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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ค. 2024
- My Favorite Budget Synth and Keyboard Combo
Today I'm demonstrating why the Korg Volca Keys and Arturia Keystep 37 are my favorite budget synth and keyboard combo! Both of these devices have so much versatility on their own, and when combined they really play off each others strengths! What's your favorite synth and keyboard combo? Let me know in a comment below, and enjoy the video :)
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Zoom Livetrak L-12 (audio recorder): amzn.to/3Mf1HFN
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"There's no menu diving, I mean there is no screen"
Roland : challenge accepted!
Hahaha I was waiting for someone to say it.
One thing to try doing - using the Keystep sequencer to program the Volca sequencer. Load it up with some noodly arps, then have hands-on fun with the Volca trying out chord progressions, recording automation, playing choose-8-from-16 with Active Step, or just having four bar loops going while you plug another synth into the Keystep.
That sounds like a lot of fun, thanks for watching!
It would be awesome if Korg would adopt the effects processor the NTS-1 has in more of its synths, including the Volca Keys. That processor is a big part of what makes the NTS-1 interesting. Crazy big sound out of a comically small box. That Keystep 37 must be quite a workhorse as well. 👍️
They say the feedback and delay on the Volca keys is the same as the Monotron...nah mate. I still put my Monotron in line with it cuz is sounds way more lush.
KeyStep 37: unbeatable 👍 Volca Keys delay: noisy in an unpleasant way, few options. The NTS-1's is from another planet, and even custom FX can be loaded. Feed the Volca Keys into the NTS-1's audio in and you'll get excellent results.
Yeah, that would be awesome!
Thanks for the info, FB. I love your positive enthusiasm.
Thanks so much!
Even though I don’t currently have either of these I’m enjoying hearing you use them. I love the sound of the keys
Thanks so much for watching!
Great stuff! Keys. A favorite. Versatile.
Cannot go wrong.🙂👍
Absolutely, thanks for watching!
The visual feedback is really cool.
Yeah it's great!
Agree 100% on this combo. Can’t wait for you to get a Volca FM (or FM2), the Keystep and FM is fantastic as well!
Hopefully soon, thanks for watching!
The Keystep is very hard to argue against, but for budget's sake it comes with a free copy of Ableton Lite that you can put a free synth VST into. My recommended budget synth+keyboard combo would be more like that, "a keystep and the computer you already have".
That’s great for those who want to do computer music. And, it also allows people to experiment with different kinds of synthesis cheaply. However, a lot of people specifically /don’t/ want to use computers for music or at least for sound generation, and for them, something like the Volca Keys is an ideal starting point.
@@kinetic-cybernetic yes. Literally. Say it straight or say it mockingly or say it upside down, it's true and any kind of "budget" constraint should acknowledge that.
@@GerenM63 also some people like me don’t like staring at a computer screen (headaches).
Oh definitely, however this video (and most of the channel) focuses on hardware specifically :) Thanks for watching!
As an owner of both the Volca Keys and (plain vanilla) Keystep this video was super inspiring to watch. Now to dig out the Keys & find some batteries for it...
Happy jamming!
Loved the sound around 3:02
Thanks for watching!
Time for the Keys 2 with reeverb distortion, screen and double poly...
Sound like a volca monopoly
I'd love a Volca Keys 2 :)
Hey, that's funny: I just picked up my PC after leaving this very setup on the kitchen table 😊 So, let's see what you have to say about this ensemble. Looking forward for one more of your awesome videos 👍
Thanks so much for watching!
Hey thanks for this I finally ordered a Keystep today after thinking a Beatstep would be ok for me but I miss the keys and also cos of this video ordered a Volca Keys too. I have a Volca Modular but haven’t done much with it yet.
Nice, I hope you enjoy the Volca Keys with the Keystep, it's a great combo! Thanks for watching :)
Oh wow gutted that Volca Keys does not support sustain pedal!!
Great fun. My keystep is lonely in one room and the volca keys in another. They will have to be patient before I can put them together as my ‘newborn’ (deluge) needs me 😏 Cheers. Lee
You can always use them all together as well!
Hey loving your videos! Always good and learning good stuff.
I just have on quick question?
I got the same setup but when i play with my Arturia Keystep with my Vocal Keys i don't have any song.... I got the same cable as you and i have no sound coming out ! Plz can you help me
Cool
Thanks for watching!
I know that you’ve struggled with the Model D, but if it helps any, much you learn on that Volca can apply to the Model D. The biggest difference is that you’re not going to get any chords out of the Model D, except by detuning the oscillators to the intervals that you would get by setting the chord mode on Keystep...
Can you clarify what you mean. I'm also struggling with the model d and would love some advice
Yeah, I keep trying but for some reason it just doesn't click for me lol. I won't give up though!
Sold my keys but still my favorite synth!
Thanks for watching!
👍
Thanks for watching!
For budget analogue poly, I think nymphes and uno synth pro desktop is better choose.
Vkeys only saw mode is paraphonic, the ring mode is also the mono pulse wave, no way to turn off the ring effect.
A trade off between pickup and play box or deeper sound design.
While I do agree that they both sound better, they are also much more expensive than the Volca Keys :) Thanks for watching!
@@FreeBeat There are just a few analog poly at around this size :(
Okay after this video I am ready to forgive you for not using the Volca sequencer ;-)
Hahah thanks for watching!
Any experience with the volca FM?
I actually got one before I started the channel, when I was just getting into electronic music. It was so complicated, and I was so overwhelmed, that I returned it the next day haha. I'd love to check out the FM 2 soon though!
add an NTS-1 and you got a banger of a set-up for the money
Confirmed. Even if only for its great FX section👌And you can sync the whole bunch yet!
Oh yeah, it's a terrific addition to this setup!
I am not using my key step enough! Do you know if strum can also apply to manual played chords ( so that you don’t have to set the chord type but just press multiple keys)?
Just tested this for you. This isn’t possible. Strumming only works in Chord mode and with a minimum of two notes. User chords of one note are not helping here because of that minimum of two notes. I love the Keystep 37, however the chord functions are only really useful for playing in all keys (C through B) of the major an minor (and Blues) scales. When setting up a ‘User scale’ you can’t define a root note due to how Arturia has created the interface. Maybe they will fix that in a firmware (mine is 1.1.3 and they are currently on 1.1.6, but it doesn’t seem they have changed this). Hope this helps, groetjes! :)
@@skullhqx dankjewel!
Skull HQX beat me to it, but unfortunately you can't :( Thanks for watching!
@@skullhqx super helpful answer (to a good question). Does this translate to the keystep pro?
@@tubthump I have no idea. Afaik the KS Pro was technically developed by a different team, so it might work, but likely it won’t work either.
how many notes can you play simultaneously with this?
The Volca Keys has 3 note polyphony.
I was wondering if a pocket operator was going to be part of the budget.
Just happened to try sync'ing my PO-12 from my KeyStep 37 and feed the Volca Keys' headphone out into the PO-12's audio in using an 1/8th-inch splitter cable. But I wasn't quite sure which connector goes where (Rrrring is for Rrrred, Rrrright?) and which sync setting to dial in on the PO-12 to get sound and sync into it the right way 🙄 When it's done the right way, it's even more fun to sequence the Volca Keys from the KeyStep 37. But maybe I shouldn't recommend an even less budget-friendly setup? 😒
It definitely could be, but for the price the Volca Keys really outshines all of the Pocket Operators synth wise. Hard to beat that true analog sound haha. Thanks for watching!