Korg Volca Sample Tips & Tricks - Melody 

Jesse Vermeer Thank You and thanks to Tatsuya Takahashi for Volca series!

+Oleg Cherniy Спасибо Олег.

+jfmuk But it would be even better if you made it clear that firmware v1.3 is required to do this!

+jfmuk Done. I'd mention it in the description. Thank You for important info!

R they worth buying I'm thinking of getting one

+Andrew Crump "out of all the gear i have i find volca sample the most fun"

I have one now thy are sick

Thanks... Your avatar pic is my favorite art work of Jasper Goodall :)

TNX ; ))

+softservo I'm sorry i didn't make it clear about FUNC button... Glad You figured it out!

+Dennis Mozgovoy No worries. I'm grateful for these videos!

+orangebudday Don't tell nobody... ;)

+orangebudday i know his secret - he read the manual ;-)

+jerzy polomsky i knew it!!!!!!!!!!!! I should learn how to read

Is a shame the manual is the first thing everybody throws away

rodríguez you wouldn't be missing much. manual is not that detailed or clear

Yes if you’re still wondering

It’s the stereo part he mentions near the end :)

Thank You!

+Solimara Answer is NO. All keys on midi keyboard connected to Volca Sample will trigger sample with the same pitch, but You can try this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-US4WeItgurE.html

+Dennis Mozgovoy Thanks, it's amazing the sound you can squeeze out of this thing! I just got mine, I am learning still...I could read the (manual) a thousand times, but I learn alot more watching hands on videos. Your work is certainly helpful Sir, thank you.

Michael Swanson Never had an urge to save my patterns on external device, don’t know if it’s possible, these machines was designed as affordable live performance instruments so I’m not expecting versatility of the high budget sampler from that little monster. My philosophy is using Volca’s as midi slave with software or hardware sequencer as Akai MPC for example. You can see examples in my older videos, where Volcas was controlled by Logic Pro and later when I started sequencing theme with the AKAI MPC 1000.

@@natura808 thanks for the response! ill have to get more into the live performance aspect of it

Maudio I'm 99.9% sure you can. The OKGO samples available for free download at Korg web page.

Definitely not a gig trick... )

+Dennis Mozgovoy for sure! Good video though. I have just acquired two samples so your videos are good

My congrats on your new Volcas!

I'm working on it now, I will let you know when I start play lives Pete.

Good stuff!

Thanks for the info!

yep - it's the retrokits rk002.

+Dennis Mozgovoy Can you tell me how you load samples with the Volca sample? I ask as I having issues with my Volca sample Ok Go Edition!! If I use Headphone out or speaker out via my PC on Volca Sample I end up with the err decod message no matter how low or high my volume levels are. I have disable all apps in the background & any sound card enhancements like EQs ect . Now i'm at loss ...however the only thing my Volca seems to be ok with is my SG6 for loading samples but I would rather use Vosyr on my PC . Any suggestions please ???

Seems like you are doing everything just right, try to use different PC, I'm using MacBook with VOSYR to upload samples but I'm using Mbox audio interface instead of build in sound card. Let me know how it goes pleas.

@ThePc Gamer make sure no other audio is running. and before you upload a pack with vosyr, open an empty vosyr and upload that so the volca is empty adn then upload the vosyr sample pack or wahtever

It was my first hardware sampler and I love it still, don’t judge by the side, great first instrument!

Tomás Castillo Niosi Yes You can create odd time signature patterns, All Volcas pattern length can be adjusted from 1 to 16 steps, Volca Sampler can combine two and more patterns into the songs and all Volcas pattern can be changed manually, so by combining two patterns, A = 16 step and B = 12 steps = 28 (16 + 12) steps divided by 4 (cause we want 4th notes) = 7/4.

Thank you so much for the reply! You are amazing and also your tutorials!

Yes it works for any sample. The original purpose of the knob is to change the speed but using function activates another purpose for it which is to change the pitch.

Can you load samples in to Korg M1 at all ????

I am researching this .Certainly te folks at Voice Crystal had a PCM cards for temp use of custom voices so I figure the M!v uploasa 3rd party voices .But the idea for uploading samples to a Korg M1 came to mind even more since I once bought a device called a Frontal Lobe This device added on by Canon Research called the Frontal Lobe unit, was a third-party disk drive sold for use with the M1. Back in the 90's this device had 3rd party sounds and tunes loaded on it . But if the korg has no function for uploading a custom sample , it can be used as a controller with an emulator box .... .Thus bypassing the need "reinvent the wheel "

Firmware update korg volca sample. www.korg.com/us/support/download/software/0/370/1475/ Let me know if it helps please.

Check OS version. More info in the description.

Dennis Mozgovoy thanks, already found out version 1.3 fixes that bug and luckily it did :)

+Michael Manning Did You try touch (led is go off )and hold - then tweak parameter knob (led is lit back again) ? ...if I get Your problem right... AND! - Firmware v1.3 is required to do this!!!

Yes if you’re still interested in knowing. It has a song mode where you can chain up to 16 patterns. However you can only record up to 10 patterns at once. But if you wanted to do 32 steps, you’d do 2 song patterns together. They loop as well.

I’m using ears for sure and you’ve noticed that at first I’ve got my melody programmed in the DAW so I would know what I’m doing and Volca Sample lets you tune any sound in a semitone increments with numerical representation so you just know what values represents certain interval from your root note. It’s easy to do just take some practice - like an hour.

@@natura808 I’m going to give it a go. These step by step tutorials are awesome. Straight to the point and no messing about. Thanks

howva 1-Sample; 2-Bass; 3-Beats that’s my top three Volcas, so Sample for sure.

Thanks I got the sample and the FM just diving into the sample and wow so many possibilities and your videos make it so accesible! Thanks

A piece of paper, father, ink and a staves, done! Edit: you can do it all in your head as well. Each increment of one (1) will pitch your sample one semitone relative to the original pitch, that simple.

@@natura808 excellent thanks kindly. Doesn't the Bass have a similar option?

@@Satanic_Disciple Are we talking about Volca Bass? If so than Volca Bass has a legit sequencer and keyboard, it's straight forward in case of Korg Volca Bass.

@@natura808 I was thinking of how the Bass also let's you program notes per step. Not saying it's the same.

works on mine, Firmware 1.30

In semitons - i.e. any key.

+Dennis Mozgovoy oh yeah, I forgot about that :) thanks

crazyFrankyy Привет, ответ - да, инструмент можно вернуть к заводским звукам при помощи телефона или PC, Гугл в помощь. ;)

Я скачивал аудио фаил с официального сайте korg,с заводскими банками.Подключал,через jack.И при включении,надписать live не меняется,когда я включаю аудиофаил(

crazyFrankyy К сожалению я не могу помочь с этим, в сети достаточно информации на эту тему, уверен и на русском тоже. Разве что сделать туториал на эту тему... в одном из моих видео я загружаю семпл в Volca Sample, посмотри может прояснит что.

Try updating your Volca Sample firmware.

@@natura808 thankyou! Will the volca be reset by doing that or are the samples still there?

@@Landyfunk That I don’t remember for sure, most likely not but I’d backup all important content from the Volca.

@@natura808 I managed to update it and now it works thanks a lot for the help and fast replies!! Also the files and everything is still there

@@Landyfunk Good to know that firmware update is safe for your content, thanks for letting me know!