I appreciate that you're setting the stage for those less comfortable with the volca FM's editing system, but I'm looking forward to seeing where deeper dives take you :)
By this second video I can tell this is gonna be a very helpful series. I ordered a Volca FM over a week ago, and they're saying it's back-ordered at my music shop now so I may be waiting a month or two. I've done some of my best sound design work with Sytrus FM (FL Studio Native). But there's always more to learn with FM synthesis, and I imagine different engines play with the algorithms a bit differently. All in all, I am very excited to get my hands on my Volca FM, just to sit in the woods or in my living room designing sounds and sequences I can use in my music, but be able to find my inspiration while away from the computer :) The computer desk has really become an inspiration drain lately :(
Once again, thanks you veeeeery much. Just experimenting for the very first time with a K V FM and thanks to your videos I can see the huge potential inside this little device.
I had virtually decided that this synth was going to be too complex for me but I saw your video and gave it another shot. Very clear & concise information thank you and it has rekindled my interest. I look forward to the next in the series...
+La Barone that's great to hear! FM is different, but it's not difficult, and the things you can do with a 6 operator synth are so exciting! I hope you enjoy the series (and pick up a Volca!)
I'm glad I've found you/your videos. I've just got a Volca FM and edit mode is scary as fook. I look forward to beginning to understand how it works. I love the preset patches BUT 3 note polyphony is seriously frustrating. The original DXs and TX7 module had loads more (16 I believe). My only prior knowledge of FM synths was my Yamaha PSS480 (2 operators and 1 algorithm) but I did get some cool sounds out of that so I'm hoping to get even better results with the KVfm. .
+Dino Goldie welcome to the series. The menu can be intimidating at first, but when we start thinking about it more in terms of the effect the settings have on the actual sounds, things get a lot clearer (and a lot more fun!). Thanks for watching.
Good inteoduction to the series and clearly explained . Although ive had experience with a dx7 and sy77. This was and will be intresting to watch to see wether or not i need to add the volca fm to my arsenal.
In this case I made my own Init patch, but you can use synthmata to get the same patch: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ysJ_uxxepAY.html
@@OscillatorSink Thank you so much OS. I have searched and searched again with the VFM and thought I was going mad for not finding it. The main reason I bought the fm was I saw a you tube of @volcaniced doing a jam with the HARP patch. I just loved it. Alas on my brand new Volca FM 2 there is no harp patch.
How do you download the patches? I'm guessing it's from a file to the Volca FM via USB. So is there a certain Patch Cable for this? Or am I really off?
That's basically it. You need a midi interface for your computer - it's not anything specific to the Volca. They are often built into audio interfaces (for example I have on on my Focusrite Scarlett) or you can get USB-Midi cables for about 30 dollars - although be careful as some of the very cheapest ones don't pass MIDI Sysex data correctly (which is what the patches are based on).
