I’m so glad the algorithm helped me find your channel. Now I have all the rationalization ammo I need to buy both the microfreak and the volca drum! 🎉 also, I dig your vibe ✌️
Omg I can't believe I didn't comment sooner! I really do love this, and love the simple compositions; the microfreak piece almost has a Miyazaki-esquue whimsy I appreciately. Frankly, I'm surprised how tough that little box sounds, and what a versatile palette of sounds you've coaxed from it. Maybe it's a personal connection of mine with percussion and rhythm, but I feel like the timbre and texture of one's drums is intimate and personal moreso than other aspects of modern (electronic) music production, where presets lowkey reign. I completely understand the value and immediacy of samples, but having something generated to demand from a drum machine, or even a beefy VST that you particularly vibe with, colors an artist's sound to me as much as the tone of their voice. Once I really committed to the Behringer 808 being the only drum machine on my desk, I had to demand a lot more from it in terms of versatility and raw rhythmic power. I'm so happy to hear another (equally unlikely!) drum machine has captured someone's heart and inspired so much joy. And +1 for a machine you can come back to after a couple weeks of busy schedule / extra shifts / crippling executive dysfunction, and still remember what all the damn knobs actually do. Love this video, can't wait for more!
Whoa! I love my Volca Drum and I was getting some great stuff out of it. Some of the things you overviewwd I had no idea. Thank you so much, it has become even more of a staple.
Glad you like the Drum -- I do too! It's a deep synth with a pretty broad range of electronic drum (and perhaps bass) sounds it is capable of producing. I've been using one for about a year now as my exclusive rhythm maker.
It's honestly great! Patches just literally fall out of it (... as sonicstate said in their review that sold me on it in the first place), and it's actually fallen in price a lot because of the minifreak too. And the touch keyboard is really unique in what I think is a cool way (at least if it isn't your only playing surface). The minifreak is great also, tbh, and I had a similar patching experience with it - I actually bought the VST version though, so you'll only see me talk about it on this channel if I delve into plugins :p
I don’t always have the cash to fly to Amsterdam and do drugs. But sometimes I’ll have a little 3-day staycation where I noodle around on drum machines and pound NyQuil and Trader Joe’s scotch and it feels like I’m at Awakenings. And my favorite drum machines are the Volca Drum and the 606 and their ticky-ticky minimal sounds. But while we’re talking about Rutger Hauer, I gotta admit that half the presets sound like a malfunctioning robot screaming into a didgeridoo.
"GAS sucks but I'm still gonna convince everyone who owns a volca drum to buy a microfreak" my wallet cant handle this shit lmao great vid though, honestly had a lot of the same thoughts about the drum. imo its one of the best bare beginner pieces of gear you can buy. Taught me sequencing very easily and its just all around a blast to play with. Something i focus on w my hobbies is ability to just pick it up and dedicate 10 minutes to practice and be able to walk away and do it again the next day, and the drum is great for that too.
Even though I'm a product of GAS I still use the gear and all my older gear on current projects. I use whatever I am feeling the urge to at the time. I really only NEED my voice and Looper to make make music. I have appreciation for pioneer GAS pros like Herbie Hancock, Jeff Lorber, Moot Booxlie, David Frank, Mandre', Manfred Mann, Rachel Collier,etc. They inspire me to run with the baton and pass on the experiences of trying and sharing. Good video and yes, I respect your opinions and appreciate your channel.
The subject of immediacy and intuitive should be the corner stone of instrument design, not just options. But at the same time I get wanting to make a beefy all in one instrument. I haven't dipped my toes into the modular world but to the uninitiated this is it's absolute strength: To grow an instrument with your level of understanding. But that's not to say having a play-space with all kinds of disparate gear with different learning curves and functions is bad. I'm certainly in this camp and it can be overwhelming. Volca Drum, Volca Kick and an ESX (the red one) have been my percussion section in a mutant setup for a while. Love them.
Right..! And I have added electribe MX..near the SX. And the volca FM near volca kick and drum. For me the electribe line is dead many years ago. The vacuum tubes sounds so good and the electribe 2 sounds too modern and is difficult make a warmh sound with It. Why the electribe SX cost half price then the electribe 2 sampler? I paid the SX in 2007..740€ And the MX..720€. 😏
I keep going back and fourth on this thing. The sounds I hear in the demos are like 40% good and 60% kind of trash. The thing is so damn cheap I should just do it. I’ve been looking at this thing since it came out lol
If you've been looking at it for so long that's probably a good sign that you should at least try it, I think? As long as it's not that much money for you. it's a drum synth that doesn't restrict you to a specific part of the sounds it can make (like the model:cycles for example), so ... even though it's geared to drums, some of the sounds can definitely be pretty dodgy. But that's inherent in that flexibility it has.
I was eyeing it for a long time as well. I ended up getting it in the latest KORG Volca sale. I was not disappointed in the least. I picked up how it works pretty quickly. It's immediate, fast and super rewarding, much more so than even the Elektron Model Cycles. It's fast becoming my favorite drum machine.
If the microfreak had a "make random sound" function like the volca drum i might have kept mine. Hihi, the humble Ukulele. Very old acoustic guitars in my case. Also love the Zahnlücke.
Maybe! I've looked at it a few times but just haven't gone for it yet. to be honest, though, I'm currently neck-deep in the mc-707 (and ordered an osmose three years ago ...) so it might be some time before I get anything else :)
@@akirakosaintjust I think they were ok, but were missing record in for me and some other stuff like scene chain. But the updates have made them a lot better, and I've really been enjoying it now, especially with the ease of use of sampling in one shots and splitting them onto pads.
@@akirakosaintjust The SH-4d is why I rebought a 707 actually! (I owned one like two years ago.) I preferred the additional sequencing chops (and sampling) that the 707 has, but the 4d looks like it could be great as well as long as you're OK with the way it sequences :)
Yeah, it doesn't make typical drum sounds. I don't think of it as a drum machine in that sense - it's more of a 6-channel fm noise box, where the fm engine is geared to making percussive sounds.
I’m so glad the algorithm helped me find your channel. Now I have all the rationalization ammo I need to buy both the microfreak and the volca drum! 🎉 also, I dig your vibe ✌️
Thanks! :)
Love the quirky delivery....my GAS so far extends to keys and nubass...considering where to go next...this lady knows what she likes alright :-)
Love my Volca Drum
Omg I can't believe I didn't comment sooner! I really do love this, and love the simple compositions; the microfreak piece almost has a Miyazaki-esquue whimsy I appreciately. Frankly, I'm surprised how tough that little box sounds, and what a versatile palette of sounds you've coaxed from it. Maybe it's a personal connection of mine with percussion and rhythm, but I feel like the timbre and texture of one's drums is intimate and personal moreso than other aspects of modern (electronic) music production, where presets lowkey reign.
I completely understand the value and immediacy of samples, but having something generated to demand from a drum machine, or even a beefy VST that you particularly vibe with, colors an artist's sound to me as much as the tone of their voice. Once I really committed to the Behringer 808 being the only drum machine on my desk, I had to demand a lot more from it in terms of versatility and raw rhythmic power. I'm so happy to hear another (equally unlikely!) drum machine has captured someone's heart and inspired so much joy. And +1 for a machine you can come back to after a couple weeks of busy schedule / extra shifts / crippling executive dysfunction, and still remember what all the damn knobs actually do. Love this video, can't wait for more!
Whoa! I love my Volca Drum and I was getting some great stuff out of it. Some of the things you overviewwd I had no idea. Thank you so much, it has become even more of a staple.
Glad you like the Drum -- I do too! It's a deep synth with a pretty broad range of electronic drum (and perhaps bass) sounds it is capable of producing. I've been using one for about a year now as my exclusive rhythm maker.
I'm pondering purchasing one, even though I already have way too much gear for my own good, so I feel you!
Damn you for just selling me on the microfreak.
It's honestly great! Patches just literally fall out of it (... as sonicstate said in their review that sold me on it in the first place), and it's actually fallen in price a lot because of the minifreak too. And the touch keyboard is really unique in what I think is a cool way (at least if it isn't your only playing surface). The minifreak is great also, tbh, and I had a similar patching experience with it - I actually bought the VST version though, so you'll only see me talk about it on this channel if I delve into plugins :p
I don’t always have the cash to fly to Amsterdam and do drugs. But sometimes I’ll have a little 3-day staycation where I noodle around on drum machines and pound NyQuil and Trader Joe’s scotch and it feels like I’m at Awakenings. And my favorite drum machines are the Volca Drum and the 606 and their ticky-ticky minimal sounds. But while we’re talking about Rutger Hauer, I gotta admit that half the presets sound like a malfunctioning robot screaming into a didgeridoo.
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"GAS sucks but I'm still gonna convince everyone who owns a volca drum to buy a microfreak" my wallet cant handle this shit lmao great vid though, honestly had a lot of the same thoughts about the drum. imo its one of the best bare beginner pieces of gear you can buy. Taught me sequencing very easily and its just all around a blast to play with. Something i focus on w my hobbies is ability to just pick it up and dedicate 10 minutes to practice and be able to walk away and do it again the next day, and the drum is great for that too.
Even though I'm a product of GAS I still use the gear and all my older gear on current projects. I use whatever I am feeling the urge to at the time. I really only NEED my voice and Looper to make make music. I have appreciation for pioneer GAS pros like Herbie Hancock, Jeff Lorber, Moot Booxlie, David Frank, Mandre', Manfred Mann, Rachel Collier,etc.
They inspire me to run with the baton and pass on the experiences of trying and sharing. Good video and yes, I respect your opinions and appreciate your channel.
The subject of immediacy and intuitive should be the corner stone of instrument design, not just options.
But at the same time I get wanting to make a beefy all in one instrument.
I haven't dipped my toes into the modular world but to the uninitiated this is it's absolute strength: To grow an instrument with your level of understanding.
But that's not to say having a play-space with all kinds of disparate gear with different learning curves and functions is bad. I'm certainly in this camp and it can be overwhelming.
Volca Drum, Volca Kick and an ESX (the red one) have been my percussion section in a mutant setup for a while. Love them.
Right..!
And I have added electribe MX..near the SX.
And the volca FM near volca kick and drum.
For me the electribe line is dead many years ago.
The vacuum tubes sounds so good and the electribe 2 sounds too modern and is difficult make a warmh sound with It.
Why the electribe SX cost half price then the electribe 2 sampler?
I paid the SX in 2007..740€
And the MX..720€.
😏
I keep going back and fourth on this thing. The sounds I hear in the demos are like 40% good and 60% kind of trash. The thing is so damn cheap I should just do it. I’ve been looking at this thing since it came out lol
If you've been looking at it for so long that's probably a good sign that you should at least try it, I think? As long as it's not that much money for you. it's a drum synth that doesn't restrict you to a specific part of the sounds it can make (like the model:cycles for example), so ... even though it's geared to drums, some of the sounds can definitely be pretty dodgy. But that's inherent in that flexibility it has.
I was eyeing it for a long time as well. I ended up getting it in the latest KORG Volca sale. I was not disappointed in the least. I picked up how it works pretty quickly. It's immediate, fast and super rewarding, much more so than even the Elektron Model Cycles. It's fast becoming my favorite drum machine.
I’m eyeing the Mini Freak.
MY WALLET DARNS YOU
Sorry! X.x At least it's a real cheap piece of gear :p
Yea it can be Drum Synth 2 for sure! Justified...
If the microfreak had a "make random sound" function like the volca drum i might have kept mine. Hihi, the humble Ukulele. Very old acoustic guitars in my case. Also love the Zahnlücke.
I wonder if you'd like the Volca Kick! It's kind of DFAM-y in a way but it can get really crazy!
Maybe! I've looked at it a few times but just haven't gone for it yet. to be honest, though, I'm currently neck-deep in the mc-707 (and ordered an osmose three years ago ...) so it might be some time before I get anything else :)
@@if_dots nice!!! the mc-707 is super cool!!!!!!!!!!! i know this is a bit controversial in the synth community but i love digital roland boxes
@@akirakosaintjust I think they were ok, but were missing record in for me and some other stuff like scene chain. But the updates have made them a lot better, and I've really been enjoying it now, especially with the ease of use of sampling in one shots and splitting them onto pads.
@@if_dots yay!!!! Currently I'm saving for an SH-4d, I'm really looking forward to getting one!
@@akirakosaintjust The SH-4d is why I rebought a 707 actually! (I owned one like two years ago.) I preferred the additional sequencing chops (and sampling) that the 707 has, but the 4d looks like it could be great as well as long as you're OK with the way it sequences :)
nice video! recently fell in love with keys after a long gas journey as far as a sub 25, tell us more about your thoughts on drumlogue!
I dunno hey, I prefer watching Pokemon evolve..
I mean, pokemon /is/ pretty great.
I dont know any bands that have drums that sound like that lol.
Yeah, it doesn't make typical drum sounds. I don't think of it as a drum machine in that sense - it's more of a 6-channel fm noise box, where the fm engine is geared to making percussive sounds.