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korg_electribe_es-1 [2023/10/15 13:33] – clarification rjtkorg_electribe_es-1 [2025/04/29 19:54] (current) – NRPN for pitch rjt
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 Cool sampler and sequencer. Comes with lots of sounds, patterns, and songs built-in, and it's pretty fun just messing with those, or replacing the samples and hearing the existing patterns with new sounds. Cool sampler and sequencer. Comes with lots of sounds, patterns, and songs built-in, and it's pretty fun just messing with those, or replacing the samples and hearing the existing patterns with new sounds.
  
-==== Loading Samples ====+Only downsides for me are that I can't freely play a sample across the notes of a connected [[MIDI controller]], and that loading samples is a bit tedious. 
 + 
 +===== Loading Samples =====
  
 Loading samples from a [[SmartMedia]] card has a few restrictions: Loading samples from a [[SmartMedia]] card has a few restrictions:
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   * Files need to be named in order, EG: 00.WAV 01.WAV 02.WAV 03.WAV 04.WAV (extension can be upper- or lowercase)   * Files need to be named in order, EG: 00.WAV 01.WAV 02.WAV 03.WAV 04.WAV (extension can be upper- or lowercase)
   * 100 files max in the root directory. Dunno about using subdirectories.   * 100 files max in the root directory. Dunno about using subdirectories.
-    * You don't need to keep you samples here, it's more a temp space as you'll move the individual samples into sets/banks and save those onto the card.+    * You don't need to keep you samples here, it's more a temp space as you'll move the individual samples into sets/banks and save those back onto the card.
   * 8- or 16-bit, 32KHz. .WAV or .AIFF. If you use a rate other than 32KHz playback speed will be distorted.   * 8- or 16-bit, 32KHz. .WAV or .AIFF. If you use a rate other than 32KHz playback speed will be distorted.
   * You can format the card in the ES-1. It's [[wp>File_Allocation_Table#FAT12|FAT-12]].   * You can format the card in the ES-1. It's [[wp>File_Allocation_Table#FAT12|FAT-12]].
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   * You have to load each sample one-by-one!   * You have to load each sample one-by-one!
  
-=== Renaming ===+==== Renaming ====
  
 I use [[wp>GPRename]], which I have hooked into my file manager, so I can select a directory and launch it. I use [[wp>GPRename]], which I have hooked into my file manager, so I can select a directory and launch it.
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 It'd be nice to script the whole renaming and converting process, so I'll add a command line renaming guide at some point maybe. It'd be nice to script the whole renaming and converting process, so I'll add a command line renaming guide at some point maybe.
  
-=== Converting ===+==== Converting ====
  
 With [[Audacity]]: With [[Audacity]]:
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   * ''-b'' is bit depth   * ''-b'' is bit depth
   * 'optional output directory' has to already exist   * 'optional output directory' has to already exist
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 +===== MIDI =====
 +
 +Default mapping for a keyboard is (copied from the manual):
 +
 +^ Part      ^ Note name ^ Note number ^
 +| Sample 1  | C2        | 36 |
 +| Sample 2  | D2        | 38 |
 +| Sample 3  | E2        | 40 |
 +| Sample 4  | F2        | 41 |
 +| Sample 5  | G2        | 43 |
 +| Sample 6A | C4        | 60 |
 +| Sample 6B | C♯4       | 61 |
 +| Sample 7A | F♯2       | 42 |
 +| Sample 7B | A♯2       | 46 |
 +| Slice Sample | B2     | 47 |
 +| Audio In  | A2        | 45 |
 +
 +I would like to be able to take a sample and play it across the whole keyboard, but you can't. It doesn't even respond to a controller's pitch wheel.
 +
 +You do have access to all the knobs via MIDI [[MIDI#NRPN|NRPN]] messages (which, to summarise, are just groups of regular MIDI CC messages), except for the effects section and the accent button for some reason. NRPN is annoying to do in [[Reaper]], and the instructions in [[https://files.ryliejamesthomas.net/manuals/korg_electribe_es-1.pdf|the ES-1 manual]] are obtuse, so I haven't tried this yet, but changing the Pitch/Speed would be useful. Theoretically, with the right software, you could map keyboard keys to notes and NRPN messages simultaneous to hack chromatic support.
 +
 +I thought I may be able to do both with the pads on the [[novation_61sl_mkiii]], but it only worked the first time I hit them :(
 +
 +====NRPN====
 +
 +These were given in hex, so I'm including those for completeness's sake.
 +
 +^ Parameter     ^ Hex    ^^ Dec    ^^ Values ^
 +| Part 1 pitch  | 05 | 00 | 05 | 00 | 0-127  |
 +| Part 2 pitch  | 05 | 08 | 05 | 08 | 0-127  |
 +| Part 3 pitch  | 05 | 10 | 05 | 16 | 0-127  |
 +| Part 4 pitch  | 05 | 18 | 05 | 24 | 0-127  |
 +| Part 5 pitch  | 05 | 20 | 05 | 32 | 0-127  |
 +| Part 6A pitch | 05 | 28 | 05 | 40 | 0-127  |
 +| Part 6B pitch | 05 | 30 | 05 | 48 | 0-127  |
 +| Part 7A pitch | 05 | 38 | 05 | 56 | 0-127  |
 +| Part 7B pitch | 05 | 40 | 05 | 64 | 0-127  |
  
 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====
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   * [[https://files.ryliejamesthomas.net/manuals/korg_electribe_es-1.pdf]]   * [[https://files.ryliejamesthomas.net/manuals/korg_electribe_es-1.pdf]]
   * https://www.synthmania.com/es-1.htm   * https://www.synthmania.com/es-1.htm
-  * https://github.com/chris-roerig/es1-renamer+  * [[github>chris-roerig/es1-renamer]] 
 +  * [[github>polluxsynth/es12wav]]
   * https://www.korg.com/us/support/download/product/1/102/   * https://www.korg.com/us/support/download/product/1/102/
     * https://www.korg.com/us/support/download/software/1/102/3317/ - ELECTRIBE-S/ES1 to .WAV PC Utility.     * https://www.korg.com/us/support/download/software/1/102/3317/ - ELECTRIBE-S/ES1 to .WAV PC Utility.
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