My electribe 2 got broken by a house guest... help!

Jonesy · Post by **Jonesy** » Sat Jul 17, 2021 2:06 pm

So this brainless bovine knelt on my electribe, 2 Sampler, destroying the x/y pad. I opened up the unit and disconnected the x/y ribbon, put the unit back together and it worked, aside from no x/y pad.
It worked for about a day then it wouldn't power on at all.
I opened it again and everything looks fine... is there anything I can try to get it to power up one last time so I can get the pattern data off it?
There was "a lot" of stuff on it, the bulk of which is my latest project for a tv drama series score.
What can I do?

LM · Post by LM » Sun Jul 18, 2021 5:31 pm

How about: "you break it, you buy it"?

Jonesy · Post by **Jonesy** » Sun Jul 18, 2021 8:27 pm

I have another electribe Sampler... if I swap the motherboard from the broken one into the functional one will I be able to access the pattern data?

russellclarke · Post by **russellclarke** » Mon Jul 19, 2021 6:50 pm

if I swap the motherboard from the broken one into the functional one will I be able to access the pattern data?

Yes, assuming the fault is not with the motherboard.

It worked for about a day then it wouldn't power on at all.

Were there batteries in it while it was working? Have you checked the solder joints of the power switch and DC jack port?