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| Name | Version: | Hacktribe Companion 0.0 |
| Author: | xanadu |
| Device Type: | Instrument |
| Description: | Hacktribe Companion – work in progress Eleven years ago I bought a Korg Electribe Music Production Station (the synth version; the sampler hadn’t been released yet). Back then I wrote the Electribe2 Pattern Editor and uploaded it to MaxForLive.com—currently 4042 downloads. My Electribe was eventually relegated to a drawer, but the Electribe2 community is still alive with the Hacktribe from Bang Corrupt as a motor, so my unit is back on the desk. At the time I considered converting it to an Electribe Sampler too risky; today I switch the firmware freely between the Hacktribe Sampler and the original Electribe 2 synth. This month 1010music is releasing the Bento. It outclasses the Electribe in almost every respect—but at a hefty price. I’m more a programmer than a musician: I prefer gear I can extend. The Hacktribe firmware offers plenty of hooks, so a new project was born: Hacktribe Companion. Limitations I have to work around Panel MIDI – The Hacktribe wiki claims every knob/encoder can send NRPN, but I haven’t got that working yet; the box is still meant to drive itself, not act as a general MIDI controller. NRPN input – At the moment only global parameters seem writable via NRPN; pattern and part parameters must be sent as a full dump (≈ 1.1 s over USB, 6 s over DIN). Menu system – Lots of turning and pressing, very little context. An external overview screen would help—dedicated to Hacktribe, not like a full Ableton Live display. Minimal extra gear – No extra MIDI interfaces if possible; just a mouse and (when useful) a QWERTY keyboard. Conventions in this project - Parts 1–8 → melodic (pitch and velocity changes, chords possible). - Parts 9–16 → drums/percussion (pitch fixed to C4) velocity changes possible. - Part 8 holds a silence-sample; I record dial moves into this part so no sound is generated while editing. - You can override these conventions if needed. What the Companion will not become - No full Push integration—the Electribe feel stays central. - No feature overload outside the Hacktribe concept. What the Companion will add (phase 1) A 1024 × 768 window (shown on an iPad via Duet Display or Twomon) featuring - global-parameter editor - pattern & part editor - per-part step-sequencer overview - Menu editing with a simple mouse click. Further plans (phase 2) Extra MIDI tricks – e.g. use part 8 as a silent “ghost track”, process its notes/CCs in Max (probability per note, ratchets, etc.), then feed them back into part 7. Preset/librarian section with - Factory Electribe sounds (including dial settings) - Factory sequences - Chord progressions from Scaler 3 - Patterns from XO and MicroTonic - Various sample libraries Download & feedback Please download the dummy if you are interested. Probably I will abondon the project if no downloads occur. I have no working Demo yet, but I plan to publish a weekly progress build. Have ideas or suggestions? I’d love to hear them! |
Details
| Live Version Used: | 12.0.5 |
| Max Version Used: | 8.6.2 |
| Date Added: | Jun 23 2025 22:31:36 |
| Date Last Updated: | Jun 23 2025 23:32:45 |
| Downloads: | 17 |
| ⓘ License: | None |
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| Device File: | NoDemoYet.amxd |
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