Novation Circuit vs Korg Electribe 2 & Sampler (E2 & E2S) 

Correction! The pads in Circuit ARE velocity sensitive

I owned and loved Circuit for 2 years and currently own an Electribe 2 Sampler, so I'm pretty familiar with both of these. The Circuit is fun as hell, but it feels limiting after a while. It's so intuitive though. So much fun to just pick up and scratch something out. The ESX2 is harder to get to grips with. However, it's much deeper and once you "get it", it leaves Circuit in the dust. There's a lot of menu diving though, so I'd highly recommend getting a Shift Skin so you can avoid all that (it makes the workflow 10x better). The synthesizer features are a little more limited than the EMX2 version, but they serve their purpose, and you can always use synth samples instead. If you're new to making music, or just want immediacy in your workflow, the Circuit is for you. If you want serious depth or have any interest in manipulating your samples, go for the Electribe. Or get both. They play well together.

My personal life goal is to meet the guy who said "ribingbangbong" on the electribe sampler

I bought the Electribe 2 Sampler because I thought it gave much more musical scope "hands on" than the Circuit. The LCD display and dedicated control knobs sold it for me. And, I wanted it totally independent (and portable) for creating music as I didn't want to use it with a PC. The Circuit is probably better suited for those who want to use it more intuitively. The Electribe is more suited to those who like to delve more deeply, learn and experiment. It's "horses for courses" (as with most things in life) but they both have their own individual merits. SO, many thanks for the really great, detailed and objective comparison, which was both helpful and refreshing. You really do have a knack of being so comprehensive, instructive and clear when reviewing these musical devices as I have also watched other videos of yours with a very similar appreciation and praise. Please keep up the good work.

Circuits pads are velocity sensitive (press shift+velocity to enable it).

dont know that much about electribe but i gave the circuit to my 7yr old niece and with some guidance she made a song in 5 minutes... that thing should be mandatory in schools

I'm an electribe guy through and through , I have the ES-1 and had the ESX-1 . That said , in giving the electribe 2 different and additional functionality , I find it's lost the intuitive nature that made the previous electribes so amazing to use . I have the ES2 sampler , and it is great , but I find myself missing the ESX frequently when I have to go menu diving . I will have to check out the other videos on that which you mention here . thanks for doing such helpful videos

Best comparison I watched. Finally I bought an Electribe 2 and I'm very very happy with it. Thank you so much. Cheers!

I own both. Electribe PRO: You can live sample on the fly thru an audio input. Electribe CON: If you sample something & you do not save it to the SD card (which takes 2 weeks to save/load) it will be lost forever. Circuit PRO: The samples are already loaded to memory via computer app like the Volca. Will stay there until you delete them. Circuit CON: Does not sample live thru audio input. This sucks hard. OVERALL PROS: BOTH are small enough to fit into a laptop bag or backpack with a sammich and a camera just in case you wanna eat whilst bangin' out your next smokin' joint and record yourself doing it! ;o) OVERALL CONS: Battery life could be better on both units, but sucks slightly more on the Electribe. I wished Akai would just make a Yamaha SU-10 -sized MPC Live. Like an MPC mini or pocket studio. Volca would have been the shit if they made it to where you could at least live sample and get at least 32 steps out of the thing. These companies keep missing important default features but choose to load these machines up with gimmick features you could give 1.5 shits about. Right now Teenage Engineering are the kings of music making miniaturization.

I love how you structured both the video and the overlay in the editing process. Great vid

Man... This was very very informative! Really great job! Thanks for taking tthe time to make this.

Really appreciate you clearing up the pros and cons of each, I'm going with the Electribe, for sure now.

I fell asleep to this last night, not because it’s boring but because electronics are comforting and your voice so calm and soothing. Hahaha

"... maybe get one of each and sell the one you don't like." That might be my dream option as well. Thank you so much for showing the differences. You did very well, not sounding biased at all. The patch making software seems very fascinating!

Love my Circuit so much that I bought a second one. Don't think I've ever done that with another piece of music hardware other than a Sure SM 58. I think a list of features in some ways short changes the immediate fun some people will have interacting with the Circuit. I sit down with it often because it's just so entertaining. Sometimes those noodlings have made their ways into more finished pieces.

re: "No cross pattern patch support [on ES2]" On the Electribe you can copy a pattern to the next slot. Additionally, you *can* copy entire individual parts and sequence data OR just the sound patches (including mod, fx, etc) from one pattern into another using the Part Utility.

honest thanks for convincing me to get neither

I have both the E2 synth version and Circuit.. and I think they are very different machines with their own ups and downs.. I love having them both connected together.. The E2, to me, feels more like an all-in-one solution, whereas the Circuit feels more like something to sketch out ideas or add bits to an existing track. I prefer using the Circuit in some ways.. mainly due to the lovely pads, lights and ease of use.. but the E2 is where I make my more adventurous music.. HOWEVER.. the Excellent ability to add your own samples on the Novation Components page and edit Synth Patches are so good that it gives the machine a totally new lease of life..I can now play cool basslines and melodies on my E2, while finger drumming wicked amen breaks and other hits on the Circuit. It's so nice to not be restricted to the E2's, admittedly large, range of drum sounds. Plus you can add some fantastic melodies using the Circuit.. Basically.. get both if you can afford it.. they go pretty cheap on Ebay these days.. I paid £230 for the E2 (with the awesome UDG hard case) and £170 for the Circuit.. a total bargain in my opinion! :)

I've owned my Electribe 2 Sampler for about a year now, have really grown to love it! I have owned lots of drum machines and grooveboxes over the years but I think the Electribe has an abundance of character and soul in its sound. Everything sounds good, filter, overdrive and other FX. I did'nt like the reverb at first, but have come to realise it is pretty good when used in small amounts. The motion sequencing really brings tracks alive, just about anything can use this feature. Even the sequencer can be fun if you play around with the groove templates and swing. I've noticed a nice coloration of the sound from the D/A convertors, which is not captured if you export to Ableton. This sound is part of the unit's character and appeal for me!

Great and helpfull vid. On the Electribe, you have polymetric sequence options. Different step lenght for each part, which opens up that 4 bar limitation. If you into such things.

Thanks for this very comprehensive comparison .

It’s so interesting to see how over the years the circuit just absolutely blew past the electribe. In no way is the electribe bad, it’s just all those super helpful updates for the circuit that essentially makes up for most of the downsides.

thanks for your effort.. A couple of extra things about the circuit.. You can make single button chords, it now supports polyrhythms and (recently) fractional gating, either sync'd or instant pattern switching, and i in addition to the PC, Circuit has a couple of commercial iPad apps for sound design.. also, sorting your patches in the two banks is a great way to help out and reduce browsing.

The Circuit was my choice. For me it's about sketching, getting the ideas out of my head.

This is very thorough! I am getting my Circuit in two day's time! It'll be most most expensive and versatile piece of gear. Can't wait! Seems endless what it can create. Hope it will pair up good with my Volca Sample! Thanks for the comparison video! It was interesting to see what pros and cons the Circuit has.

I like the synth part of E2 sampler. I can basically create a sound and resample it, store it, loop it, etc.

.Thanks so much for your wonderful educational videos. Had an old Akai MPD26 and a few drum machines gathering dust & treated myself to a Circuit. My dream would be for Novation to produce a Circuit pro, with a screen and more of everything that’s on the electribes. Been surfing RU-vid, synth videos, everything from Zimmer & JXL to Uncle Tom Cobbly & all. Love it all and was hit with synth lust, dreaming of having an Argon 8 desktop, a Deepmind 12 desktop, a Hydrasynth desktop & a Digitakt, with an NDLR & Keystep pro, but sobered up, as an old geezer I’m content with my Circuit, Keystep and IPad and DAW’s (especially freebies). But appreciate your work & sub’bed. 😎👍🎼

I bought electribe last week. And then I realized I did it because I unconscious remembered watching this video last year. I already have fallen in love with it, and now that I see the comments I think the circuit it's somehow overrated. I mean, the circuit has a better looking design, and seems to be easier to play, but I feel it's limited on sampling (which I was interested more). In my case instead of looking for a synth with some sampling capabilities, I opted for a sampler, and I can say that I was surprised with the built-in oscillators e2 have, cause even if it isn't too versatile at some point, I think it has enough to make some great beats. You can sample real synths instead.

17:35 you can get all 8 patterns to follow or play through by pushing opposite corner pads. If you select drum 3 for example, and go to patterns and push opposite corner pads (so all 8 patterns play one after the other) hit play. go to choose drum sample (shift drum 3) and then record, you can record samples as you play them. end result more than two samples per drum channel

Great thank you, Iwished people like yourself would receive more credit for what you do to assist people in there choices. Thanks buddy your a champion.

Got both (es2-Curcuit ) / use both / love both - to me es2 sounds better ( listen to the demos - es2's are like real songs, the circuit's sound like the sound Track for Tetris ) I turn down the volume and use the midi notes and sequence vsts ( 8 bars are nice - the whole pattern mode is brilliant ) both are amazing if your debating close your eye and randomly pick one ( you'll be happy ) / " loopop tha Professor " -always another great vid dog

Got both, and I find the circuit more fun.. But far more limiting in terms of sample functions.. But I still go to my ESX-1 more often than either of them. Edit: If they added a chromatic mode for samples on the Circuit I'd probably use it a hell of a lot more. Seems like a really obvious missed feature.

Hi. I had both modern Electribes and could not justify the "synth" version as well as the sampler version. I have now got the circuit as the "synth" soundmodule and the the electribe will be what its is best for - percussive. The main "sampler" is the electribe and i use the sample function on the circuit as a trigger for film monologues(soundbites). I think your demonstration supports that combo. So dont sell the one you dont like -combo!

They are vastly different in concept. *Electribe* - evolved from x0x basis into it's own paradigm through two 'mk' + X versions, then took a step diagonally with the "2" series - as evident by the influence of Akai, Elektron and their own volcas. All controls, displays and indicators are dedicated per section and do not change. *Circuit* - a variant of the monome / launchpad paradigm of 'any pad/controller can be anything'. No dedicated functions per control and no display. Dependent on an external host system for it's state/architectural setup.

thanks for this!! rlly helped me decide between the two. ended up going with the E2S, but i would definitely like to get the circuit too at some point. they’re both very intriguing instruments with their own unique strengths and i’d love to play them in tandem someday!! also i love yr videos, always very informative and to the point! ^-^

Id love to see a comparation electrib tribe/ novation circuit tracks

What we really need is a JDXI with circuit-type control and immediacy. Roland really screwed up not making patterns chainable and generally skimping on sequencing in JDXI. But damn it's deep and good sounding though.

Circuit is easier to get your imagination coming out of the speakers. Electribe is easier to get things you'd never imagined coming out of the speakers.

circuit is one of the best machine for a live jam

Just got an electribe 2 blue for $150.00. Didn’t need it at all but for the price had to get it . Can use it on my lunch breaks at work . And use it to control Korg gadget by midi on my iPad.,phone ,or Mac 🤘🏿

E2S/ES is so massive when compare to circuit. incomparable

Had my e2 for a year and yeah the circuit sounds better due to being about to side chain. Also the synth parts sound a lot more professional. Idk what it is about the circuit , it just sounds less "stiff"

overall i'm getting an impression what electribe is more for composing/design, while circuit is more for live performances of already prepared material

A good discussion of this question, your vids are detailed. ( Forgot "Step Jump"? Another issue is - sample loading procedure. ) I quite like my Electribes, but the Circuit sequencer seems to have some advantages, will try to get one at some point, or perhaps await the wish-ware sequel to the device.

Thanks for this comparison video. I was looking at both of these units as I needed a sketch pad to use while I am travelling on a plane or train that I can create the basics of a track and then later transfer it in my studio to Logic or Ableton to arrange, add to and then finish off. After trying out both in two different shops and also getting the opinion of the shop assistant I decided to go with the Circuit. Okay neither are an MPC Live but for quick creative ideas the Circuit is great. I have had mine for 2 days and I am very impressed with it. As a wise old producer told me at the start of my professional music journey "It's not how much you have, it's how you use it successfully," so I will be able to work within the limitations of the Circuit and the fact it's easy to use is great. Thanks once again for a very informative video that helped in the choice process

i got the circuit first and am very happy with it. i will also be getting the electribe though for more synth capabilities

The 8 knobs used in each synth for the Circuit is kind of like how it works with the Native Instruments Kore Player, in that the knob functions change depending on the patch and you can't change what parameters they control. In Kore at least there's text telling you the parameter for each knob. I'd be frustrated to do that with the Circuit where there is no screen telling you what you're controlling.

Have them both. Love them both. I find the Electribe (Synth version) to be all-in-the-box solution that works quite well. The simplicity of the synths forces one to focus on efficiency in sound design. I love that it is a 16 part multitimbral sequencing machine. I think the X-Y pad is...well, lets just say novel at best. Circuit's synths are comprehensive though...provided you use the computer-based editor. Yep, the lack of ANY alphanumeric feedback is the biggest downfall of the Circuit. I hate having to go back and forth trying to find which session goes to whatever else I may be currently working on. I have to select a session, find out what the BPM of that session is, maybe listen to it to get an idea of what it is...and so forth. Both units I use with an external keyboard for note input, I just can't get along with grid scale layouts. Bottom line: I wouldn't part with either of them, they both are welcome in my overall setup. Oh, the Electribe is very nice as an outboard performance orientated sequencer driving my Kurz K2500...that is SEXY...I am all about 16 channel multitimbrality!

Hey man! What a great video. Prolly best one on the topic. I wish i watched it earlier! To be honest Korg missed the boar on this one. Editing notes on Electribe 2 is so much pain. I bought Electribe to be portable and create music on the go without hooking up to PC. Turned out, the menu diving killed all the fun and i still use my old DAW to punch in notes. Now i look at Circuit doing note editing really easy not even having a screen... Wow, Novation did a good job on that, which is funny since Novation usually have the most problems with clucky interfaces and buggy software. But here i think Novation kick Korg's butt and i'm thinking about selling my Electribe or trade for Circuit... but guess what? Literally nobody is dumb enough to trade Circuit for Electribe. That's saying something. Greetings from overseas!

Well done! now you should make a video comparing the Electribe 2 with the new Circuit.

Korg seems to have more efficiency whereas the circuit seems to have more creative options but that's locked to you using a pc, as someone who's owned and e2 for a while I can say it's amazing to be able to create a track with a pattern (or multiple) and then track it live into a daw and be able to mix and master it, but I'd say the circuit has more explorative creative potential with the attached software that it comes with from what I can see, it would to a person's taste but Korg made a nice genuine groove box with the e2, nice video there's a lot of information to digest here

Circuit can be a Groove box like a band for a singer guitar player. Because its really easier to handle live.

The Circuit’s firmware keeps getting updated to this day. Not so for the Korg. What the circuit has become due to updates makes it way better than the Korg. And novation will continue to make firmware updates.

I own both. To me, a major downside of the E2 is the absence of a sound patch library - I feel frustrated to alway start from zero for the sound design. (though a workaround is to start from a factory pattern - then it's quite annoying to get rid of the sound l don't want). I feel the Circuit to be much more intuitive, and I'm able to instantly get good results/ideas from using it along with a PC patch editor. I think Korg gadget (on iPad) has better workflow over E2.

On the electribe: The parts and effects you create in a pattern can be copied to any other pattern, use the menu for 'copy part'. Everything about your sound, automation and notes are duplicated into destination pattern.

interesting comparison, i still think i did the right thing getting a roland jd-xi sure it costs more but you do get a lot.

OK so here is the question. I already have an old Electribe SmkII and would like a groove box to partner it with for playing live sets. Would like to be able to do some form of arranging/sequencing on the fly to keep things feeling live. From what I have seen the Circuit seems really suited to this but there are limitations as shown here. The electribe is a proper pitched sampler so from sound design seems to have the edge. Plus it is stand alone which adds another layer of complication. I use Linux as a rule and I am not sure if the synth editor for the circuit would play nicely with Linux in which case I would be stuck with a very limited sound set. For live use, which way to jump, was set on a circuit till I saw this and started thinking about it.

I have all the Electribes with the exception of the samplers, but if you want a box that can do just about anything with save up and get an MPC.I still use all my Electribes wish the MPC were as simple bot you can't have everything.

I’ve contemplated the new Electribe but keep finding myself more inclined to add more synths to be sequenced by Circuit. I sinc Circuit to Maschine which allows really quick creations of basslines and leads which I can either sample directly from the Circuit’s nova engines or from the BS2 (sequenced by Circuit). Looking at the MeeBlip Triode for basses so the BS2 can do leads. The Circuit’s nova engine is pretty good at pads.

It’s been over 4 years since I got my e2s, within weeks of this video’s release. For whatever reason, e2s is now $100 more, the same price as newly-announced SP-404mkII-which is $50 LESS than the older SP-404A.🤔

Good job with that comparison! I love using both really (see my live sets :)). I couldn't really decide to keep only one since they sound so differently. I'm curious to see what Novation is planning for their next step. Maybe we'll see it soon. Just one thing: The circuit pads are indeed velocity sensitive. Maybe you have set them to fixed (shift + velocity) cheers!

Thank you for this video. I found it informative and entertaining. You do a great job. I have an ES2 (mark 1 - the black one) for quite some time. I find sampling on the thing to be the most convoluted bull I have ever seen in my life. I've had this for a long time now and don't even bother sampling with the ES2. Setting start and end points is like using huge hands on a microscopic object. I wished there was a way to create a sample on the computer screen and just slap it down to the device. Nothing doing. Besides we all know how Korg historically hates doing anything for non-apple products or devices (I am a PC/Android person). I do like how quick I can bang out a song/melody/pattern on the ES2, but the sampling part is just entirely too complicated and stupid. This needs to be reworked. Also, I guess, I'm just stupid. (ha)... If I could turn back time, I'd get the regular electribe and not the sampler. To compensate, I have a Launchpad pro. Spread my samples on that thing like a demon! Love it :)

i perfer the simpler circuit im just starting to learn this stuff

Ungh - just the look of these unit reminds me of trying to decide between the Maschine and the Push, all over again!! D: ... ;P

Circuit sends 3 tracks - channel 10 is for all 4 sampler parts, 1&2 are synths. There is a velocity in live record, you just need to enable it.

If Novation bothered with LCD screen and velocity sensitive pads I would have gone with it. Plus I already had Novation Circuit Station Mono, so it had to be Electribe Synth, though I do find it rather counterintuitive and frustrating. Novation Circuit Station Mono actually can be used as a drum machine, there is a work around for that. I got Electribe mainly as drum machine, but discovered that it has some rather impressive capabilities as a standalone synth.

if korg actually cared about customers after they have their money and put out a legit firmware update it wouldnt even be a close question as to which but with novations just amazing updates and care for their products and customers even years after release i find it hard to go with an electribe

had to mention that the E2 has a high pitched hiss present all the time:) or make a special video for the bugs in the two machines.. nice video!

Excellent review!

NEW SUB here! Thanks for the video.. I am building my studio at the moment and I am invested heavily in Novation meaning Circuit/Base station II / Impulse 49 / MiniNova / and Focusrite / and finally PRS SE Custom 24.. So I am looking for all RU-vid Tutorials on Abelton / and Novation Gear.. I am an actual trained Musician (Saxophone and most woodwinds) but I am having a difficult time wrapping my head around this (to me it is new) new "GRID" based music creation style. In my day we had "PUNCH recording and sequencing" on workstation synthesizers which today I think the term has warped into what they call "step" sequencing in a DAW.. anyway .. love the Video..

Damn your videos are Lit Bro 👊💪🔥🙏👍

Both of these boxes have seriously limited sequencers. They use fixed grids which means you cannot record triplets into a four fourth scale and vice versa. Don't get me wrong - I'm a huge fan of the EMX-1 and it has the same issue, I'm just trying to make people aware because it means that some patterns simply cannot be programmed and many don't seem to know. Anyone looking for a more flexible concept around the same price might want to compare to a used Akai MPC or a (good condition) Roland MC groovebox. They are not as easy to use but more flexible sequencer concepts when you know how they work.

Thanks for this, really helped me decide.

The answer is get both .. 💜

Great indepth video

Own both, the electribe 2 is quite rude to work with, specially when writing, but the TB-3 or toraiz as-1 makes that job so easy that you don't gonna need to worry about anymore, and about the circuit..., I don't know what to say, I love it, it does it job, but in the end is a two synth + 4 drums samples and is incomplete as a standalone device, anyway..., I usually use 4 or 5 machines at the same time but just saying the thing because as a first and only machine to have is kind of weak, and yeah, sonically circuit shines on the high frecuencies but electribe can be so great at low frecuencies that I can only say, you need (must) to pair the two... And for the haters on the electribe, hiss is over and the only way to hear it now, 1.19 and over that landmark or upgrade eliminate it..., is to EQing wrong your setup..., and O.K., to be honest, I'm a kind of hater on the other one, cause circuit is a 32 patterns/patches/samples on board only, and thats to little for me, it forces me to be making new start points every month and having a lot of material stored on a computer..., great videos, so keep doing... PD: This is not my official youtube account, if someone want to check the music I do is as easy as type Dave M. Nada and choose the other account, the one without the Un4ut0r1z3d thing writed on it, this account is just for watching videos on my phone, so sorry...

Jajajaaaa...Hola gentes..animo con todas las cosas y vayamos todos con alegrías...

open wide here comes the tribe

Just bought the circuit mono because I own Omnisphere 2.5 & Keyscape - they have an integration profile for this unit that makes it extremely powerful.(not just keymapping) Also, the Novation was 299.00 and actuslly gets some firmware attention.

Ok just got off the Curcuit editor - all that stuff I said before - forget it / sounds cool now / good job Novation ( really got like 178 line on Tetris black in 88 - WHAT ! )

When I buy hardware, it should NOT need a computer to edit. The Circuit is out of the question, no way. Thanks for this review, it was a big help.

the new pertinent comparaison could be Electribe 2 vs Model:Cycles ... !

thank you!

The Octatrack is the Master

Keep both.

All in all a good comparison of these two machines. I own a Circuit and had the E2 for 6 weeks also. What I don´t get at all is how rarely it is mentioned, that one part on the E2 has no real 4 voice polyphony, but 4 voice paraphony which is a HUGE difference. On the Circuit you can play multiple melodies on different octaves. This is not possible on the E2. It was also very frustrating for me to find out, that release and decay are paired on the E2. So as soon as you activate the amp envelope, there is no sustain. With a short attack every note will have the SAME length. Or do most people not care about these things because of their style of making music?

Had both - sold the electribe 2. The electribe 2's workflow was not at all intuitive and wasn't quite capable of doing anything I wanted it to do. The circuit is certainly limited, but from day 1 it has been amazing at sketching out a song. I understand why these machines are being compared because they came out around a similar time, but many people agree that it would be better to compare the circuit to the electribe emx-1.

For me, these are idea sketchpads. I will bang out cool patterns but never use these as a final song. For me, I prefer the Electribe by far and the Novation went away quickly via eBay.

I don't get the manufacturer of this unit at all. Sampler that has 99 seconds of memory for new samples in "mono"?!!! Is it a sampler or a toy? What is the sampler memory size I'm paying for? 15 Mb? for 400+ USD?

Korg wins for me...

Now both of these machine is a good for music but the price & looks that the different

Hey there, i own an electribe and a circuit. can anyone help me Setting up both together? Thank you very much!

The most important specs/ features of a sequencer are not mentioned here which is how many steps a pattern can have and quantization options.

Unless I'm missing something (maybe), having only 4 drum tracks on the Circuit is a massive limiting factor isn't it?? Track one - Kick, Track two - Snare, Track Three and Four, Open and closed hats . . . . and that's it? No tambourine, toms, claps, other drums possible??

So the Novation seems to jump out at me. If I'm gonna muck around with synths I'm probably just going to play a separate synth and then have that syncing with the Novation. Primarily I'm looking for making beats, lots of playing ability (the PC makes it helpful) and I'll be doing Industrial style samples, eg sound clips from movies and what not to play in and around the beats. Does it sounds like the Novation's what I need? It seems to be but I'm a huge n00b when it comes to this sorta stuff

I wish I could buy something a bit better than electribe2, I hope they release electribe3 some day. I want something similar if not the same, but with 8 bars, 500 patterns and 500 more empty ones (the ones I have right now aren´t enough). more sounds, more quality, integration between a group of patterns you use for a song (what I mean by this is that when I get 5 patterns for a song and then I realise the filter had to be lower for a bass for example, or make certain modiffications, I have to go preset by preset changing manually each bass to make them all sound the same). I love my electribe2 but I think they were stingy with some things, the sd card to begin with, I thought that you just could open a folder and play whatever is in there, but no, you use your sd card as a schoolbag, you have to "empty your table" and get things from that schoolbag to put in the table. So in electribe2 you have 250 places but nearly 50 are empty, that means that if you run out of space, you have to start deleting the factory presets (and I like them), that is so limiting considering that you take like average 5 - 16 patterns (places) to make a song (check my vid better off alone to see what I mean). Of course you could make things in 1 pattern to have fun, you can even do Daso songs in 1 pattern (I like covers only) that is fine, but right now I am unable to do Bob sinclair - World hold on because I need 8 bars, in that way I could use literally 1 pattern for the whole song. but having 4 bars that means that for the first seconds of the song I have to use 2 patterns chained, and I cant just mute - unmute 1 part because it wont remain muted - unmuted when the pattern changes, all because electribe is limited and doesnt have that level of integration. And I think that many things on electribe2 are limited but for 2 reasons, one: technology in this device is quite basic. two: because these people made bad decisions, so much so that as you say, some other people make mods and improvements (with mobile apps) showing how lazy Korg developers are.

@12:52 you talk about this sample part limitation. I cant find the video on your channel were you hack/tip about this. Link pls :)

many thanks for this review. I have to say that - to me - the ET-ET/s is ugy, which is enough to disqualify it :) The Circuit is as pretty as a music making piece of plastic can be !

I mean is it just me or does the e2 just sound more, raw, warm and gritty? the circuit just sounds like that cold dsp based synth sound that is to prevalent in modern music.

electribe still looks like the year 2000