A simple prescription for creating your first sounds using the Korg Volca Keys. This video is meant for those that have no experience with analogue synthesizers.
hi Richard...great video!!! i like your no nonsense very basic walkthrough with clear non fussy commentary...very helpful to me as a step sequencer novice...PLEASE COULD YOU DO MORE! could you possibly do a video explaining how to create patterns, how to switch between them and how to bring them in and out during playback...in essence what buttons to press at what times to achieve this. i think you have a niche to expand into here tutorial wise as theres very little on the "idiots guide" or total newbie to step sequencers related to volcas...it would help so msny of us im sure. THANKYOU and GREAT WORK😊👍
I know very little about analog synthesis, so, this here video was very helpful (I'm primarily a guitar player, but I love synth music, too). I really liked the explanation about each function of the Volca. I too, would definitely like to see you do more videos like this. By the way, in the future, would like to see you do a lesson on how to create pad sounds with the Korg Volca (for creating ambient synth music).
the first hour or so one spends on using an analog synth is comprised of what i like to call TechnoFarts. With patience though the process starts to make sense.
These settings are a trap for young players, as they say. They don't change the shape of the three main oscillators, but instead change the shape of the LFO waveform.
I was looking for this. A sense of what can be done with just this one synth. The other videos I've come across all has it as part of a setup and that's probably fine if you already know what you're doing but like another guy here I also come from guitars and have become synth-curious. I needed the basics and you delivered just that. Highly appreciated!
3:30 Cutoff INT under LFO pertains to the intensity with which the LFO modulates the cutoff frequency of the VCF, it does not affect the envelope generator (EG)
I have a question! I just got a new Volca Keys and when I turn it to Poly Mode, 32', and play the lower C note, the saw sounds clipped or boomy. When I add about 98% resonance, it gets buzzy and sounds normal. It only does this to the lower half of that octave range. A C +1oct. up from that sounds perfectly normal with or without resonance. Does anyone else experience this?
Hey man awesome video ! I have a little question for you ! . How do i connect my volca to my pc and then be able to send midi information from my daw to the volca and be able to record that ? Thanks !
You will need an audio interface with midi out or a usb to midi cable. Then from the daw open your midi sequencer. Inn fl studio you have the midi Keys if iremember right. Make your sequence in your daw, set the right channel to midi out and connect the cable you your volca. it should play the sequence from your daw. Now connect the audio cable from your volca to your sound card s in and record what it plays from a record software. Hope this help s
It is an instrument that stands alone if you wish. You can also attach a controlling music keyboard and if you wish, and you may control if by "midi" from other sources including a computer. Good luck.
Thanks so much for this video! Like many of the others that commented, I've been looking for a video to get me started with the Volca Keys, and have just found many spectacularly unhelpful ones. At last, a video that helped me create my first tone and make a sequence!
This unit just has midi in. You would use the audio out (headphone jack) into an audio interface (through the audio jacks) . The audio interface would convert the audio to digital and transport into the computer by USB. You name the audio interface as your source in your recording software. Work great. I have never regretted buying mine. Good luck!
thanks... i just bought a volca keys... have no idea about music or synths, but just wanted one to try and recreate some vince dicola tunes.... would the volca bass be good to compliment the keys, or should i get the volca fm
I found this helpful after receiving the Korg Volca Keys as a gift. The instructions give you technical overview of knobs/buttons, but not how to manipulate the sounds. Looking forward to more beginner videos on this device.
Thank you so much! I have a Roland sh-201, that I don't know how to use and a volca keys I don't know how to use either. I purchased both with the intent of learning synthesis and I haven't until I sat down with my keys and this video (which have been extremely helpful). So I commend and thank you for this!
Nice to have something very basic. The Keys can easily sound nasty so it's good to know where to start. A small note: I thought the "Cutoff Int" knob controls how much the LFO modulates the VCF cutoff not the EG?
You could have talked a little more about the VCO section and perhaps how to change the shape of the wave would have been pretty useful, too. You also didn't explain the difference between Poly, Unison, Fifth, and the other options on that knob. Overall, this is somewhat helpful. but it could have been more helpful.
