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[thebiglebowski]

Hi,

I'm confused by various user reports - does the Electribe 2 have an actual „x0x” style step-sequencer or just a live mode with some editing options?

Thanks

[Tarekith]

It has an x0x style sequencer, 4 bars, 16 steps each.
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[thebiglebowski]

[roblabs]

I've never tried a xoxbox, but it does have a normal sequencer. the issue is that you can't input notes fast using the keyboard like in the video I posted in that thread.

WHen you go into Step Edit mode, you can quickly go to each step to edit the notes (up to 4 per step) which I like, but then to change the note itself, you don't use the keyboard, you have to use a knob to change the notes. There is a shift shortcut that allows you to change octaves quickly. THe more I use it, I realize its not THAT terrible, its just annoying that you can't hit the pads to input a note. But now that I think about it, I see why Korg did it this way. You see, you can select different scales, but what if you want to raise or flatten a note out of the scale? This would be the only way (apart from going into chromatic mode) to do that, thus the reason why they decided to go with the knob to change pitches.

That said, putting in notes live isn't all that terrible, because the pads are very responsive. But like I said in the statement you quoted me on, if you want precise passages, its not ideal. You'll need to use step edit. It takes a bit getting used to, but then so does a lot of other things with this electribe, like the touch pad, shortcuts, etc. But I'm finding that when you start to adapt to this new work flow, its not really so bad, and you discover you can actually do things rather quickly.

And one more thing, a very nice feature of STEP EDIT now is that you can do this while the unit is playing, and you can also switch between parts on the fly. So it does have some advantages.

If you have more questions about step edit and the sequence, fire away.
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[Tarekith]

And for drums you rarely need to go that deep even, you can just press the sequencer button and some trigger pads to place notes, just like most x0x drum machines.
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[thebiglebowski]

[256K]

of my limited understanding of the e2 is that it does have it.
Something similar to a tracker system kind of? that's kind of what I'm interesting in delving deeper in for my arpeggio sequences kind of have a little more fine control over the programming of notes like a tracker. which is wha I'm used to.

[takadoum]

The sequencer is XOX style (4x16 steps), but at the moment there's no STEP recording, which is different.

Step recording is the ability to enter notes or ties or silences with pads, starting for example on step 1, and having sequencer position automatically moving forward by 1 step, so that you don't have to do it yourself, i.e. you only enter notes/ties/silences. It's TB-303 like step recording.
It's not a live feature.

XOX sequencer is TR-808 like sequencer, like 16 pads associated to 16 steps (1 bar), and usually between 1 and 8 bars for hardware. You can use it live. And no, E2 won't audition the note when moving the edit knob, since doing so live would be a mess ! But you can audition if you like by pressing the corresponding step pad.

Hope that makes sense to you

[phillwilson]

I will just second the description above... no STEP note entry...not a big deal unless you like working in the 303/ rebirth methodology.

[takadoum]

[thebiglebowski]