Korg iElectribe Turns An iPad Into A $300 Electribe ER-1 Beatbox For $10

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iPad Music Software: Korg has announced that their popular Electribe·R has been reborn as a dedicated iPad app – the Korg iElectribe virtual analog beatbox (App Store link).

A few more apps like this and the economics of the iPad as a music platform will be apparent. By using mass market hardware, Korg is able to turn a $300 beatbox into a $10 application.

Specifications:

  • Sound Engine:
    • Analog Synthesizer Modeling; PCM Samples; Virtual Valve Force Tube Modeling
  • Instrument Voices (Parts):
    • 8 Total: 4 percussion synthesizer parts; 4 PCM synthesizer parts
  • Effect Section:
    • Master Effect: Assignable per step/per part
    • 8 Effect Types: Short Delay, BPM Sync Delay, Grain Shifter, Reverb, Chorus/Flanger, Filter, Talking Modulator, Decimator
  • Sequencer Section:
    • Patterns: 64 steps maximum per part, Motion Sequencing can memorize all knob motions in a pattern
    • Tempo: 20-300BPM (with Tap tempo and Swing function), Pattern-set function
  • Memory patterns:
    • 160 Total: 32 preset patterns x 2 banks; 32 basic patterns x 1 bank; 32 blank patterns x 2 banks

A special introductory price of US  $9.99 is being offered until June 30, 2010.

Description:

With the iELECTRIBE, sound creation is easy, fun and intuitive – just as on a vintage analog synthesizer. Simply choose a part (or sound) and touch the 16-step sequencer to quickly build a groove. This easy-to-use interface combines forces with the iPad’s 9.7” multi touch display to offer an intuitive “hardware” feel, sure to inspire and captivate the imagination of any user.

The iELECTRIBE faithfully recreates the historic ELECTRIBE·R’s entire sound engine and sequencer capabilities. In addition, it provides advanced Motion Sequencing, eight supercharged effect types, plus 64 new preset patterns that instantly allow the user to create music in a wide variety of dance and electronic music styles.

Note:

  • iELECTRIBE has no “Song” function.
  • iELECTRIBE cannot be used with iPhone and iPod touch

33 thoughts on “Korg iElectribe Turns An iPad Into A $300 Electribe ER-1 Beatbox For $10”

  6. hmmm, I've got to wonder why Korg isn't making things like this for PC's.
    I mean, not everyone is going to buy into the iPad thing as
    a main source for music production. I just don't get why all this attention is
    being directed towards iPad and iPhone, seems more like a toy than a serious
    tool for music making.

  9. you still have to pay $500+ for the iPad and you get no midi in or out. I would rather buy the original for $100 on Craigslist. I'll wait until the iPad has something seriously useful.

  12. hmmm, I've got to wonder why Korg isn't making things like this for PC's.
    I mean, not everyone is going to buy into the iPad thing as
    a main source for music production. I just don't get why all this attention is
    being directed towards iPad and iPhone, seems more like a toy than a serious
    tool for music making.

  13. hmmm, I've got to wonder why Korg isn't making things like this for PC's.
    I mean, not everyone is going to buy into the iPad thing as
    a main source for music production. I just don't get why all this attention is
    being directed towards iPad and iPhone, seems more like a toy than a serious
    tool for music making.

  14. This looks pretty promising. I would love to see them add the sample start point knob. That’s a feature that I love from the original.

  15. you still have to pay $500+ for the iPad and you get no midi in or out. I would rather buy the original for $100 on Craigslist. I'll wait until the iPad has something seriously useful.

  16. you still have to pay $500+ for the iPad and you get no midi in or out. I would rather buy the original for $100 on Craigslist. I'll wait until the iPad has something seriously useful.

  17. I think it's only a matter of time before other manufacturers release touch screen hand-held computers running Windows and including USB/Firewire ports, so all our beloved VSTs and host/daw software will be available for "iPad-like" use … but i'm not excited. Even large multi-touch screens cannot replace the feel and accuracy or real hardware knobs and switches.

  18. I think it's only a matter of time before other manufacturers release touch screen hand-held computers running Windows and including USB/Firewire ports, so all our beloved VSTs and host/daw software will be available for "iPad-like" use … but i'm not excited. Even large multi-touch screens cannot replace the feel and accuracy or real hardware knobs and switches.

  21. Try reading your email on your used Electribe though.

    You're missing the point that the iPad is a platform that can be anything that developers can imagine.

    If you spend $500 on a couple of beatboxes – you're getting knobs, but you're also getting locked into the limitations of those devices.

  22. Try reading your email on your used Electribe though.

    You're missing the point that the iPad is a platform that can be anything that developers can imagine.

    If you spend $500 on a couple of beatboxes – you're getting knobs, but you're also getting locked into the limitations of those devices.

  23. Sorry you are wrong. Like the original ER which this is based on, there are 4 PCM samples for the hi-hat (open and closed), crash and clap sounds….Like the original you cannot add your own samples.

  24. OH.. I got it confused with the SX version. Guess I'm not paying close enough attention to my Korg gear. *blush*

  25. OH.. I got it confused with the SX version. Guess I'm not paying close enough attention to my Korg gear. *blush*

  26. A lateral benefit of apps like this is demonstrating how much audio DSP the iPad's A4 can handle compared to previous iPhones. I know there've been some music apps that allowed a choice of X OR Y DSP effect but not both at the same time, which led me to believe it was due to CPU usage limits. Now I have to learn what's missing from the iELECTRIBE.

    I'm hoping for some innovative physical modeling — I'd be soooo happy if the Sonic Charge guys made an iPad app. They have a gift of taking the "weird" and making it incredibly accessible, something that parallels Apple's popularization of touch interfaces. Imagine manipulating something like Synplant's DNA on the iPad?

  27. A lateral benefit of apps like this is demonstrating how much audio DSP the iPad's A4 can handle compared to previous iPhones. I know there've been some music apps that allowed a choice of X OR Y DSP effect but not both at the same time, which led me to believe it was due to CPU usage limits. Now I have to learn what's missing from the iELECTRIBE.

    I'm hoping for some innovative physical modeling — I'd be soooo happy if the Sonic Charge guys made an iPad app. They have a gift of taking the "weird" and making it incredibly accessible, something that parallels Apple's popularization of touch interfaces. Imagine manipulating something like Synplant's DNA on the iPad?

  28. Sonic Charge's microTonic would be fine for me. It's an amazingly versatile drum machine. Email the authors! 🙂

  29. Sonic Charge's microTonic would be fine for me. It's an amazingly versatile drum machine. Email the authors! 🙂

  30. Sonic Charge's microTonic would be fine for me. It's an amazingly versatile drum machine. Email the authors! 🙂

  31. Sonic Charge's microTonic would be fine for me. It's an amazingly versatile drum machine. Email the authors! 🙂

  32. Sonic Charge's microTonic would be fine for me. It's an amazingly versatile drum machine. Email the authors! 🙂

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