I'll throw another suggestion into this debate
Instead of hardware, does anyone think Korg will expand on the range of iOS software ?
What they have done so far with the iMS-20 and iElectribe would indicate to me that they could easily 'port' the Electribe MX over to an iPad app.
From a financial point of view I think that would make more sense for Korg in an ever diminishing hardware instrument market !
So, if that was the case, what would you pay for it as an app ?
Hm, I think that these apps feel like a toy. The Electribe series always had this toyish feeling, this is undenieable, but they could be used in an serious environment. With apps, this approach is very difficult.
Olivander12 wrote:Hm, I think that these apps feel like a toy. The Electribe series always had this toyish feeling, this is undenieable, but they could be used in an serious environment. With apps, this approach is very difficult.
I see your point but from Korgs standpoint, the potential exposure to new users/customers must be a lot higher if they devise a new 'instrument' as an app.
They can afford to sell them for a lot less money than a more conventional piece of hardware.
The type of music usually associated with Electribes is now, more than ever, generated by software rather than hardware and so I can only see companies like Korg moving further into that field and therefore potentially abandoning hardware for the DJ/producer type musician.
In terms of using a tablet type device in a serious environment, then I think it is only a matter of time before that becomes even more commonplace. Hook an iPad up to a NanoKontrol and with the right app you effectively have a replica Electribe
Whichever way it goes, I do not really care because I would gladly invest in a new Electribe should Korg see fit to release one, but equally, I'm prepared to give any device a chance if it allows me to keep enjoying my hobby
I dunno I think KORG was heading down the right path with these kinda future/retro machines touch pads efx’s synths tube driven groove boxes cheap analogue devices etc.
But Apps really? Is that the way to go?
There’s more new apps everyday in perhaps what’s fast becoming a flooded market…. I’m sure when Mr KORG started KORG his intention wasn’t ‘I wonder how much money I can make off people for the smallest amount of effort’…….. that (to me) sounds more like a bunch of suits sitting round a table going ‘what’s hot in the market right now and how can we make a ton of money to get those Christmas bonuses’ …. As a company do you want to be pioneers? Or do you want to be sheep?
And at the risk of sounding like a compete c*nt I’d bet you my EMX with its swapped out tubes and a couple of changed internal components would piss all over any iversion app of any electribe .….. which is a good point …. I’ve changed all sorts of bits on my EMX’s (well all my gear) cause that’s what suits me and I like to noodle I don’t like to code ……. I work all day in front of a computer I love getting home and smashing out some beats without a computer or i. anything in sight.
Obviously this is just my opinion, and I have no idea if there is a MR KORG but I feel confident in saying that at the start they wanted to make cool music gear and not computer programs.
midi controllers are basically hardware, you just have to set it up to do what you want. works all the same. If you use a computer just for music and no internet, then it wont crash or anything.
