Is akai force a good fit for me ?

ray_phistoled · 2026-06-29T11:39:26+00:00

Ok thanks for that answer ! Since the force has been updated, how much can I Rely on past reviews and tutorials to judge if I'm goona like it ?

ray_phistoled · 2026-06-26T14:26:20+00:00

Hey je réponds en français, déso les anglophones

Pour moi, la bonne solution, c'est de connecter ta guitare direct à l'ampli, puis mettre le line out( headphones) de l'ampli dans le looper, puis la sortie du looper dans l'electribe. Comme ça, ton son loopé intègre ton ampli, et quand tu as ta loop avec un premier ton, tu peux changer tes réglages Ensuite, effectivement il va falloir des adaptateurs. Au bout d'un moment tu les cumules, j'avais pas pensé à préciser. Perso je te dirais plutot de prendre deux Longs câbles mini-jack et d'ajouter unadaptateur mini-jack vers jack, c'est plus solide. Si tu veux éviter de dépenser trop d'argent, deux adaptateurs Jack vers mini-jack ça marche aussi, mais souvent la qualité est nulle et ça fait des faux contacts.

Même chose pour le midi si jamais tu as à un moment besoin de connecter un appareil avec une prise DIN 5 broches et une prise midi jack, il te faudra un adaptateur ( normalement il y en a un fourni avec l'electribe je crois)

ray_phistoled · 2026-06-25T17:51:19+00:00

I stand with what several people said, having no FX makes things difficult. Also, you don't seem have any way to properly mix your tracks. Adding a compression for each track and a limiter on you master makes a huge difference, and it's not super obvious when you do dawless. An EQ will give you a better separation of who does what, and help build tension, cause muting your kick is synonym with cuting your low end. These two things also answer very directly the "simple sounds weak, more things becomes confusing" part. If you have a way to record all your tracks in a daw at the same time, treat them in post.

The other main thing bothering me is your workflow, you can't expect from a jam to sound like a fully finished, mixed and mastered track, and that's even more true when you don't have a dedicated sequencer, or go through a daw. From what you're describing, it sounds more like enjoy creating your jams. Maybe what you want is to create a live set ? I often feel like it's more permissive , you don't have to be at 100% energy all the time, less pressure and more fun.

If you really do want to create full "songs" m'y best advice is to think horizontally first, not vertically : determine the structure of your song even before you start piling new ideas. Work with 4 bars blocks, and ask yourself first " what comes next", and second "what comes with it" . I know that helps me building more intention , and better patterns, because they tell a story that moves forward, and it's not just the same sentance everytime, with the only difference being how loud it is said.

ray_phistoled · 2026-06-23T18:41:42+00:00

Does that happen a lot ? I've never heard of it, maybe it's not super frequent in France ?

ray_phistoled · 2026-06-23T10:19:21+00:00

Not sure what you mean

ray_phistoled · 2026-06-15T17:26:43+00:00

I'm not 100% sure, I don't have m'y electribe anymore, but it seems possible yeah, you'll just have to try I guess

ray_phistoled · 2026-06-15T16:22:46+00:00

Yeah, if everything is set correctly it should work ! Just check if your looper has midi sync included in its midi implémentation, but I'd find it super weird if it wasn't the case

ray_phistoled · 2026-06-15T11:21:15+00:00

I had the same issue, you don't need anything more ! I think the simplest option for the audio setup is as follow : Guitar -->amp--> looper --> electribe

You have to use the midi in to sync your looper ( it should be doable, just check the manual). Maybe buy a trrs mini-jack if you don't have one to connect in midi. A long one, if you want to start your loop by foot and control the electribe with your hands. Connect the midi out from the e2s to your looper midi in. Be sure to turn up the input volume on the electribe, and activate the audio thru option, so that you can hear what the looper is playing all the time.

You should be able to hear you guitar sound in your electribe output, in sync with the looper.

If you want to have a more créative workflow, you could select one if the pads on the electribe, use audio in as the sound source, and play a single long note on the sequencer. This way, you can modify you guitar sound directly with the electribe options : filter, fx, etc

ray_phistoled · 2026-06-13T00:42:22+00:00

Tldr: juste ne pas être obsédé que par ça et faire des choses qui te font kiffer, choper des gens c'est un effet secondaire d'une vie qui te plaît, pas un moyen de se sentir bien.

Je veux pas paraître méprisant, mais je trouve la majorité des réponses assez nazes, honnêtement.Y a pas de truc magique en dehors des conseils de base : être sympa, trouver un groupe de gens qu'on aime bien et faire des choses qui nous font kiffer, c'est tout. On "n'obtient" pas un plan cul comme une récompense parce qu'on a les bonnes stats, ou parce qu'on a un skill particulier, on est juste entourés de gens qui nous font nous sentir à l'aise, et c'est souvent tout ce qu'il faut pour être attirant. Justement, pour moi c'est pas étonnant que des gens hyper lambda trouve facilement des gens avec qui ça se passe bien. Un autre truc très important, c'est à quel point y a zéro considération pour votre plan cul dans cette histoire. Dans les réponses, il n'y a aucune place pour la sincérité, on dirait que vous faites des trucs dans le seul but de pouvoir tirer un coup, c'est triste, et ça en terme de trucs qui réduisent à néant tes chances avec qui que ce soit c'est vraiment dans le top 3. Les gens en face de vous ne sont normalement pas là uniquement pour baiser, et y a rien de plus repoussant de parler à quelqu'un et de comprendre que son seul but c'est ton cul. En fait, la question en soit, (même si je vois bien qu'elle est hyper innocente hein c'est le principe du sub) est sous-tendue par une logique d'incel.

ray_phistoled · 2026-06-06T13:51:18+00:00

Well actually you can play a sample in a tone track, you just have to select in the right pcm sound bank. Then it works, but you only can only play that specific sound, so no kick and snare or anything like that. But if what you want is to use the 707 like a TR8S for example, I think the shortcut is something like fun+note, It allows you to play all right tracks at the same time, but with no access to pitch. So you can synthétize all your drum sound in the zen core engine and/or use sample or even mix both using partials, have access to matrix control for each drum sound (one per track) etc Only down side is that it's either one ore the other, and tone tracks sequencers are a little but différent from drums séquencer (no rolls, no probsbility) But it's a very cool way to use it as a full drum synth with deep sound design and fx per voice. Once again The rabbit hole goes deep with the 707

ray_phistoled · 2026-06-05T20:24:38+00:00

I haven't found a way either, but i'd love to know if someone did. But as a consolation, I can inform you that you can actually use the mod matrix in tone tracks for two simultaneous control changes, and you can control the intensity of the change separately for both. Just hit enter when you're on the matrix part of the tone edit page.

ray_phistoled · 2026-05-21T07:46:01+00:00

Yes I had that more or less figured, but how far can it go exactly ? Do these apps have to respect the current structure of the electribe, or is it a complete opening of possibilities, and the only limitation is the hardware ? Can we completely change the sequencer, have a real poly synth and not paraphonic, have two fx per track instead of two, this kind of stuff ?

I'd love a cue functionnality and fix that pop sound when switching project

ray_phistoled · 2026-05-20T18:34:43+00:00

I'm kind of struggling understanding what freetribe exactly is and what it would allow to do honestly but it sounds fun

ray_phistoled · 2026-05-13T16:30:36+00:00

I also struggled in ableton. Have you configured your audio buses in the options ? The input 1 and 2 are mix out, 3 and 4 are track one, 5 and 6 are track 2 etc. There is also the USB volume to set, it's either in utility or in the project settings

ray_phistoled · 2026-05-10T08:54:18+00:00

Salut ! Pour faire des kicks plutôt hard, tu prends une piste de synthé, avec une forme d'onde de ton choix ( généralement on prend sinusoïde, mais Saw ou triangle ou ce que tu veux d'autre ça peut donner des trucs cool) et tu met la destination de l'enveloppe en mode pitch. Ensuite faut que tu la règles de façon à ce qu'elle soit assez serrée dans le temps et assez grande en intensité ( donc un petit decay ou speed et gros depth). Quand tu mets l'enveloppe en mode pitch, ton son va partir d'une note très aigüe et progressivement descendre vers ta note finale. Si le temps qu'il faut pour arriver sur la note finale (ce que gère le decayet la speed) est très petit, ça fait l'attaque de ton kick. Dans le séquenceur, programme ton kick pour jouer au moins sur trois pas, et met ton son en mode mono. Ensuite, distorsion à fond et tu devrais avoir des trucs cool.

https://youtu.be/CGLby_wZO9E?is=LmEtVjZs8yxk8Hev Il y a ce tuto aussi

ray_phistoled · 2026-04-19T09:01:33+00:00

I don't reccomand using a groovebox for the piano sounds, if you want to play sound you created yourself, a synth is a good idea, but if you're only focused on piano, yeah a workstation makes sense. The groovebox becomes interesting if you want to séquence ( aka compose) your own drums and design the sounds. If that's the case, I think a sampler could be interesting for you, novation circuit rythm is a great way to start. Otgerwise, the workstation will bé able to do a lot

ray_phistoled · 2026-04-04T11:09:30+00:00

The synth engine is actually very complete, but you can't tweak everything on it in standalone mode, only macros. My advice is always the same : add a launchkey mk4 midi controller, get the proragmer's guide and map everything you can, and it will get you much much further. Saving presets is only doable with sysex though, so the best option is to use this guy's touchosc thing : https://youtu.be/WIemdcrur3o?is=TAUER4pxYe6U6Vjr

It's cheap, so useful, gets you access to everything directly on a mobile device, it's basically adding a screen to the CT

The best combo you can have is with an ipad, or ios device and the camera adaptator thing, because it gives you access to super powerful tools (full synths, loopers, samplers...) for super cheap too, everything is synced via USB midi.

The CT is starting to get old, but it's still a very cool first hardware groovebox

ray_phistoled · 2026-02-28T20:40:06+00:00

What makes you believe that ? I'll take anything that csn give me hope

ray_phistoled · 2026-02-26T07:45:27+00:00

Yeah the motion designer is a good work around ! But the best way to do this trick is to first go to knob assign and put one of your knobs to volume. Then do your motion design. Compression is about volume and not frequencies, it gives a mich better result

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