10 years of the Korg Volca: Which is the best? Let's rank the range...

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  • @AudioPilz
    @AudioPilz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +90

    Korg Volca Cowbell!!!

    • @julioagnosia
      @julioagnosia 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      in pink?

    • @drgsao
      @drgsao 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@julioagnosiaBarbie pink

    • @wewerefalling5861
      @wewerefalling5861 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It be tickin all of the boxes

    • @eyoung1683
      @eyoung1683 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sounds like good gear

    • @CollapseReport
      @CollapseReport 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bad gear you are a cowbell on your own .

  • @BeepsAndBeats
    @BeepsAndBeats 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Bass is easily the best, having 3 different oscillators that you can create 3 different sounds is mental.

    • @kierenmoore3236
      @kierenmoore3236 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Keys is the same …

    • @bobbythompson4268
      @bobbythompson4268 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      FM2 is the t!t$ though.

    • @zmmmzmmmz
      @zmmmzmmmz หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@kierenmoore3236Aren't the keys' VCOs less independent? More for basic paraphony rather than full different sounds

  • @RaquelFoster
    @RaquelFoster 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    The Beats/Keys/Bass can’t chain patterns, and they’re missing the config setting for 4 PPQN sync so you can’t use sync in as a trigger input. So the Nubass is a lot more usable than the Bass for some people. But my favorites are still the Bass/Drum/Nubass. The Drum is kinda based off the Electribe ER-1. And it’s pretty awesome that the Bass can play three different 16-step patterns simultaneously.
    If you have a Volca with 4 PPQN sync (or any of the Roland Boutiques with EXT CLK IN) you can step the sequencer with a trigger from a drum machine. You can get an SQ-1 or a Dark Time and do all the nerdy polyrhythm jams you want. Or use any drum machine with a trigger out like the TR-606/707/727 or TR-08/TR-09 or whatever. I think if more people knew that it could save some of them from eurorack!

  • @7an7ara
    @7an7ara 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    18:11 for when they actually start ranking their top 5

  • @MYGAS21
    @MYGAS21 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    VOLCA MODULAR is a divine instrument, with abilities that just keep showing up. A marvel of engineering. Limited infinity.

  • @jevogroni4829
    @jevogroni4829 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    fun ways to use the volca sample: 1. use version one and switch between patterns mid bar, use the patterns as fills and variations or different melodies to mix together. performing breaks 2. use the looping of sounds to generate tones, like a waveform thing (adjust starting point to get a different wave form) 3. drones using the aforementioned sounds 4. a sample based drum machine. it's not a sampler but you can give up drum parts (basically) to painfully put a bass or lead. i wish it let you input chromatically. i wish it ler you sample and resample. 5. can create sounds better than some electribes. you can sample it. why? it has envelopes, amp and pitch. starting point and end point, loop. all knobs. you can make a lot of sounds from samples, not just put finished sounds into it. sound design.

  • @philipwareham
    @philipwareham 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I love my Nubass - sure it’s a one trick pony but it’s creates some seriously dirty acid bass sounds. Accented slide gives you some good results too.

  • @raysubject
    @raysubject 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    my top chart is:
    1/ drums (extremely versatile engine)
    2/ FM mk2
    3/ nubass
    4/ kick
    5/ sample mk2

  • @polyman4
    @polyman4 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Volca keys number 1 for me. Loads of character.

  • @mc2engineeringprof
    @mc2engineeringprof 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    1. Bass 2. FM2 3. Drum 4. Sample2 5. Kick
    Then, 6. FM 7. Keys 8. Sample 9. Modular 10. Beats 11. NuBass 12. Sample OK Go 13. Mix
    Honorable Non - Volca Mentions: Nutek Synths & Scope, Standalone SQ Sequencers, KP Mini Units (to use with the Volca Mix), non - Korg USB to Volca power supplies, lithium ion 9v AA batteries.

    • @Stadsjaap
      @Stadsjaap หลายเดือนก่อน

      OG Sample with Pajen firmware is ten times the machine and outshines the gimmicky Sample 2 with ease.
      The chromatic playback, chords and 4 bar looping alone puts it into Electribe territory.

  • @gunnarhauth4375
    @gunnarhauth4375 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I would like to see a korg Volca Voice next.
    Connection to a mic, a bank of voices, loop machine with the time line that all the Volcas have. And a bank that you could load your own samples like the sample.

  • @lundsweden
    @lundsweden 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I've had all of them (except for the beats, nubass and kick) and many of the old school Electribes too (The Er-1, the green one and the silver one).
    My favorite volca is the Sample 2, love this unit too much, probably FM2 is close behind, the Bass was my favorite of the analog ones, the drum was fun (and very pretty!) but a bit limited like the ER-1). I thought the keys was a bit... boring?! The FM1 was too limited polyphony wise for me too, plus the reverb on the FM2 is very, very good, whereas the FM1 had no verb.

  • @danieljamesoconnor6800
    @danieljamesoconnor6800 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thanks for this very nice review dive into the Korg Volca Multiverse. I think I'm gonna get one. Wich one will it be? My first piece of sound generating analog gear 🤗
    Thanks again for this cool video and peace out from Hamburg ✌️

    • @BeefMissileband
      @BeefMissileband 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I just bought my first, the fm2. Gonna get the sample sometime

  • @regmtait100
    @regmtait100 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Would love to see a Volca take on an NTS-1-so loads of (and custom) oscillators + tons of effects, with a few extra knobs and the ability to save patches. Bit unlikely now with the NTS-1 Mk2, but that's would be my dream little synth.

  • @jeffdigit
    @jeffdigit 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've FM2 and Bass and happy with them.

  • @mateusz_wicher
    @mateusz_wicher 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Volcas are great for everyone who looks to start the music production journey.
    I own all except kick, nubass and mix.
    Started with vBass and Beats. From a total noob in the music area, still at noob level, but with hours of fun and stress relief 😅.
    Later got Keys, Sample, Modular and Drum.
    Created a lot of hip hop, techno, house, ambient, electro swing, dubstep, gabber... basically everything is possible with them. Perfect for experiments.
    Used some sounds in DAW as also works great with various effects.
    If I had to rank them, probably vSample would be nr 1. Tons of awesome lofi and boom bap beats, rewarding yet simple workflow, beautiful filter, granular synthesis. Still use it even after I got myself SP404mkii.
    2nd for me is vBass.
    3rd vDrum
    And 4th vKeys
    These are used the most. I link them with other synths in various setups.
    Cheers

    • @cateagle8745
      @cateagle8745 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What gear do you recommend to start with?

  • @jerrybriardy
    @jerrybriardy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I agree, the Bass is #1, but I'd rate the FM at #2. Still the Drum is a close #3.I have the Sample and Keys, but Sample has given me troubles loading samples, and although Keys is cool, it isn't always easy to get great sounds. The main thing about the Bass is the 3 independent oscilators you can sequence on their own. I'm planning to get the Modular next. Looking forward to that.

    • @beardmonster8051
      @beardmonster8051 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I don't have any Volca myself, but it's fun to see how there's big disagreement about what Volca is best, but nearly everyone place FM as #2 or #3.

  • @volt7cooltangs701
    @volt7cooltangs701 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    C’mon boys. A duster before filming. Great vid.
    Love the Volcas. Hard to choose a favourite. Currently it’s joint. FM2 & Sample 2.
    I have
    Bass keys beat sample sample2
    kick & FM2.
    Motion sequencing vocal phrases on the Sample is quite amazing.

  • @brianbrill
    @brianbrill 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I agree with this ranking, except I'd swap the Keys and Modular. Love the Bass for lead sounds.

  • @vitaliiandronov8629
    @vitaliiandronov8629 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Give Volca Sample possibility to actually sample (12bit please😇), ms-20 filter and it will be the funniest device on a market. Now Drum is the best, single output is not a problem if you just record tracks one by one to your daw. But sound synthesis is amazing, 6 instruments with 2 layers each, motion seq, probability, resonator and great display

  • @MrSlipstreem
    @MrSlipstreem หลายเดือนก่อน

    After buying the Sample, I bought an NTS-1 as it can create any sound you can possibly imagine making the rest of the Volca range obsolete. Combine it with a free sequencer on a PC or Android phone and there's nothing it can't do with the aid a few free custom oscillators and effects.

  • @blaablaa22
    @blaablaa22 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gotta agree with this list. Personally I would just swap the Kick to the Sample, but otherwise I'd have the exact same order. Drum and Bass will most likely always be in my studio, even though I don't use them that much anymore. But everytime I do, they're so much fun and inspiring lil boxes.

  • @syntheffects
    @syntheffects 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Yes! Been waiting for a bigger Volca Drum for years and I was hoping the Drumlogue would be that, but sadly no.

    • @effebidi9677
      @effebidi9677 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yo.. VOlca Drum is definelly a good start point but, as someone mentioned in a forum , a bigger version should have very much more to offer. a part of the ouputs , must have "ubtractive synthesis, analog FM synthesis, wavetable synthesis, PWM, physical modeling, and more. " if this happens it defnitelly would kill even elektron boxes

    • @g1rlchild
      @g1rlchild 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@effebidi9677That sounds more like a Drumfreak, with all the engines like the Microfreak. Which is also a neat idea for a drum machine, and I hope Arturia is making it.
      But the Volca Drum is a drum synthesizer that uses a very specific synth model that's pretty unique. It would be nice to have a drum machine that took that synth model and expanded it into a full-sized device with all the amenities of a pro drum machine.

  • @allenleclerc7878
    @allenleclerc7878 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bass hands down. Still holds its own tone wise as well. MIDI synch thru a DAW with a touch of echo boy….. super snappy envelopes as well

  • @parasiteunit
    @parasiteunit หลายเดือนก่อน

    Had the keys. When redoing studio I sold it - not the best decision TBH.
    Now I have the Kick. I brought it for the tuned bass/trap sounds. That dirt and other controls make it become epic
    The only one I'd consider for drum sounds is actually the FM. FM synthesis is REALLY good at percussion sounds

  • @keithbutler2222
    @keithbutler2222 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have keys, nubass and sample 2 along with the mix...all the ones in the bottom half lol. I guess it's all about what suits your needs. Mind you, I did order an original FM last night as I do find the keys fiddly and inconsistent and I wanted the old MIDI socket that isn't on the FM2

  • @Volcaniced
    @Volcaniced 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Volca Bass forever!

  • @gula_rata
    @gula_rata 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Sonicware Liven Lo-fi 12 groovebox is what the Volca Sample should have been.. And Volca Drum is basically an ER-1mk3.

  • @s56hqr222
    @s56hqr222 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Keys is my #1. I agree the sampler is overhyped. It needed an input for live sampling. Had they volca-fied the KP3, that would by my #1 volca.

  • @robomixdj
    @robomixdj 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    About the Volca Beats and (necessary?) processing; just run it through a mic input and crank it up a little :-)

  • @alexanderplayspiano7157
    @alexanderplayspiano7157 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    For the sake of a tiny mic or a mic in socket with the necessary firmware, the sample will forever remain flawed. I think the judgement of “not top-5” is a bit harsh when the main complaint is “it’s not ableton” and “doesn’t fit my workflow”. Some guys and gals make amazing tracks with only a Sample.
    In fact, each Volca is fundamentally flawed in some way.
    If you’re being generous to Korg, you could say they worked really, really hard to hit a budget price point. Alternatively, you could say the Volcas are designed not to cannibalise sales of higher-end hardware and in some way, they act as a gateway drug into the more profitable, more capable and higher-priced Korg synths.
    Either way, the Bass rules. 😂

  • @3lullabies
    @3lullabies 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Opinions welcome.....
    Which one should i get to pair with a Yamaha psr e463 keyboard? My budget is limited to the yamaha keyboard, a digitech multieffects pedal, a danelectro tape delay, and a zoom r6 track recorder.
    I lean toward dubtechno.
    Whats the best volca for that?

  • @DaveDaves
    @DaveDaves 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    HA! The monotrons weren't the "most versatile ever" synths? Understatement of the decade? They epitomize non-versatility, very few applications or occasions which they're good for. I understand you were gently saying what I"m saying but I (clearly) have been feeling emotional about this for years, that we were all excited back then to get an analog synth in our hands - only to find that it was practically unusable (and I still blame Korg for this. They should've somehow included MIDI, even as an option, but regardless the monotrons WERE cable of CV input for pitch! The circuitboard is labeled for the patchpoint "CV IN" - only the 99% of us who don't know how to solider in to to that connection couldn't use it. They thought that deliberately making it DIY would get people excited to mod it and yes there were guides on the internet for how to do that....but relatively few people did it. I think the monotrons are a giant failure of a product line other than, as this video correctly states, they were the precursor to the OG analog volcas!

  • @paulmarkmoffat4638
    @paulmarkmoffat4638 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video

  • @7v17Ezekiel
    @7v17Ezekiel 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hi guys. Can you please help me.
    I want to start making music again, bit of industrial.
    I haven’t used any of the volcas.
    Do you recommend getting the drum machine, bass and keys?
    I would like to record tracks.
    Are they any good?
    If I chose korg will this help me learning faster as i will keep it streamlined to one brand?
    Thanks

  • @DaveDaves
    @DaveDaves 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    NO the Volca Keys is NOT a 'proper 4 voice polyphonic synth'. And I'm not even just splitting hairs - it's a 3 voice 'paraphonic' (apparently this word was originally 'parapolyphonic' ) synth. If you'd just got the voice count off by one I wouldn't have felt the need to correct you, and I don't think parapolyphony is terrible or anything, its just not what you can call "proper" polyphony. Why do I feel the need to comment about this? I rely a lot on MusicRadar's reviews of gear ... a LOT!

  • @kierenmoore3236
    @kierenmoore3236 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    5:10 … Keys is 3 voice, not 4 (it has 3 VCOs) …
    19:34 … “Buckler”?! It’s not English, lol

  • @jukkaisokoski3625
    @jukkaisokoski3625 หลายเดือนก่อน

    1.keys 2. Bass 3.Fm and Drum 4. Beats and nubass 5. kick or modular

  • @adeevision1297
    @adeevision1297 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Need a volca vocoder!

  • @vincenttiggelman4978
    @vincenttiggelman4978 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have the Sample1, FM2, Drum and i bought the Kick recently to add the only thing missing from the Drum: low end...

  • @eyoung1683
    @eyoung1683 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Volca Beats
    Because it was $50 in great condition

  • @SpeccyMan
    @SpeccyMan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A good musician can make good music with anything. Even something mislabelled as a toy.

  • @DaveDaves
    @DaveDaves 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gorillaz Im pretty sure you're thinking of their special version of Korg's iElectribe app, which gave you the functionality of the EMX-1 (and ESX-1? I didn't buy it) in an app and the Gorillaz version had their skin . Iirc they made the awesome 'plastic beach' album entirely on it.

  • @EdgyNumber1
    @EdgyNumber1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    DX7 defaults were rinsed to death. OPSix in my opinion brought FM back to life.

  • @lukereasor
    @lukereasor 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Having trouble linking my bass and beats together. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated

    • @bobbythompson4268
      @bobbythompson4268 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What kind of trouble? Sync?

    • @lukereasor
      @lukereasor 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes! I can’t sync them together for some reason. I use the cable provided when I bought them but they won’t sync together.

  • @ryanstevens3822
    @ryanstevens3822 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    sorta agree actually, bass just sounds good and is fun, also the 3 oscillator thing is limited in a way, but also weird and cool?
    modular sounds kinda bad but is so fun
    FM2 is a dx7, actually good not a toy at all?
    drum has huge potential
    i cant buy the kick on moral reasons lol
    i do like keys, but the sweet spots make most of the patches sound similar?

  • @marcfaur
    @marcfaur 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I would instantly jump on a Volca Granular or Volca Pads!

  • @awesomeduder
    @awesomeduder 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    they really could do a Volca+ series of bigger ones, I'd get a large fornat Drum or Modular in a second. give us 1/4 inch outs, multiple outs for the drum machines, maybe onboard rechargeable battery? 1/8 inch connectors for the Modular, done.

    • @wanggang3885
      @wanggang3885 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      or at the very least, a keyboard where you can plop in your Volcas to create a new workstation for every day of the week

  • @michaelcoburn7250
    @michaelcoburn7250 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    young fathers had a volca beats onstage last month

  • @pablowentscobar
    @pablowentscobar 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I bought a Sample when they first came out, and then sold it a couple years later because it was such a pain to load samples in. I bought a Sample2 when it came out because it was supposed to be easier to load samples, it is not. The software is super glitchy and crashes all the time. How hard would it have been to add a minijack and like a $20 mic and made it so you could record direct? Thr Teenage Engineering $100 sampler has a mic on board. If The Sample had that it would be an incredible machine.

  • @kierenmoore3236
    @kierenmoore3236 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Theirs:-
    Bass, Drum**, FM-2, Kick*, Modular
    Sample-2*, Nubass, Keys**, Beats, Mix
    (FX)
    Mine:-
    Keys, FM-2, Bass, Modular, Sample-2
    Kick, Nubass, Drum, Beats, Mix

  • @apislapis
    @apislapis 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Underwhelmed by the Kick, it's a one kick pony. No keys? Shocker. Always thought the Sample 1 should have been called Romple. Still waiting for a DW8000 in a volca box.

  • @omarmarmolejo345
    @omarmarmolejo345 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How can I connect to reason please

  • @guilessa
    @guilessa 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bass, Keys and Drum are the best. Keys is my personal favorite for versatility. Kind of a shame that it didn't even make the top five. Maybe you guys just didn't spend enough time with it. It's absurd to put the modular above the keys.

  • @beatnikcafe
    @beatnikcafe 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Drum
    Bass
    Sample 2
    FM 2
    FM
    Sample
    Keys
    Kick
    Modular
    Beat at the top of the list, all very subjective and serious it really depends what you’re trying to do and what your basis for evaluation is.
    I put Drum at the top because it’s the most unique while being able to be a bread and butter rhythm machine.
    Modular could be number one as it just depends what you’re after.

    • @planet_oith
      @planet_oith หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi, it'd be nice to treat my old dr5 and new td3 to a complimentary machine.
      I'm still researching volca but airing towards key's but would love to hear what you would add in their situation.
      Thanks.

  • @inperfectsequence7840
    @inperfectsequence7840 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Volca sample mk2 with 10 parts. Is the bests mini-workstation and sample player.

  • @Sm2n
    @Sm2n 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wait… it’s Christmas?!

  • @jodo985
    @jodo985 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    And 13:31 I’m out!!
    Ok not really but REALLY?!?!
    No keys! Are you daft?
    Ok. I got that out of my system. Carry on.

  • @palespirit
    @palespirit 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    10 years on and STILL people don’t understand the Kick. Their loss.

    • @sonicmistress
      @sonicmistress 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Or the Mix, to say it's the last shows their ignorance on it....

  • @leakso1
    @leakso1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dude without the beard just talking all over the dude with the beard, all the beardy guy says is yeh....

  • @Hubson55
    @Hubson55 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    well... I will really reconsider selling my volca bass... 🤔

  • @SteveCookeGB
    @SteveCookeGB หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice video but you could have bothered to give these units a clean before making it.

  • @smooom
    @smooom 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Waaaaay too much fu cking talking.

    • @al.cavalu
      @al.cavalu 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      One talks, the other one is just "yep, yeah, aham, mmmm yes, pretty much, yes...". So it averages out!

  • @kvfive
    @kvfive 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Volca M1

  • @Casthekiwi
    @Casthekiwi 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fm & FM2,,,,,pattern chaining !!!!

  • @kuzmeni
    @kuzmeni 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Out modular and kick, In keys and sample

  • @PablitaPicasita
    @PablitaPicasita 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    lovechild of ben shapiro and jude law

  • @wanggang3885
    @wanggang3885 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think people that rate instruments and even music should first show their own work so we at least have a baseline of their perspective. I was a little dismayed to hear a certain volca you mentioned was dinged because it didn't allow you to be as lazy as you wanted to be. Good music is not for lazy people to make. Good music takes time and effort and one should be prepared & willing to devote some.

    • @SpeccyMan
      @SpeccyMan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just who the hell are you to dictate what good music should be? Wind in your neck, dude!

  • @brooklynboy1000
    @brooklynboy1000 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Too much yapping here

  • @philipwareham
    @philipwareham 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love my Nubass - sure it’s a one trick pony but it’s creates some seriously dirty acid bass sounds. Accented slide gives you some good results too.