Bad Gear - Korg Volca Drum

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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Korg Volca Drum. Is the third drum sound specialist of the Volca series (after the Beats and Kick) a worthy successor to the legendary Korg Electribe ER-1 drum machine? Can it step out of the Shadow of the Electribe and when will Korg release the long overdue Drumlogue?
Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:54 Overview Korg Volca Drum
01:28 The OG Korg Electribe ER-1 drum machine
01:40 Synth engine (Oscillator)
01:52 Pitch modulation
02:04 Envelopes
02:35 Bit reduction, wave folding, overdrive
02:53 Layers (concept, kick & snare example)
03:23 Waveguide, physical modelling (effects section)
03:48 Hidden Menu (panning, pitch quantization, accent track, slice)
04:21 Improvements (pattern chaining, swing, saving kits and patterns)
04:38 Randomizer
04:46 Motion recording, parameter locks (Elektron-style)
05:12 Active Step (polyrhythms), Step Jump (fills)
05:33 Limitations, pricing
06:11 Hate
06:40 Jam 1
07:37 Jam 2
08:32 Finale
08:59 Verdict

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@AudioPilz Год назад

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@robertpennycook1936 Год назад

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@AudioPilz Год назад

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@Taschenschieber Год назад

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@smellymala3103 Год назад

@@AudioPilz The fact that you went an extra layer and grabbed the pottery clip from The Naked Gun… respect once again

@zanderxymox Год назад

That "Backrooms" video montage is fantastic on every level

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you!!! That's quite a rabbit hole to go down!

@KRAFTWERK2K6 Год назад

@@AudioPilz you mean... to no-clip into ;)

@somnyad Год назад

I agree!! It was crazy cool.

@sTeVe-vl3nh 17 дней назад

Awesome 👍

@fffrage Год назад

One of my favourite features in Volca Drum, not mentioned in this vid - is that you can set per-step probability in sequencer.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thanks for the clarification!

@smicha1466 Год назад

That probability mode is great for helping to compensate for the four-bar limitation. I use that feature combined with slice on my hi-hat type sounds and it makes the beats seem far less repetitive.

@williamtell1477 Год назад

Thats cool :)

@kenfusion Год назад

Drumologue !! Yes , please 🙏

@wireheadinstruments Год назад

agree it is a great feature. I often used it with two hi-hat channels in a choke-group, each panned left/right so the probability randomises the panning. make one track's sequence a different length and there's a "never"-repeating stereo hi-hat track!

@underduckbro Год назад

The grooves you make while demonstrating each of its parameters are all song worthy.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you!!!

@L_AMEGAME 7 месяцев назад

This one is in stereo ?

@Fantishow-is-a-butt Год назад

Picked this one up recently, easily the best drum machine I’ve ever used. I like getting more melodic with the sounds and resampling into Ableton for basses and chords

@AudioPilz Год назад

Great for tonal stuff!!!

@Katmat87 Год назад

Every track or jam I’ve recorded with the drum stands a mile apart from the ones with usual Roland sounds. It sounds unlike anything else. I think it’s amazing. And the polyrhythm, random probability potential takes it to another level

@KRAFTWERK2K6 Год назад

Unlike anything else is also how i would describe the Korg Minilogue. it's amazing how they actually pull this up by releasing actually affordable new gear that really sounds like nothing you hear elsewhere. I'm still tempted to get a few of the Volcas. Especially the Sample and newly released revision of the volca FM appeal to me.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Why not combine it with classic sounds?

@bobbythompson4268 Год назад

@@KRAFTWERK2K6 these things are great. I got the beats like 2 years ago, didn’t mess with it much, then recently picked up the FM and bass, and keys, and I started diving in a bit. These things are great. Just got the drum on Amazon a few mins ago haha.

@chevy4x466 Год назад

I bought my kids volcas for their Easter 🐣 present. They r both in piano and school band. I think these r great learning tools for kids on composing measures

@tubeMonger Год назад

More versatile than I thought. Enjoyed the review. Thanks for sharing! You really have something here on your RU-vid channel. The videos are top notch (full of useful info, verdict, and continuous popular culture references, cool sounding music) and there is no GAS-inducing affiliate marketing with cautions against GAS. Perfect!

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you so much!!!

@rattenkonig6303 Год назад

Volca Drum is amazing. Not often you get drum synth capable of huge noise sounds and industrial like textures. For real. Not beafy enough? Maybe. But huge. I love mine and want bigger version of it

@AudioPilz Год назад

I like beef;)

@ZaGaElectronic Год назад

Man, you keep pumping these videos out, with great quality too, and I seem to keep watching them :-)

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you!!!

@hellcore Год назад

Love your videos. So much work in it. The combination with movie scenes, memes and video editing are fantastic and outstanding!

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you!!!

@Producer4Realz Год назад

I'm a 61 year's old musician and a big fan of your deep analyzing and speedy flow of honest creative criticism. Love your videos - Very helpful 🤗

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you so much!!!

@FormerlyOrca Год назад

NOOO MY GEAR IS ON BAD GEAR!!! The drum is my first drum machine and while I do like it, the headphone out and the small knobs really do break my heart. But it's still fun to play and learn how to make some funky drums. Great episode Florian!

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you!!!

@ooktar Год назад

I traded in my Volca Beats for the Drum and I'm pretty glad I did. The fact I can make a decent snare drum on it is enough to justify it. Still some inconveniences for a drum machine but overall there's a lot going for it.

@AudioPilz Год назад

The Beats is really limited

@finonomastropiero4261 Год назад

@@AudioPilz unless modded?

@rorz999 Год назад

@@finonomastropiero4261 no, it's still limited even after modding. I'm hoping for a Beats v2 with a better snare, swing, individual outs, 64 steps, etc

@bonzaihb3432 Год назад

@@AudioPilz True, I had a Beats (modded myself) but it didn't click for me - like a 808 on tranquilizers or thereabouts. The Bass I liked kinda, but sold it anyway together with the Beats, no regrets... Eyeing the FM2 right now, just for kicks (lol) and giggles ;)

@hicknopunk Год назад

I still like my beats. I love the wet rag hitting a symbol sound, love turning the snare into another tom. The wood block can be really mangled into fun sounds. The only issue I have with the beats is the limited kick.

@Owoshima_ Год назад

I absolutely love mine, and as you had said, it is fantastic for sample making, the random layer function is a very cool inspirational tool as well.

@jonpatchmodular Год назад

I have to say, this episode's videoclip sections looked so amazing!! And the jams, great work! (even with that randomized burst haha) And I know you spent two days getting the iconic melody to play out of the Drum ;) Great work! Now I want the Volca Kick.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you so much!!!

@timbrechopper Год назад

At 6:24, I emphatically yelled "YES!" out loud. And if this hasn't already been answered: You have to set the Volca Drum to multi-channel mode to play a single sound chromatically.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Interesting, I managed to play them in one channel but not tonally with a midi keyboard. Thanks!

@timbrechopper Год назад

@@AudioPilz Yeah Korg put a sneaky option in there to use it either as a single channel drum machine or a multi-timbral synth. I friggin' love the Volca Drum so much. You're dead on about it needing a MIDI Dump. I hadn't even considered it until you mentioned it.

@eighteenfiftynine Год назад

@@timbrechopper eh? That doesn't work, does it?!

@timbrechopper Год назад

@@eighteenfiftynine It does, indeed. cdn.korg.com/us/support/download/files/aa0a404eb2b0fa59873677d825cc272e.pdf?response-content-disposition=inline%3Bfilename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27volca_drum_split_ch_MIDI_Chart_E1.pdf&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf%3B

@huntergalloway3944 Год назад

Not my secret weapon for making drum layers and samples!? I love the V Drum also as an all in one IDM groove box. Such a useful synth.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Great for all kinds of IDM!

@lundsweden 18 дней назад

I had one of these, don't know why I sold it! Its a really weird little box of experimental joy, and I mean that in the best possible way!

@cassiomendes13 Год назад

The videoclip of the finale jam is one of the coolest of all times. Really great!

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you!!!

@RCAvhstape Год назад

That Liminal Spaces Backrooms jam was awesome, and the video editing on it was totally on point. Smile on my face the whole time. That last jam is something I anticipate with every one of your videos.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you!!!

@themaxwellstevens Год назад

One of your best videos yet, excellent!

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you!!!

@G1SUNPLANT Год назад

Both Jams are awesome, especially 1. Great show! Way to go!

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you!!!

@name8631 Год назад

Love my volca drum. No clue what I'm doing with it and I can't make it sound like drums but god is it fun

@AudioPilz Год назад

Way to go!!!

@gavincurleycork 4 месяца назад

sounds like how I'd be 😂 can't decide whether to take the chance ! How are you finding it now ?

@stephenkyburz6529 Год назад

That's the only Volca I own. Got it just to mess around with the CC on the Digitakt and there is so many things you can do with it. Pure delight. Great video as usual

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thanks!

@allyouracid Год назад

The editing and memery of this video are especially funny. Love it, great video. 👍 Btw, recent Bad Gear episodes always make me wanna buy those devices. Nice sound at the end!

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you!!!

@celticviolaandfiddle Год назад

Super high quality videos that are entertaining and super-informative. Keep it up!

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you!!!

@beaticulous Год назад

Predator doing menu diving... afraid of blowing the whole machine up. Just pure genius, man!

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you!!!

@aeravan Год назад

finally, all my synth are now covered by your show ❤️

@AudioPilz Год назад

Congrats!!!

@drindy5166 Год назад

Your videos are truly entertaining as much as they're educational. The edit work is truly awesome! I have been watching your channel for sometime now and didn't realize I wasn't subscribed until now lol. Keep up the killer work brother! 👊🧡👍

@AudioPilz Год назад

❤️❤️❤️

@PrimitiveInTheExtreme Год назад

As far as I am concerned one of your most beautiful videos!

@AudioPilz Год назад

❤️❤️❤️

@DoodMangSpeaks Год назад

The volca drum is so good when you make things at a slower tempo. You can really bring out some trippy sounds.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Agreed!

@markffff8155 Год назад

Couldn't agree more that this synth voice in a more back-up capable, fleshed out interface a la Drumlogue would be awesome. The Volca drum actually sounds amazing, and the physical modeling section is niiiice

@AudioPilz Год назад

Yeah, I would have loved to have this engine in the drumlogue

@commanderdnb919 Год назад

This jam slapped. Good job bro!

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you!

@Dudderlyful Год назад

The Everything Everywhere All at Once clip made almost made me spit out my cider! Interesting little box and credit where it's due for Korg making something different! HAPPY FRIDAY ALL! Great as ever Mr Pilz

@Dudderlyful Год назад

Somebody please make the Volca bagpipe real

@AudioPilz Год назад

😀

@alexwestconsulting Год назад

Volca Drum is one of the best low budget devices on the market. To me it is essential gear.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Very affordable given the feature set!

@Yuzuki1337 Год назад

When you're so early that RU-vid says "1 view". :D I liked the Drum when I played with it, let's see how it goes. :)

@AudioPilz Год назад

No "last time I was so early" jokes please;)

@hiding_my_name Год назад

Lol mine still says 1 view yet there's 25 comments.

@Yuzuki1337 Год назад

@@AudioPilz The last time I was this early, my parents... *explodes*

@Yuzuki1337 Год назад

@@hiding_my_name You're right, guess RU-vid is borked again. :D

@happylittlesynth Год назад

Just ordered mine yesterday...stoked!

@AudioPilz Год назад

Nice!!!

@normdurkin6425 Год назад

excellent video professor.. you were very helpful and fair at explaining the pros and cons..

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you!!!

@keirmckeon Год назад

Great video as always, another piece of gear from my setup, as always!

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you!!!

@rgrgraterol Год назад

finally a piece of gear that I own showcased in this channel... sounds very punchy but sometimes a bit sterile, I found that treating it with some plugs on the way in does wonders (saturation, filter)... the sequencer is very creative and flexible. I think it's a great unit.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Additional processing really does wonders!

@jdrukman Год назад

I’ve got one of these and I love it. Your review is pretty accurate as far as all the pros and cons. My main use for it is to make “weird glitchy bloody unpredictable sequence layers”. I just record them all into Logic and save them as loops. I’ve got a pretty big library now. Great to just sneak them in wherever to fill out a track. For the price, you really can’t beat it.

@vinceriley Год назад

Wow, thanks for the very technical review. Much needed.

@AudioPilz Год назад

❤️

@infn8loopmusic Год назад

Excellent video!!! Love this content. Keep it coming.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you!!!

@Johnsys359 Год назад

This is my favorite volca, combined with the kick, it's a powerhouse.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Agreed!

@user82938 Год назад

The school desk drum machine, hell yes. Need that pen cap for the sharp snare.

@AudioPilz Год назад

...and that nice vocal samples when you hit one of the other students;)

@Exmirror Год назад

Love the multi-peek!

@markludwig9280 10 месяцев назад

Awesome video. Thank you for all of your videos. I was debating whether to buy this or not, but I really like the sounds coming out of this. Thank you, take care.

@AudioPilz 10 месяцев назад

Happy to hear that, thanks!!!

@paulbmorgan Год назад

This is by far my favourite Volca, produces the weird and wacky sounds that can make a recording so much more interesting. I usually have mine hooked up to a Korg Kaoss Pad Quad to provide added oddness, and the Wave Guide (the 3 knob flux capacitor) should be standard on all Volca's... wait standard on every electronic musical device, everywhere for everyone :-) very nice episode.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thanks! Certainly goes well with a Kaoss Pad!

@knob_agency Год назад

Wave Guide is my favorite effect too. Do know you know something similar in other pedals/FX/VST?

@paulbmorgan Год назад

@@knob_agency I am not clued up on VSTs as I have a dawless set-up. IMHO the Korg Kaoss Pad is a really great addition to any set up as it is tactile, easy to integrate and produces wacky results with ease.

@ChrisSmout Год назад

6:18 totally agree - it's a lot of drum power in a small box, some clear compromising here. I like mine for synthesising kicks and snares - for some reason I can always dial in something I like quite quickly rather than in a DAW.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Yeah, I'd love to have an ER-1 plugin in Live

@Jason75913 Год назад

Kicks and snares is all I like out of the Drum most of the time. I always felt that I couldn't do much with it and the sounds that can be had are too often not my cup of tea. Or I just never learned to get along with it, I don't know. I sold it after over a year with it.

@dirtysolarremix 2 месяца назад

Brilliant analysis, i needed this video, as im currently fretting over buying one! 😀

@adrianjetsetter3011 Год назад

amazing episode like always!!

@AudioPilz Год назад

❤️❤️❤️

@frankgibson8960 Год назад

You nailed it. It’s good for making samples and I love recording mine through the DAW to edit and beef up the sounds but the interface is not as fun as the electribe. I am also hoping they throw the synth engine in the drumlogue cause it sounds great. I prefer using oscillatorsink's free Synthmata tool to program the kits quickly.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thanks! I'd love to see that engine in the Drumlogue!

@__cal29 Год назад

Has there been any new info on the drumlogue?

@chandlerholloway7876 Год назад

Great vid, huge fan! Next to the FM 2, the Drum is the best volca to use as a sound module tethered to an editor or more capable sequencer. Editors are especially helpful for overcoming that limitation on saving patterns and kits. As long as you do all of your sound design and editing within the editor (or you're willing to go back and manually program all the parameters of a kit or a pattern into the editor), you can keep things backed up well enough. I think pajen figured out a way to dump the patterns and kits over sysex if you've done the MIDI out mod, but I've not tried it. The drum isn't able to cover all the bases (as you said, beefy kicks and aggressive snares are a weak point) so I usually reserve it for glitchy and retro sounding hat and ride/crash sounds, and then pitched percussive boops like cheesy toms, cowbell and woodblock esque stuff. Hard panning and using a Y splitter lets me process my cymbals and my boops through entirely different signal chains - a great feature that I believe is unique to the sample and the drum.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Interesting to hear about the Pajen hack!!!

@afk_hesh 6 месяцев назад

Damn I never thought of that panning trick, that's genius!

@morbidtales13 Год назад

As a beginner, this and the NTS-1 are my go-to combo for quick jams. Thank you for your content.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@kneonic Год назад

Great man, loved the tutorial!

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you!!!

@x10dc90 Год назад

I really liked Jam 2, very groovy rhythm.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you!!!

@TheSciHi Год назад

This could be the best Volca if it wasn't put in Volca format. Also - its sound, while being something quite original, wears off rather quickly. Florian, you nailed this box in 110%. Yes, it's somewhat lost tribe of Electribe and yes, it totally sucks in live jam situations. Other than that - a stand out for some, a curio for the other.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thanks! Waiting for the Drumlogue;)

@TheSciHi Год назад

@@AudioPilz Korg's already late to the party, all courtesy of Syntakt. But I still hope that the Drumlogue will see the light od the day...one day ;)

@jonpatchmodular Год назад

@@TheSciHi i mean the syntakt is 900 bucks, it's sort of the reason I don't have one and maybe never will. But it's the Elektron box for the lovers of the Cycles, and I am a lover of the Cycles T-T

@TheSciHi Год назад

@@jonpatchmodular Yeah, but it's what the Drumlogue will compete with now, if it will be released that is

@dicknawson Год назад

Excellent review as always

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thanks!

@russcontact 2 месяца назад

Went looking for volca drum demos, this was the 3rd algo result. Absolutely not what I was looking for yet I immediately clicked. That’s how dope your stuff is ✌️

@crunchyfrog555 Год назад

Damn, you often give me something to think about. I've been tentatively looking for some easy and quick way of getting some weirder queaky percussive bits to add to my current drum machines and synths. Being lazy I hadn't found anything suitable, but I'd completely overlooked this. I think it may just be what I'm looking for.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thanks! Time stretching acoustic sounds helps a lot too;)

@crunchyfrog555 Год назад

@@AudioPilz Yeah I like that too. I use an Elektron Samples for a lot of the work on that one. Seems an easy way to use them on the fly.

@jonpatchmodular Год назад

Definitely give it a try! You can always get rid of it out into the used market if you don't like it. But it is a tool for eccentric drums. And it syncs over MIDI or clock sync so it's great for modular too, with its whacky sounds and per-step trigger chance.

@ericvernooij2917 Год назад

I quite like these tiny instruments, both the Volcas and the Boutiques (though I must admit Roland lost me with the last few Boutiques). Honestly, a drum machine of this size, at this price that is this versatile is just magic.

@superconfort Год назад

TGIF thanks for another impressive episode!

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thanks! Have a nice weekend!!!

@danpreston564 Год назад

I’ve always loved the idea of the Volca Drum. Looks great.

@AudioPilz Год назад

I'm still Team ER-1

@danpreston564 Год назад

@@AudioPilz I was looking at an ER1 and an EA1 for sale earlier today. Spooky.

@cheapmusicgear Год назад

Is this entire series based on every synthesizer that I own and love? Yes, apparently it is 😂

@adamlooping Год назад

Love mine but a more detailed control interface would certainly make it better!

@AudioPilz Год назад

Agreed!

@d_vibe-swe Год назад

I've not really heard this in action before. Thank you for your honest review. I think I want one :)

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@remychadwick2467 Год назад

The visuals on the last jam were really something else this week

@kevinvotaw2916 Год назад

the volca drum is the only volca I still use to this day. it's so easy to morph sounds between surprisingly good kicks snares hats toms etc -- and all on the fly. the delay is sick. FAT kicks. And the step jump mode is perhaps one of the best live performance features on a drum machine I've ever seen, and can't fathom why it's not utilized on more machines. You simply press any steps you want and they are played in time with the sequencer, which meanwhile keeps its place in the sequence. This can work with steps which aren't active steps, or are rolls, etc. So much possibility in this thing. Best volca hands down.

@AudioPilz Год назад

I'd love to have the extra sequencer features in the Sample

@wardrich Год назад

I love the volcas for their simplicity - but like you said, I really wish they had a way to backup/restore.

@AudioPilz Год назад

That'd be great;)

@s3nsec0rruptr80 Год назад

There's someone who made solderless midi out kits for a couple of volcas, maybe there's one for this?

@s3nsec0rruptr80 Год назад

It's USB tribe, they have it for multiple other volcas but not the drum 😥

@lucasgibson2980 Год назад

I was literally searching your youtube channel to see if you had uploaded a bad gear on the korg volca drum just earlier today. I must've magically summoned this video somehow.

@AudioPilz Год назад

It's magic!!!

@SlaserX Год назад

I was busy trying to guess if it was another Roland release or a volca this week. Did not disappoint.

@gammaphonic Год назад

I’ve wanted one of these since they came out. It’s not so much a drum machine as it is a drum synth, and those aren’t so common.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Agreed!

@uly1981 Год назад

This looks surprisingly fun for a device i dismissed purely because of the volca branding

@AudioPilz Год назад

Yes, this one is fun!

@hiding_my_name Год назад

Same.

@mkteku Год назад

Hope you are putting out an album full of all the JAMz soon!

@AudioPilz Год назад

I hope so too;)

@williamtell1477 Год назад

Omg this one was off the chain with the editing. Well done well done good sir! Gonna go put on my biosuit and dance with some strange creatures now. :)

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you!!!

@jukpulfer Год назад

the editing is getting out of hand man, you either have stronger ADHD than me or just way too much time on your hands lol keep em coming, easily the most underrated music channel on youtube right now!!

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you so much! The answer is: YES!

@phelper4554 Год назад

The ultimate minimal techno drum machine

@AudioPilz Год назад

Agreed!

@claudesilverio677 5 месяцев назад

I just began to work with Synths, but I really like the possibilities of these small Box.

@johnchongsing7745 Год назад

Great video!

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you!!!

@welcomethrillhouse Год назад

Finale track is a jam. Any chance of a longer version?

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thanks! Full tracks on Patreon (end of plug;)

@4957842 Год назад

Sonically, its closest comparison is probably Korg’s classic Electribes, but feel like a new instrument in its own right

@AudioPilz Год назад

Agreed!

@NoST86 Год назад

I think the Volca Drum is suppossed to be an Elektron Machinedrum hommage. Which is crazy, because I always wanted one as a kid, but years later I bought the Volca Drum as my first Volca unaware of that. Still somehow I was instantly drawn to it as the most interesting Volca to me. And it has not disappointed. One interessting feature is actually the combination of Slice and Choke Groups, which allows you to have for example a simple 4 on the floor beat on one step of the sequencer and other variations with triples or other polyrhythmic stuff from the Slice Menu on other steps. This will effectively extend the sequencer to 16 bars, but reduces your options to more simple beats. You just need to reduce the tempo drasticaly to make it work. :D But with a clock divider this might be a good way to get some more variation from its 16 step sequencer.

@gianlucamingotto Год назад

great episode!

@AudioPilz Год назад

❤️

@TheBigNoize. Год назад

another great overview ...:)

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thanks!

@DomParaan Год назад

you can make some nasty 808 sub-bass drums with this bad boy lol

@AudioPilz Год назад

True that!

@MrOuija-rr8kq Год назад

Man. This machine had so much potential. For the price it’s crazy how much you’re getting. But the sounds just aren’t my favorite. I know the sounds are customizable but after listening to pretty much all RU-vid videos featuring it , I came to the conclusion I’m not a fan of the sound.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Even the ER-1 is more or less a love/hate thing

@alexwestconsulting Год назад

It's not a do everything machine. What it does it does very well. For me, that's evolving hats and the like. Nothing beats it frankly, save for something like a machinedrum. That's how I think of it, a mini machinedrum.

@Francisco12G Год назад

It helps if you start to think about it as a sound generator rather than a drum machine. Don't be fooled by what you see on RU-vid. It's like trying to find videos about guitar pedals processing other signals besides electric guitars or other string instruments. Sometimes you have to try it yourself, if possible. Reading the manual helps to understand what its capabilities are and trying to recreate it with what you have. But of course it has to have appeal to you. Know what you need. Have fun ;) Cheers

@alexwestconsulting Год назад

@@Francisco12G yup. Like I was trying to find someone, anyone, demonstrating the moog moogerfooger murf pedal on synths, barely found anything, but once I got one in my hands to get it to do what I though it could do for me, eureka!!! Most people by far are demoing the Volca Drum are trying to use it as a standalone drum machine, which it CAN do, but it's a sound design machine really, meant to be used with other gear. When the Volca Drum is freed up to concentrate on what it does well, rather than covering all the drum parts, it shines in a mix. Even pairing it with a Volca Sample adds sonics that the Volca Sample simply can't do. I've got a ton of high-end gear, but the little Volca Drum sees a lot of use.

@tomfenn7149 Год назад

I don't think you can make a decision on an instrument just by watching RU-vid videos. Too many people on YT just go for the obvious sounds and presets. To find an instrument's potential you really must own it and explore its full potential.

@inwex8350 Год назад

Yeah it can be work to get the digital volcas to sound beefy without another slamming machine but the icy nature of these modules sound great in contrast with such. Excellent video and editing as usual!

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you!!!

@quenicorn Год назад

epic editing :D

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you!!!

@wasson65 Год назад

First

@rrtramel Год назад

Beat me to it

@AudioPilz Год назад

Nice!!!

@tomfenn7149 Год назад

Only because you didn't watch the whole thing... err... first? ;-) lol

@TechnoMetalDude Год назад

I love my volca drum! One of my favorite things in my collection! I just love being able to synthesize my own drums

@AudioPilz Год назад

👍

@elekktrikk_home_video Год назад

Best and most useful of the bunch. Love it. Deeeep base and polyrhythm. 🤩🤩🤩🥳🥳🥳 Thanks for the reminder.

@AudioPilz Год назад

👍

@AmeyahOfficialTV Год назад

waiting for it to upload!

@AudioPilz Год назад

👍

@Foxxorz 5 месяцев назад

The snare meme with the blinded cat hits home so hard.

@AudioPilz 5 месяцев назад

❤️❤️❤️

@Daffy-Deck Год назад

Pillzaddict here, great appraisal, totally spot on, I learned a lot as I don't own one, but as a LXR owner I love drum synths of which seem inherently digital.

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thank you so much!!!

@hiding_my_name Год назад

Lol such a good use of the predator clip for "menu diving"!

@AudioPilz Год назад

Thanks! You're in the know!