KORG Volca Sample Hands-On (House) 

Richard Compton That's great. Thanks Richard! :)

Thank you Helmut.

oh yes.... i think it´s the best demo on youtube ;-)

...2 years later... Thanks Marco :D

manojuno Thanks!

Get both. :)

***** Just sold my beats. The options are pretty limited. Im going to buy the sample and the FM now. Volca kick looks pretty cool too

Got the sample and FM myself... they're the two most valuable by far IMO

I bought a Volca Keys because I had always wanted to play with an analogue synth (and I already had a MIDI controller keyboard to use with it). But then I saw the Volca Sample and thought of the many possibilities it offered for percussion, rhythms, sample sequences and so much more. So now I have both. The Volca FM also looks very interesting but the others have no appeal for me.

Thanks Neon!

Synthesizer Lorne Yours is not defective. My recorder's built-in compressor was on when I was recording this. :)

Cool! Thanks for letting me know

in an ideal live situation, the cue feature would be on a DJ mixer that you'd plug your machines into. that way, you can listen to the volca via headphones while another machine is playing back to the crowd via the other channel.

thaaanks

There is no song mode but you can change which loop you’ll gonna play. Yes there is a limit. I remember it was about 99 or 128 samples You can place bassline by setting different pitch of the same sample on different sample slots

I was using the input 1 and 2. i could also have used the line-in directly at the top right side.

i'm super late but, does recording with the line-in turns everything mono? I just bought a volca sample and an H5 and i want to keep it stereo!

I recognized most of the stock samples

Thanks! Yes I like to exhaust defaults before I load anything new. :)

The volca is going in 1 and 2 at the bottom. The headphone jack is going to my speakers.

They are both completely different machines. One is a sampler and the other is a drum machine. I don't have the Beats but I may get it one day. Underground music also doesn't mean a thing and has no relation with equipment to me too. You can use a broken violin to make "underground" music. In other words, both Sampler and Beats and every music equipment on earth, are more than capable to make "underground" music, whatever that may be. These Volcas are so affordable, most people don't buy them because they need them. I bought all of mine out of curiosity and for experimentation. Buy them used and give them a try and see if they work for your style of music. Have fun! And thanks for checking out my video.

You can sync using beatstep´s clock out. Volca sample use midi chanels 1-16 for each sample. So, you can use midi, but will not be able to send midi to another device. The other members of volca set work diferent, 1 chanel per device.

+Chandler Gray forgot to add: the volca takes the midi clock from a beatstep pro for example, thats no problem. only sequencing different parts/samples is difficult

+Gary Gillespie Thanks Gary! Nope I had no intention to finish it. Was just playing around.

Yes, only with iOS devices you can transfer new samples to it. They should've called it "iSample" for that matter. Also the reason i don't get this one :/ Good news is, The "Korg Electribe 2 Sampler" will come out soon...

Android, Windows, iOS, OSX are all supported by Caustic Editor for Korg Sample. www.singlecellsoftware.com/cevs

yeah, but you can't connect V Sample to a computer so it only works with devices that can transfer wireless : )

Sure. But for $150 it's great.

***** No it doesn't transfer wireless. In theory anything that can output audio with a jack can send samples to the Volca sample. There are now apps for Android and Windows and iOS. No wireless, just a regular cable.

Lol thanks ;D

Matt Greer Thanks Matt.

Case Woo yes you did!

Thanks Mac!

Thanks!

Thanks! Hope you get yours soon. :)

Thanks Craig :)

Muchas gracias Oscar!

Awesome! :)

Thanks Eightball!

Thanks for checkin out.

Thanks Apoth!

+Matt Richards Thanks Matt!

merci beaucoup

Thanks. Yes I was just playing around with the built-in samples.

Thanks spencer!

lol!

+Dennis Mozgovoy Thanks Dennis!

Thanks Andreas!

Can't speak for the Sample, but on the FM it does "jump" to the exact value on the knob. So yeah, unfortunately you gotta know where it should be and turn that knob quickly. Just realised you posted this 5 years ago :))

Thanks Marius!

maybe i will buy one, but you know a good aplication to transfert sample from a macbook cause i've no Iphone

Yes, just download the free installer from here... www.singlecellsoftware.com/caustic

***** thx :) can't wait the 1st february to have one !

yes must

teekanne15 Well I've been using rechargeable batteries in all my volcas.

Absolutely. 372g is just fab! :)

It's 125 Euro today! :)

My Autobiography A Fanfic True dat.

Hi Mo kumar, yes it is a Zoom H5 recorder.

Hi there and thanks for the comment. Yes there are 2 apps available for transfer of samples to the Volca. There are no other methods of sample transfer. "AudioPocket" by Korg is available only on iOS devices, and "Caustic Editor" available on both iOS and Android devices.

Caustic Editor now supports Windows and Mac.

While the Korg is recording into the Zoom H5 via the inputs at the bottom, that cable on the left of the recorder is going to my speakers, so I'm hearing the whole thing.

+Maťa Paulenová He use the Zoom h4n

Hi David, unfortunately the Volcas are not able to trigger any external gear because they don't have MIDI out.

However just spoke to a company and in the next few weeks there's a solderless mini out mod coming :)

Fantastic.

***** Keep ya posted :)

Not everyone can afford vintage hardware synths...

You have to start somewhere, I imagine you forgot how many times you wasted money when you where "new". With the Volca series you can learn and try on a budget. Love it? Buy better gear. Not you thing? Too bad, nothing (not a lot) lost.

János Grausza ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZpGlDpYTfeo.html