tuners...

. From its beginnings with the Electribe R to the ESX-1, this series includes both analogue modeling synthesizer

Synthesizer

A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

s and sampling drum machine

Drum machine

A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums or other percussion instruments. They are used in a variety of musical genres, not just purely electronic music...

s that can be programmed the same as a drum machine. The analogue modeling

Analog modeling synthesizer

An Analog Modeling Synthesizer is a synthesizer that generates the sounds of traditional analog synthesizers using DSP components and software algorithms to simulate the behaviour of the original electric and electronic circuitry, in order to obtain the sound in a more precise manner from the...

 synth and sampling drum machine both share a drum-pattern section and a synth-pattern section, whereby the user can not only program drum patterns, but also synth and bassline

Bassline

A bassline is the term used in many styles of popular music, such as jazz, blues, funk, dub and electronic music for the low-pitched instrumental part or line played by a rhythm section instrument such as the electric bass, double bass, tuba or keyboard...

s. These hybrid machines could be considered 'groovebox

Groovebox

The term Groovebox was originally used by Roland corporation to refer to its MC-303, but the term has since entered general use. It refers to a self-contained instrument for the production of live, loop-based electronic music with a high degree of user control facilitating improvisation.A groovebox...

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The Electribes

• EA-1 - Analog Modeling Synthesizer
• ER-1
  Korg Electribe R
  The Korg Electribe R was released in 1999 as a dedicated electronic drum machine to complement the Korg Electribe A bass synthesizer. It features a 64 step sequencer and is MIDI-controllable. The sound is generated by digital signal processor circuits but can be manipulated in realtime...
  
   - Rhythm Synthesizer
• ES-1 - Rhythm Production Sampler
• EM-1
  Korg electribe EM-1
  The Korg Electribe EM-1 is a digital synthesizer first produced by Korg in 1999, alongside the EA-1 and ER-1. Korg discontinued production of the EM-1 in 2002 and replaced the model with the Electribe EMX....
  
   - Music Production Station

• EA-1 mkII - Analog Modeling Synthesizer
• ER-1 mkII - Rhythm Synthesizer
• ES-1 mkII - Rhythm Production Sampler (using Smart Media storage. Maximun size card recognized is 64MB)

• ESX-1 - Music Production Sampler (using Smart Media storage)
• EMX-1 - Music Production Station (using Smart Media storage)

• ESX-1SD - Music Production Sampler (Identical to the ESX-1, but using Secure Digital (SD) storage)
• EMX-1SD - Music Production Station (Identical to the EMX-1, but using Secure Digital (SD) storage)
• iElectribe - an app for the Apple iPad
  IPad
  The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...