Upgrade E2 to ES2 and vice versa!

Re-Member · Post by **Re-Member** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 4:33 pm

I also heard that Electribe Sampler owners will be allowed to "downgrade" their units. It removes the sampling feature so that it functions more like the regular E2. In fact, James Pullen personally goes to your home to install the downgrade, then hands you $129. It's true because I read it on the internet.

HappyTed · Post by **HappyTed** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 3:21 pm

dutchcow wrote:
HappyTed wrote: I think Korg will price each upgrade option at about $129
Korg needs more money! Give them all your money.

I'll definitely be happy to pay for sampler functionality. Obviously I'd rather it was a free update or included in the first place.

SlopingCompanion · Post by **SlopingCompanion** » Sat Jun 06, 2015 1:12 pm

Re-Member wrote:I also heard that Electribe Sampler owners will be allowed to "downgrade" their units. It removes the sampling feature so that it functions more like the regular E2. In fact, James Pullen personally goes to your home to install the downgrade, then hands you $129. It's true because I read it on the internet.

Definitely LOLed at that, and I rarely type LOL- so you know you've done well.

MaartenNl · Post by **MaartenNl** » Sat Jun 06, 2015 2:28 pm

But.. Was it James Pullen who said: iTS gonna be the most customizable synth ever or was it a Joke and or hoax? Id he was true, do you have Some ideas what he means?

dutchcow · Post by **dutchcow** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 11:03 am

MaartenNl wrote:But.. Was it James Pullen who said: iTS gonna be the most customizable synth ever or was it a Joke and or hoax? Id he was true, do you have Some ideas what he means?

James is full of it. Bollocks that is. He gets paid good money by Korg so Korg doesn't have to explain anything to us directly.

Korg should have just posted info on their website regarding firmware issues and what they will fix and plan to add (swappable firmware anyone?).

Poumtschak · Post by **Poumtschak** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 11:37 am

MaartenNl wrote:iTS gonna be the most customizable synth ever or was it a Joke and or hoax? Id he was true, do you have Some ideas what he means?

A synth where you can erase all the factory waveforms and use your own ones instead, that sounds customisable enough to me.
Then, this is a sampler...

HappyTed · Post by **HappyTed** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:32 pm

HappyTed wrote:I heard that now the Electribe Sampler has been released there will be the ability to add the sampling functionality to the Electribe 2

In this case I think there will be two content upgrades.

1) E2 sampler upgrade - add all sampling functionality from the ES2 to the E2.
2) ES2 synth upgrade - add all additional OSC and Filter types from the E2 to the ES2.

I think Korg will price each upgrade option at about $129, with users that have previously registered both Electribes getting the upgrades for free.

I'll definitely upgrade my E2

Well it looks like the community have grown tired of waiting for the official upgrade. According to James Pullen this is still on the cards. Come on Korg make it happen!

Steinberger · Post by **Steinberger** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 1:33 am

I don't want to fire up the speculation train but I would pay extra money to add sampler functionality to my E2 as long as it retained ALL the features of both units (waveforms, filters, etc.). Now if they want to charge money for a bit switch I'm not so hot on that.

Villainmedia13 · Post by **Villainmedia13** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 1:46 am

thesigma wrote:
Ted3000 wrote:
HappyTed wrote:
I bought a car once and found it a bit sluggish so took it in 6 months later and had it race tuned (which I'm told was just like flipping a switch)
My metaphor has backfired.

How about a chocolate bar with a credit-card reader in it? Swipe for the last bite?
Except in reality it would be more like a few extra bites, or a whole new chocolate bar. I don't see the big deal. It's been done with new rom expansions, sound packs and whatever for years. You bought an item that did X because you wanted X. Now the company says you can have Y fore more money. Y took R&D to develop, what's wrong with compensation for work done? Nobody makes you buy Y and you still can do X. How are you being held hostage? Such an entitlement mentality today is ruining everything. Do you get up and go to work every morning for free? And then to claim proudly that a bunch of people will just come together to steal it in the end? No wonder the world is such a sorry place.

There are two boxes side by side both priced the same one box a sampler and one a synth/pcm groovebox. great!!!!!

Now the thing is the E2 being priced the same as the e2s that only until this point anyway serves one purpose?

Entitlement. I agree we live in an entitled society and am sick of it however this has nothing to do with entitlement.
I'm pissed I want the box that will do both.

Or here's an idea how about waiting until you have a halfway functioning operating system before you release the boxes with firmware......

This firmware thing is a blessing and a curse.. It allows companies to partially develop firmware that is buggy and crappy with the promise of updating..

I would argue one thing that is truly wrong with this world is this mentality that half asses everything with a promise of functionality in the future that gets sold to people spending their hard earned money

Sampler is great. Intuitive and little buggy. Would I rather have a box that does both.
Absolutely...

Villainmedia13 · Post by **Villainmedia13** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 2:40 am

If they can tighten this operating system up a little I'll probably buy the synth as well anyway... I think a company should be more transparent with a product at least once the said product reaches store shelves and consumer homes.

rowf · Post by **rowf** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 8:00 am

Its a reality now! We did that before them! Just read the tutorial and update your grey e2s!

MaartenNl · Post by **MaartenNl** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 7:58 pm

SlopingCompanion wrote:
Re-Member wrote:I also heard that Electribe Sampler owners will be allowed to "downgrade" their units. It removes the sampling feature so that it functions more like the regular E2. In fact, James Pullen personally goes to your home to install the downgrade, then hands you $129. It's true because I read it on the internet.
Definitely LOLed at that, and I rarely type LOL- so you know you've done well.

I was also looking for a like button but there was no button... But, lol indeed, haha

jpeg · Post by **jpeg** » Fri Sep 18, 2015 8:54 pm

thesigma wrote:I will agree this is not going to happen, they have already made two seperate devices, they have nothing to gain from it. still lets suppose hypothetically they did, or offered some other "upgrade" for a price:

Ted3000 wrote:I'm not a fan of companies who release an intentionally crippled product with a must-have "upgrade" planned for later, one that should have been there from the beginning.
Nor Am I, however, Are you suggesting that the E2 and E2S are "Crippled" products, and moreover that Korg made them so intentionally? Do I smell a HATER? sorry, couldn't resist.

Personally I would have rather had one E2 that did sampling and synthesis (including drum synthesis, and let you run user samples through a full synth engine, and I'd have been happy to get it under a grand. and it should do 16 bars at least

if korg had released one product with the choice of two colours, but with the synth and sample capabilities of both.

mason · Post by **mason** » Sat Sep 19, 2015 1:21 pm

have a blank screen now at boot, can't get to utilities.
anyone aware of a key combo at boot up to system reset or anything?

Ted3000 · Post by **Ted3000** » Sat Sep 19, 2015 4:14 pm

mason wrote:
have a blank screen now at boot, can't get to utilities.
anyone aware of a key combo at boot up to system reset or anything?

There's no known key combo for a diagnostic boot.

I'm guessing you tried to edit the OS?

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