So I bought an Electribe Sx

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So I bought an Electribe Sx

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Decided to buy an Electribe Sx on ebay. It's second hand but the prices was ok, and really wanted to finally have a drum machine to help my production get more a live feel to it. I basically bought this for the price and also for not being the typical machine with 808/909 style samples (you already can load them if you want anyway).

I really like it. Very funny machine. Very easy to start making cool stuff, and loving the modulations and effects so far.

The problem I'm facing is the hiss sound. I know this is a common problem from these korg boxes. When I'm playing live I almost forget about it, but when I record stuff and hear after it's very noticeable and if it pump the volume up it's even worse.

Has anyone with an electribe solved that issue?
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I'm using a normal setup: laptop + external soundcard + monitor.
I will look into the cables. I read replacing the tubes also help.
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have you tried with a gate?
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They are horribly noisey, you can tweak a few things but in the end you just have to live with it.
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I'm using an old card I bought five years ago, mixvibes or something like that (needs an upgrade probably as I'm starting to get more hardware). But I dont think this is the problem because I been recording an external synth like the Dave Smith Evolver without that huge amount of hiss.
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Re: So I bought an Electribe Sx

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that problem is caused for a big part by the valve amp inside the unit. you can replace it with a proper valve, not only to get rid of some of the noise, but also to make it bang. a friend did this to his esx, liked the sound a lot...
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Re: So I bought an Electribe Sx

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Absolutely replace the tubes. Go the Korg forums and there is info there on where/what to get. The mod takes 5 minutes and it helps the sound immensely. The noise will be gone.
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Re: So I bought an Electribe Sx

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My EMX1 mk 2 was noisy, it's just the way they are. Unless it's actually something worse than what the norm is, no point changing anything. They're all the same. As soon as you switch em on, there's a bit of hiss. Never bothered me, my MD does it too.
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