Can't wait for your introduction video! I'm already having a blast with this new and improved Volcano, but your creativity blows my mind time after time
It's super interesting to see you approach the plugin like - well like a mixing engineer, using an eq. Every sound designer, every synth guy would immediately look for some kind of movement: a lowpass sweep with some resonance, listening for stepping, listening for sweet spots, discovering that you can link several bands to modulate them simultaneously, aaalso just clicking through the presets (which in my opinion make much more sense conceptually with a plugin like this one than with a plugin that is aimed at mixing) to get an idea what crazy stuff you can squeeze out of this thing.
Yeah, I see Volcano as a sound design tool more than an EQ. When I use it in mixing it's usually sidechained to another track to modulate filter parameters.
I'm not sure auto-gain makes sense on this type of plugin. It's intended to be more of an "instrument" or "creative tool" than an EQ right? For example if you want to automate a filter sweep, what does auto-gain mean in that scenario? Keep the volume the same throughout the sweep? Or just match the max volume? It might be too confusing, which is why I'm guessing they left it out.
Agree. It is absolutely not required here. But where it is really needed is in saturators with many separate control knobs for added harmonics. I can't stand Black Box HG-2 from PA, it's an incredibly confusing workflow in which each parameter adds a gain, and you need to balance 3-4 parameters and a volume knob and Mix knob.
@@checktheneck I don’t understand why so many people feel like auto gain is an essentIal feature, but you’re so right Black Box. That plug-in is is a nightmare to dial in. You’re constantly going back to the output gain.
There is a very obvious gain compensation running all the time, you can't turn it off. That's why there is no button. They don't want a "no auto gain" mode, and for a good reason. Playing with distorting filters like that could easily get you to very high levels, and they don't want to damage your gear/ears.
@@mollyoko I know you're making a passing joke for comedic emphasis, but just to be clear, your DAW or plugins will never be responsible for popping your speakers. It'll clip at 0 dBFS, and won't get louder than that. If 0 dBFS content breaks your speakers, then you've got your amp set too loud.
@@elmolewis9123 I don’t know if it’s in the documentation, but you can clearly hear that when you drive 18db into the filter, it doesn’t get 18db louder.
I'm using Volcano 2 a lot. Especially on my lead and screech groups. To be fair, Volcano 2 has become my go-to filter. Using it with sidechain to create nice sounding plucks (Hardstyle) or just as a regular neutral sounding filter (clean algorythm). Pro Q doesn't have a modulation section (correct me if i'm wrong), Volcano does. Just a bit more quality of life also when comparing Volcano with Ableton's stock autofilter. I always wanted to have more nodes to play with to make some creative stuff. Honestly I'm very exited about the update and I can't wait to play around with the newly added features. I think I'll be making plenty of new racks in Ableton with this update.
The Delay feature is very useful for creating stereo effects. You can really widen say, cymbals, by having Left/Right filters at slightly different frequencies and with very slight delay in one of the channels. Modulate the drive with envelopes for dynamic drive, too. It can be pretty useful for mixing tasks, even though it's primarily a creative tool. If you want to go ham, you can also chain filters with drive on them in serial.
The modulation on the volcano 2 is really the strength of that plug and i use it for ages. it’s looks like they really pimp this up with a visual feedback and lots of new filters types. Really excited about that one and probably will use it constantly as all the fabfilter stuff I own
the problem with an auto-gain in a plugin like this is that of you add a moving filter peak somewhere for style, do you really want all the of the rest of the sound to be turned down?... dynamically? no i wouldn't want that. instead, my go-to here would be to add a limiter to that layer or sound.
Dan Worrall using Volcano 3 as a drum synth and resonator almost like my Cwejman Res4 sold me on this thing. I don't do mixing and mastering because I don't have the skills or the ears.
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I use it for additive and subtractive saturation. Works well!!! I use notch and other manipulating with saturation. Lots of options. I chose it over Wavesfactory Spectre
It totally does with this plugin as it's designed to also be used as an EQ, being able to do bell and shelving boosts of course with a more filter sound.
Holy shit. I didn’t even know they were working on this. I’m using Volcano 2 constantly. It’s like a secret sound design weapon. I can’t wait to try this out.
If you look at the display when you did the comparison between Volcano and Pro-Q, the peaks of the filter aren't in the same spot in both plugins even though the frequency is the same, I did some testing in the plugin and if you move a low shelf vertically, the filter moves horizontally so that the peak stays centered with the filter frequency, something that Pro-Q doesn't do. Kind of odd behavior but it makes sense since the plugin is all about making sweeping filters
Speaking as someone who uses analog lot of analog filters, you really don’t want autogain compensation. Part of the sound of the filter is the way that the perceived gain changes when you change cutoff and resonance.
Heh. ...What happens when a mixing engineer checks out a music-creation tool. It was actually fascinating to watch him treating a filter like an EQ! :D ...To his credit, he figured it out about 8 minutes in. ...mostly. :) (Just FTR: I did enjoy this video, I am not knocking it.)
@@TjMoon91 not different enough. It's just the same notch, bell, shelf, etc. Most daws have the same modulation capacity as this plug. Idk why they didn't include multimode, formant or any other type of filters that you'd actually want in a filter plugin.
@@bsmith8166 Volcano is capable of so many creative effects that Pro-Q can’t even begin to replicate. Maybe you personally don’t need those extra capabilities but saying that they aren’t different is so incredibly stupid. Also, multimode?? Volcano gives you 4 filters in any routing you want. What did you have in mind for multimode? Maybe there’s a more powerful filter plug-in out there, but I’ve never seen one.
@@TjMoon91 multimode like the filters in synths: b/p/n for example where it's a peak in one position a bandpass in another and also a notch. See serum or vital, or really any standard synth these days. This is a dedicated filter plugin and doesnt seem to be as capable as the filter section in a free synth
it is basically a sound creation tool, you need to start with noise an and up with a complete track and design all with volcano, and if you bypass all it would be just noise ... curious if you finally get it after one year ?
I like how cute he looks while discovering all the modulation parameters on Volcano. So innocently unaware of it being on Saturn. This guy is how you make honest transparent TH-cam videos.
What is the usefulness of this? is it basically a ProQ3 but with color? So one would use it to clean and color at the same time a vocal instead of using Q3 and Saturn?
More than once during this video I thought you were going to lose it. "No Auto Gain!" "What if I...Wow! WOW!"...et al. Great Video. Really nice product.
You mentioned you like the proximity effect of you mic. Which Lewitt microphone are you using? I have the Lewitt 441 Flex. Have you done a review on your microphone?
This looks like a creative EQ similar to Shade from UVI. Looks like you can do a few things different from Shade, but Shade might be better as far as modulation choices/routing - not sure. If you like this, you should check out Shade as well.
plz make a vid about useful dynamic eq capabilities with the envelope modulation and stuff ...transient tinkering, dynamic tightening of loose bass frequencies etc if possible if not i hope pro q 4 is on its way with tons of extra features incl attack release controls on dynamic mode and things i mentioned above (crossing my fingers)
My favorite use for filters in the mixing context is actually parallel processing. Think about a synth sound with parallel pitch shifters at -12 and -24 semitones, you can use bandpass filters to pluck out the most interesting frequencies without drowning in mud. Or just using a 6db lowpass with an envelope follower to “oomph” something. Or, maybe my favorite, a notch filter on reverb that randomly sweeps around to accent different phasing effects and add movement.
Really nice update to a already great plugin! However, I already use UVI Shade for everything filtering related and I haven't found a good reason to switch to Volcano 3. Not yet at least.
Shoot, even automating Pro-Q3 leaves Volcano 2 kind of redundant for most applications. Furthermore, I could always "dirty" up the mix by running Saturn in series. What Fabfilter should have done, long ago, was release a free update to Volcano (1) that provided visual animations and it would have been 99% good enough. Just my $0.02.
Via the ad hoc comparisons, Wytse, Volcano 3 has a smoother mastering EQ touch whereas Pro EQ.2 has a semi-dirtier saturation going on there albeit almost as clear as the Volcano 3 simulation side-by-side.
The delay is mostly useful when you're running filters in parallel. All sorts of flanger or chorus type effects available.
The legend
the man himself
Can't wait for your introduction video!
I'm already having a blast with this new and improved Volcano, but your creativity blows my mind time after time
No distractions now! We need that tutorial video! We're counting on you! :D
@@Bloodstone_DC hang in there, its on its way...
It's super interesting to see you approach the plugin like - well like a mixing engineer, using an eq. Every sound designer, every synth guy would immediately look for some kind of movement: a lowpass sweep with some resonance, listening for stepping, listening for sweet spots, discovering that you can link several bands to modulate them simultaneously, aaalso just clicking through the presets (which in my opinion make much more sense conceptually with a plugin like this one than with a plugin that is aimed at mixing) to get an idea what crazy stuff you can squeeze out of this thing.
This
Yeah, I see Volcano as a sound design tool more than an EQ.
When I use it in mixing it's usually sidechained to another track to modulate filter parameters.
This is by far my favourite filter there isn’t really a bad fab filter plug-in
I'm not sure auto-gain makes sense on this type of plugin. It's intended to be more of an "instrument" or "creative tool" than an EQ right? For example if you want to automate a filter sweep, what does auto-gain mean in that scenario? Keep the volume the same throughout the sweep? Or just match the max volume? It might be too confusing, which is why I'm guessing they left it out.
Agree. It is absolutely not required here. But where it is really needed is in saturators with many separate control knobs for added harmonics. I can't stand Black Box HG-2 from PA, it's an incredibly confusing workflow in which each parameter adds a gain, and you need to balance 3-4 parameters and a volume knob and Mix knob.
Makes sense this is what I thought when he mention that.
@@checktheneck I don’t understand why so many people feel like auto gain is an essentIal feature, but you’re so right Black Box.
That plug-in is is a nightmare to dial in. You’re constantly going back to the output gain.
yeah i was gonna say similar
@@TjMoon91 The density knob does this more or less, fwiw.
There is a very obvious gain compensation running all the time, you can't turn it off. That's why there is no button. They don't want a "no auto gain" mode, and for a good reason. Playing with distorting filters like that could easily get you to very high levels, and they don't want to damage your gear/ears.
Sounds right
@@mollyoko I know you're making a passing joke for comedic emphasis, but just to be clear, your DAW or plugins will never be responsible for popping your speakers. It'll clip at 0 dBFS, and won't get louder than that. If 0 dBFS content breaks your speakers, then you've got your amp set too loud.
I see auto-mute in the manual but where is auto gain comp described?
@@elmolewis9123 I don’t know if it’s in the documentation, but you can clearly hear that when you drive 18db into the filter, it doesn’t get 18db louder.
i've never seen someone have anxiety over the lack of an auto-gain option... it's definitely... something.
someone needs to make a compilation of everytime he figures out the plugin he's using doesn't have autogain XD
I'm using Volcano 2 a lot. Especially on my lead and screech groups. To be fair, Volcano 2 has become my go-to filter. Using it with sidechain to create nice sounding plucks (Hardstyle) or just as a regular neutral sounding filter (clean algorythm). Pro Q doesn't have a modulation section (correct me if i'm wrong), Volcano does. Just a bit more quality of life also when comparing Volcano with Ableton's stock autofilter. I always wanted to have more nodes to play with to make some creative stuff. Honestly I'm very exited about the update and I can't wait to play around with the newly added features. I think I'll be making plenty of new racks in Ableton with this update.
volcano is a hardstyle machine
Hardstyle ☣️🔥
Watching an engineer being confused by a creative plugin is priceless lol.. you really never have used Volcano before have you :)
🤡
he could have checked Dan worrall first but then it still would be obvious he was missing the point of this fantastic VST
The Delay feature is very useful for creating stereo effects. You can really widen say, cymbals, by having Left/Right filters at slightly different frequencies and with very slight delay in one of the channels.
Modulate the drive with envelopes for dynamic drive, too. It can be pretty useful for mixing tasks, even though it's primarily a creative tool.
If you want to go ham, you can also chain filters with drive on them in serial.
FABFILTER! Get this man a copy!!
I automatically compensate for my shit mixes by going to the gym and crying in the shower
Hitting PRs is fuelled by the horrible thin clipping mixes.
Same... but I shower at home, curled up on the floor.
Is the shower at the gym better to cry within?
Please use this song everytime 🙏 what a banger !
What song is this ?
Im not sure if I got this right, but I think the track name you're trying to say is Sandstorm by Darude?
The modulation on the volcano 2 is really the strength of that plug and i use it for ages. it’s looks like they really pimp this up with a visual feedback and lots of new filters types.
Really excited about that one and probably will use it constantly as all the fabfilter stuff I own
This is so much better than Volcano 2. Will be using this a lot now
14:02 The moment when you first discover the CutOff button.
the problem with an auto-gain in a plugin like this is that of you add a moving filter peak somewhere for style, do you really want all the of the rest of the sound to be turned down?... dynamically? no i wouldn't want that. instead, my go-to here would be to add a limiter to that layer or sound.
Dan Worrall using Volcano 3 as a drum synth and resonator almost like my Cwejman Res4 sold me on this thing. I don't do mixing and mastering because I don't have the skills or the ears.
I love how your first comment when you opened was "It looks like pro-q and Saturn"
Ha ha loved the no auto gain reaction
Excellent video. Clearly explained all the basics to get started on soft soft. Thanks
i THINK there is no auto-gain
*there probably isn't*
the auto-gain is existn't
auto gain't
I THINK that he DIDN'T OVEREACT 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Seemingly it doesn't have one.
The track is Backseat Rider by Lupud Nocte
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I use it for additive and subtractive saturation. Works well!!! I use notch and other manipulating with saturation. Lots of options. I chose it over Wavesfactory Spectre
mind blown.... heard about fab filtr but never really looked into it... thanks for the introduction....
Another great FabFilter plug in.They do it right,every time.NICE
There are some phenomenal presets in Volcano too.
Thank you, because I have always wondered how to use volcano, and now I know how.
Auto gain compensation does not make too much sense on a filter plugin.
It actually does... Boosting a bell will boost volume too. Simple as that.
It totally does with this plugin as it's designed to also be used as an EQ, being able to do bell and shelving boosts of course with a more filter sound.
Duh, what autogain when you're modulating it like it's meant to be
The drive knob has auto-gain, and it's the only knob that should have it.
Holy shit. I didn’t even know they were working on this. I’m using Volcano 2 constantly. It’s like a secret sound design weapon. I can’t wait to try this out.
How are you secretly weaponising the filters? I know it wouldn't be a secret anymore ..
Thank goodness Daroud has recorded so many versions of sandstorm. They really milked it for all it’s worth!
How do you record your voice in these videos while the music is playing on your monitors?
If you look at the display when you did the comparison between Volcano and Pro-Q, the peaks of the filter aren't in the same spot in both plugins even though the frequency is the same, I did some testing in the plugin and if you move a low shelf vertically, the filter moves horizontally so that the peak stays centered with the filter frequency, something that Pro-Q doesn't do. Kind of odd behavior but it makes sense since the plugin is all about making sweeping filters
Where I can find this song or learn how to make it?
Speaking as someone who uses analog lot of analog filters, you really don’t want autogain compensation. Part of the sound of the filter is the way that the perceived gain changes when you change cutoff and resonance.
The LFO in that part of the song was PERFECT, man. Hahaha
That Interface is soooo good. It makes fun just watching it doing its thing
Really liked that song man
Just imagine that one day the track he will play will really be Sandstorm by Darude.
Yes. When the song actually *is* sandstorm, you know hell is freezing over and hyperinflation is rocking the world.... Run for your life! :)
Have you gone mad? This si Sandstorm by Darude!
Waves is hitting me on your channel every time now with their ads. Priceless. 😂
Fuck Waves Fabfilter and izotope
Nice video man, clear and concise explanation! Thanks a lot!
Heh. ...What happens when a mixing engineer checks out a music-creation tool. It was actually fascinating to watch him treating a filter like an EQ! :D
...To his credit, he figured it out about 8 minutes in. ...mostly. :)
(Just FTR: I did enjoy this video, I am not knocking it.)
Try the filter frequency pan feature too. I haven’t seen that feature in other filter plugins. FF does another amazing job setting a new standard!
But that exists in pro q. Why have volcano when pro q is better?
@@bsmith8166 modulation + different sounding filters.
@@TjMoon91 not different enough. It's just the same notch, bell, shelf, etc. Most daws have the same modulation capacity as this plug. Idk why they didn't include multimode, formant or any other type of filters that you'd actually want in a filter plugin.
@@bsmith8166 Volcano is capable of so many creative effects that Pro-Q can’t even begin to replicate.
Maybe you personally don’t need those extra capabilities but saying that they aren’t different is so incredibly stupid.
Also, multimode?? Volcano gives you 4 filters in any routing you want. What did you have in mind for multimode?
Maybe there’s a more powerful filter plug-in out there, but I’ve never seen one.
@@TjMoon91 multimode like the filters in synths: b/p/n for example where it's a peak in one position a bandpass in another and also a notch. See serum or vital, or really any standard synth these days. This is a dedicated filter plugin and doesnt seem to be as capable as the filter section in a free synth
This is great, thank you!
LOL, I was headbanging with you when you turned on that Sandstorm by Darude track at first..
it is basically a sound creation tool, you need to start with noise an and up with a complete track and design all with volcano, and if you bypass all it would be just noise ... curious if you finally get it after one year ?
I think at times you should try the presents to see what the plugin is capable of.
I like how cute he looks while discovering all the modulation parameters on Volcano. So innocently unaware of it being on Saturn. This guy is how you make honest transparent TH-cam videos.
Love this track! Darude? by Sandstorm, right? or is it the other way around?
Love this song!!!
used it to fatten up the low end on a thin sounding mix in parallel - it works very well
A very visual plug in...love it
What is the usefulness of this? is it basically a ProQ3 but with color? So one would use it to clean and color at the same time a vocal instead of using Q3 and Saturn?
It’s a great warm filter but I LOOOVEE it as just a dirty eq using bands and shelves.
Can we pleaseeeee get a review of Decap’s KNOCK and Oversampled’s Pancz?? Or just a comparison of the two??
i’ve been using KNOCK and my god it really is so user friendly and i get the results i want from ur asap
@@itswhzly Holy shit dude!!! I love your tracks, that’s funny I didn’t know bass producers watched White Sea!
@@itswhzly btw thank you I’m gonna cop it.
KNOCK is such a good plugin. Can't wait to see what else DECAP has to offer to the plugin world.
I started headbangin too-- as a client once said to me "don't stop the tape when G's are noddin their heads" =)
lol great video man. Very entertaining.
Fabfilter is another level. one of the best plugins if not the best.
The SONG or the TRACK is from the artist is " Backseat driver "by Lupus Nocte
Thank you 🙏🏻
More than once during this video I thought you were going to lose it. "No Auto Gain!" "What if I...Wow! WOW!"...et al. Great Video. Really nice product.
You mentioned you like the proximity effect of you mic. Which Lewitt microphone are you using? I have the Lewitt 441 Flex. Have you done a review on your microphone?
This looks like a creative EQ similar to Shade from UVI. Looks like you can do a few things different from Shade, but Shade might be better as far as modulation choices/routing - not sure. If you like this, you should check out Shade as well.
Shade is incredible (and beautiful too). I highly recommend everyone check it out.
Shade has tons of more filters, really nice filter plugin
@@MIDNIGHTCVLT Also a lovely EQ, to boot.
@@ottam yep! If they add linear filter mode and other latency modes it can kill any eq basically
What's the microphone you're using? I didn't catch it
plz make a vid about useful dynamic eq capabilities with the envelope modulation and stuff ...transient tinkering, dynamic tightening of loose bass frequencies etc if possible if not i hope pro q 4 is on its way with tons of extra features incl attack release controls on dynamic mode and things i mentioned above (crossing my fingers)
I know that the joke is always that the track is Sandstorm, but this track is an actual banger. Could you share the tune?
My favorite use for filters in the mixing context is actually parallel processing. Think about a synth sound with parallel pitch shifters at -12 and -24 semitones, you can use bandpass filters to pluck out the most interesting frequencies without drowning in mud. Or just using a 6db lowpass with an envelope follower to “oomph” something. Or, maybe my favorite, a notch filter on reverb that randomly sweeps around to accent different phasing effects and add movement.
Hi Cory, curious abt your technique, you add a modulating notch filter to your reverb channel?
This is good and has many applications plus as usual it looks great! Fab Filter definitely get it right a lot 💯💫🔊
Congrats! You are featured in the new Eventide Newsletter! Great work man!!!
"I really love playing with these kind of things" :P
I kinda don’t get this plug in: is it really just for adding ambient textures?
Volcano looks amazing and sounds the same - wohah!
Thanks Bruh!
so happy you played mid tempo!!!
Really nice update to a already great plugin! However, I already use UVI Shade for everything filtering related and I haven't found a good reason to switch to Volcano 3. Not yet at least.
Shade is so incredibly underrated
Shoot, even automating Pro-Q3 leaves Volcano 2 kind of redundant for most applications. Furthermore, I could always "dirty" up the mix by running Saturn in series. What Fabfilter should have done, long ago, was release a free update to Volcano (1) that provided visual animations and it would have been 99% good enough. Just my $0.02.
@@maxtrone539 Shade is a beast
For the love of god go through some presets!
this plugin its for creative workflows more than mixing stuff, as an electronic music producer i love this to mess up my synths and fx
I checked - everything is clean
Does it have the frequency labels on the bottom? I didn't see any in your demo
Finally someone knows who's the real name of this artist and this track ? Amazing plugin by the way
I wonder too
@@soroushvelayati Thanks to Shazam, I've just found it. It's Backseat Rider from Lupus Nocte. Here's the link th-cam.com/video/H1cAl49E_Kc/w-d-xo.html
@@soundhealer8661 Thanks man
That's the biggest complement you can say about a plugin: "just a standard Fabfilter stuff"
Via the ad hoc comparisons, Wytse, Volcano 3 has a smoother mastering EQ touch whereas Pro EQ.2 has a semi-dirtier saturation going on there albeit almost as clear as the Volcano 3 simulation side-by-side.
Someone had an extra cup of coffee today :)
Am I the only one thinking these features should've been included in like Q4?
Exactly
I buy everything fabfilter releases !! just take my money
producer's version? I just want to make sure I get the right one for .
I just tried some of the presets on my acoustic guitar. Exciting sounds. Dont know what its doing yet of course - but its exciting
what actually is the song used in this tho it’s actually sick
I downloaded the program but everytNice tutorialng still says trial version on it??
Hi Wietze, i have used Vulcan 2 . It is pretty complex. Version 3 is much more easier to inderstand. ps i agree, it has potential
Took a moment to figure out you meant routing instead of rooting 😉
You somehow picked the perfect source material to use this on. Imagine if you had used an acoustic singer-songwriter track 🤣
Synthwave banger Sandstorm is the best Sandstorm
Nice Overview Thanks :) It looks like a more striped down version of UVI's Shade EQ. In terms of Automation
Excited to compare this to UVI's Shade
just beca a subscriber keep up the good work Sir.
Looks interesting for sound design. XY pad…. They sneaked a little “synth” into it.
14:30 When you suddenly remember you're shooting a video