The only review/tutorial that actually explains the separate modules. Other reviews dig right in and use "non-standard" terms. Also, the oscilloscope to demonstrate the waveform and the Fourier series at the right to show the frequency spectrum are very illustrative! Thanks. :-)
Korg needs to update the 3 original Volcas to include "Global System Parameter" #8 which is for the "Sync input/output unit". This would allow the entire collection of Volcas to sync to “Once a step” (or 4 PPQN). The added bonus is that when the Volca Drum, Volca Kick, or Volca Sample is used as the master clock, the swing settings will extend to all Volcas in the chain.
This box really has people divided! I loved "Silver Apples Of The Moon" as a teen, so it sounds great to me. I dig that 1960's "synthesizers are lab equipment" sound. I've never wanted to buy a Volca until now... well played, Korg!
This is the bigger brother of the Korg Duo monotron I have been looking for! Now l have two Volcas I need unless l still want the first one l wanted in the first place Volca Keys, but that got bumped off my mental gear list when l got the monologue.
People are saying they don't like the sound of this..but Volcas are best when they're producing experimental sounds ,and this does it really well.I remember playing with my Yamaha TX81Z and even though the Lately Bass was great out of the box, you could also get some fantastic sounds with a bit of tweaking from the other patches and come up with some bizarre ,yet emotive stuff. Great review, think I'll be getting one.😎
4:30 actually the sequencer is quite complex and worth twice the price of this thing with all the complex modes and how it is integrated in the whole thing.
Ask.Audio - this was a fantastic video & walkthrough, and I wanted to mention I'm stoked I found your channel; yesterday actually, which was the DFAM video. Someone commented in that video how Comprehensive your review was, and I agreed, however I added more commentary regarding my main go to channel for Synths has been loopop. Simply because of his format of the videos, and because he adds an onscreen Oscilloscope & Spectrum Analyzer, and I mentioned now that I'm used to seeing that I miss it while watching videos from other channels. I bring this up because I GREATLY appreciate that you have both of those in this video. Like I said, I just found your channel, and didn't realize you also show those tools. I have subscribed to your channels and turned on ALL notifications as well. I think you have a great channel here, and you're definitely going to be a welcome addition to the channels I watch for everything Synths. Once again, a very Comprehensive review and walk-through of this synth. I enjoyed the video thoroughly! Cheers! -H.B.
After my 3rd watch, over about a year and muuuuuch noodling, I seem to have absorbed some of the deeper concepts. Like seeing tge thing from the code. Thank you very much!
I should elaborate, I think this thing would sound great with slower tempo or ambient stuff. I also think it's harsh metallic clangs and bing bongs make it an ideal pairing with a drumbrute for some industrial dance fun.
Same. I plan on using it with a Yamaha PS55 and a Volca Beats. Those sounds will work phenomenally, I think... And hey, if I'm wrong? I'm sure someone else can put the thing to good use. That's what's great about these little boxes. You can literally hand them to someone else.
I am considering buying a Korg Volca Keys as I just have a long standing inclination to play with an analogue synth. AND then I came across this Modular gizmo and now I am completely baffled! It is indeed a fascinating device and can generate some wonderfully crazy sounds and I love all of the patching possibilities. BUT, would it be for me? I'm not so sure as this seems more for creating experimental and rather random sound sequences rather than creating sounds that can be played as synth voices. However, the temptation is now to buy both! Thanks for a great review.
Thank you for a straightforward and logical, yet in-depth and compelling review of the Modular. You have provided a host of reasons why I ought to be buying it.. damn you sir.
Awesome video, I learned so much about this module in a short period of time plus how to create on the Volca. Nice job and keep them coming! Thank you!
thanks for the review. i think ill hold off because it seems like nothing but a distraction from my regular work flow. i love randomness and chaos which i think this could introduce but its too echo chamber sounding and if i want that i have a barp. great review
Great ! Thanks for review . . . Please tell me where or how to get that wave animation you have in background ? Would like to put it in my Handpan playing videos - Thank You !
Excellent synth that I would like to have, but I will hate fussing around with these tiny patch cords. Keeping them together, memorizing/saving patches, trying not to lose cables - these are fun stoppers. More of a home/studio-in device, not pick-up-and-go
I always find this patching action really complicated to understand. No video really make it clear, even this one. But this one is much more affordable then 0-Coast, so i will be able to give it a try
Imagine that all outputs are little hands doing movements, then you connect to inputs which you can imagine being knobs and sliders. Now your little hands (output signal) are moving that slider/knob (input function). So just like you can move a cutoff knob back and forth, you can assign an LFO or other signal generator to do it for you by connecting the output of that generator to the input of the cutoff.
Tyler Smith ehh I liked Modular Landings better. Knobs briefly explains things in a visual aspect without adding detail. They add really modular music (some of the best) but I end up more appreciative of the art of modular and less of how they do it
For those that want nice melodies in demo: (Could you be possibly suffering from moderno-phobia? But who told you the Bucla sound is about modernism or noise?) Please allow me to remind you that the pupose of this demo is to show the timbre of the instrument and the patterns it can create. Use your imagination now acording to what you're looking for, creatively speaking and be aware that these instruments not only can produce melodies, but can do it with a tweekable microtuning precision very few synths have- perfect if your into oriental or exotic scales. Now I for one was very impressed by the fact that the timbres this synth can create, feel more natural compared to the timbres of MOOG style synthesis. For example the metalic or gong sounding sounds -that MOOG instruments can't produce- have a depth and sense of sacredness or mystery to them. ..... I imagine these sounds used in a composition in a certain way and someone listening to them thinking their from some weird thibetan melodical percusion instrument. THIS IS DEFINATELY GOING TO BE MY FIRST VOLCA. I hope I demostrated that the BUCLA approach rather than targeting the western style modernist noise aesthetic is more about traditionalism from a non-western so called "ethnic" perspective. I know there is liturature that says otherwise but in the TH-cam videos I've seen, Mr. Bukla is collaberating with ETHNIC musicians not modernists.
Great demo yo!. ~13:50 sounds like 'Close encounters'.. the mothership scene. And thats all Ive wanted since the 70s yo! (And reruns of Outer limits). Who wldnt want one?
The level of production is really high. All those visualisations... Cool. But why no one can make modulars play something more melodic instead of those plink-plonks?
I agree w folks that the timbre doesn't really sound great. There are a lot more pleasant sounds that you can produce with other devices but some prespective I think that is because it's a triangle wave. I'm not a huge fan of that shape but it is versatile, metallic and aggressive. I will make great use of this but it will simply be one sound of many others that I use in my music. I think the new minilogue is badass btw but with this it's just cheap fun and portable experimentation to mix with the other volcas. It doesn't sound great as a stand alone instrument, it's just a lot of fucking with a triangle wave. But sample it, make it sound better in your daw and accompany it with other volcas I bet it will be great. That's what it was designed for, plus a 15 yr old kid gonna buy this today and then eventually upgrade to an ms20 or other korg synth. It's just good marketing
@@auburnkit I live in the Sacramento county. My local music scene barely exists, but we do have the occasional indie pop or classic rock band. That being said, a lot of good contemporary post-hardcore comes from Sacramento, but that was mainly in the 2000s.
nice intro - but it would have been great to make levels of voice and sounds match a little, so my ears dont explode when switching from talk to device sounds or i cant barely hear the voice anymore when i adjusted the volume so the sound is not too loud and then the talk continues...
2019 and people still complaining of the sound. as some huge mind once said 'its not the machine, but the operator'. leaving the puns aside, different operator shapes result in different tones to please the most extravagant. but yeah i dont need this, i made my vBass modular some while ago, way more versatile
Some say that the sound is an issue here... in my opinion that is a good thing. It is, hmm... specific one. But, how many mono synths, that have this classic vibe, do u realy need? For me Moog Werkstatt is enough. If u want some new harmonics in your setup the VOLCA MODULAR is a good choice. Diferent sound n workflow is what i nead to spark my creativity and expand sonic possibilities. On cons side... it is the flimsy one, so take care of it. It is also a good entery in electronics with a simple breadboard and some components. Wish that there was some technical tutorial on this aspect.
Good review! It would be a fun portable synth. A bit simplistic and for $200? Nah, not for me. Personally, I think i'm over the Volca thing. I enjoy my Keys enough but there is a certain "limitation wall" that pops up after awhile. It does its one thing and that's it.
The 303 was a small sequencer synth and a pretty unique tool that the dance community discovered and repurposed which gave birth to entire genres. People will enjoy the Volca Modular but I'm fairly confident in stating that it will not even come close to the legacy of the 303. If anybody reading this wants more "west coast" bang for their buck, pay a few hundred more for the O-coast or invest in modular. The Volca Modular could easily be created in eurorack with only a few modules and a lot more functionality. Another option is Bastl Kastle 1.5 for $90 which is a bit similar and small. I'm not saying people can't make neat sounds on Volca Modular but it is *really* simple and *really* tiny and over time it's limitations will be more apparent. The whole point of modular is to interface modules with other modules but this Volca is mostly self-contained. For better or worse. rant over.
Imho, this one has nothing to do with the volca keys. For the price, you get much more possibilities. All in all it is an excellent introduction to modular synthesis. The only thing I really miss is some midi implementation, because you can't play anything serious with that pseudo keyboard.
I thought the FM was already complicated enough...but this one is like 100 times more than that...still fun to play though（for modular synth lovers maybe？
1:17 - What kind of patch points are labeled with the "bulb" shape? It sounds like you're saying "audio-in" or "audio-re" patch points, but I'm not completely sure. Can someone help me out? I'm about to order this very soon.
Personally, I would run the audio through an oscilloscope vst, screen capture that, then key out the background in your video software. I agree. Looks cool!
I remember in some video compositing software like adobe after effects and apple motion you could create some basic audio to video effects within the software or you could import plug-ins that you either bought 3rd party or an algorithm you created yourself. This was in 2009, I don't what software everyone uses now and I don't know what their built in features are. But I don't think regular nonlinear video editing software today would have a good oscilloscope effect that is easily masked between the foreground & background
Hello! Could you please tell me, if the cutoff knob on the right should be somehow enlighted? Coz I guess I have the broken one, it simply causes no sound change... Thanks!
Curious, are your black patch inputs lined up with the cover's cut-out holes ? My black patch inputs are all crooked and not straight with the hole cut-outs.
You have done a solid demo of the baseline features. I wish, however, you had not just winged it on the musical side of this video. The string of complaints about the sound attest to this. This wee box can actually sound good, but you kind of miss showing that part of the machine. We just get near-random blips, faster or slower, more or less folded/modulated. People watch these sorts of videos in part to hear the product, and you have not made much of an effort on that front.
Right. Couldn't find a single video showing how to use a modular or semi to play music that sounds like music. At this point I'm beggining to think modular is exclusively meant to produce noises.
Agree with all of you. I’m sure I’ve heard some good ‘musical’ modular performances. Annie Ann for instance, or Alaistair Wilson. Almost every other modular demonstration I’ve heard sounds like unadulterated ass. It’s just needing out on what the knobs do. Nothing musical about any of it. Horrible. Definitely not interested in buying
It's a good demonstration, well shot, edited and graded but this demo would have been so much better with an actual melody and tone selection that didn't sound so harsh. I've seen this thing create beautiful melodics, its a shame they weren't on display here.
Finally I can get that iconic cat-stuck-in-an-industrial-stepper-motor sound
Lmao, korg is just selling you the Rubbers Lover soundtrack with knobs and wires
Damn bro, you broke my pokerface in a very awkward moment at my job right now.
The only review/tutorial that actually explains the separate modules. Other reviews dig right in and use "non-standard" terms. Also, the oscilloscope to demonstrate the waveform and the Fourier series at the right to show the frequency spectrum are very illustrative! Thanks. :-)
Oh it's you! I love your On The Run - Pink Floyd video!
@@mattsmith7193 Thanks, and thanks for this in-depth review. :-)
Korg needs to update the 3 original Volcas to include "Global System Parameter" #8 which is for the "Sync input/output unit". This would allow the entire collection of Volcas to sync to “Once a step” (or 4 PPQN). The added bonus is that when the Volca Drum, Volca Kick, or Volca Sample is used as the master clock, the swing settings will extend to all Volcas in the chain.
Love the harmonics that the reverb brings out
Very nicely done with the graphics on this video.
This box really has people divided! I loved "Silver Apples Of The Moon" as a teen, so it sounds great to me. I dig that 1960's "synthesizers are lab equipment" sound. I've never wanted to buy a Volca until now... well played, Korg!
‘“synthesizers are lab equipment" sound’
Well put, and that’s why I’ve always Jonesed for an EMS VCS3... I think this is a cool little nod to Buchla.
This is the bigger brother of the Korg Duo monotron I have been looking for! Now l have two Volcas I need unless l still want the first one l wanted in the first place Volca Keys, but that got bumped off my mental gear list when l got the monologue.
Came in for the 84 dollar used beats, left w sample, bass, modular, and now the drum....
Volca modular: recreate the sounds that score your nightmares (tm)
I was kinda in a bad mood while watching this video and your comment just made me laugh so damn hard. Thanks for the chuckles!
I love the presentation of this video - so clean! You even used the battery power to avoid that extra cable! 😊❤️
Wait until Radiohead uses it for Kid C; everyone will be looking for these.
😂😂😂
LMAO
@EC Tron That's Bob. He's not edgy enough for many Radiohead fans.
@@mikeexits this is cole
@@bot-rt7hw Coal? Gordon Cole?
Nice demo - good explanation of West Coast synthesis and the basics of this Volca.
A Morton Subotnick machine... 😎
poor lil Morton
People are saying they don't like the sound of this..but Volcas are best when they're producing experimental sounds ,and this does it really well.I remember playing with my Yamaha TX81Z and even though the Lately Bass was great out of the box, you could also get some fantastic sounds with a bit of tweaking from the other patches and come up with some bizarre ,yet emotive stuff.
Great review, think I'll be getting one.😎
4:30 actually the sequencer is quite complex and worth twice the price of this thing with all the complex modes and how it is integrated in the whole thing.
Best Volca Modular demo on the web. Thanks for this!
Ask.Audio - this was a fantastic video & walkthrough, and I wanted to mention I'm stoked I found your channel; yesterday actually, which was the DFAM video. Someone commented in that video how Comprehensive your review was, and I agreed, however I added more commentary regarding my main go to channel for Synths has been loopop. Simply because of his format of the videos, and because he adds an onscreen Oscilloscope & Spectrum Analyzer, and I mentioned now that I'm used to seeing that I miss it while watching videos from other channels. I bring this up because I GREATLY appreciate that you have both of those in this video. Like I said, I just found your channel, and didn't realize you also show those tools.
I have subscribed to your channels and turned on ALL notifications as well.
I think you have a great channel here, and you're definitely going to be a welcome addition to the channels I watch for everything Synths.
Once again, a very Comprehensive review and walk-through of this synth. I enjoyed the video thoroughly!
Cheers!
-H.B.
This sounds like the stuff the first modular synths were making. Awesome. I have some stoke for being able to make sounds like that!
After my 3rd watch, over about a year and muuuuuch noodling, I seem to have absorbed some of the deeper concepts. Like seeing tge thing from the code. Thank you very much!
4:12-4:28 was when I knew I wanted this. I get the people who say it sounds bad, but for the music I'm making, I think it would sound quite nice!
I should elaborate, I think this thing would sound great with slower tempo or ambient stuff. I also think it's harsh metallic clangs and bing bongs make it an ideal pairing with a drumbrute for some industrial dance fun.
I agree with you. I love monotone ambient sounds like that. Ill be giving this a good work out once it comes out.
Same. I plan on using it with a Yamaha PS55 and a Volca Beats. Those sounds will work phenomenally, I think...
And hey, if I'm wrong? I'm sure someone else can put the thing to good use. That's what's great about these little boxes. You can literally hand them to someone else.
Yeah it sounds like a alien sitaar. Its soo cool! Cant wait for mine I ordered
6:11-6:35 is what fascinated me the most out of all of the stuff in the video
The sequencer of the volca modular is amazing aswell as the editing of your videos !
Gotta love your video layout with the oscilloscope and spectrum. Looks great, informative too! 👌
I am considering buying a Korg Volca Keys as I just have a long standing inclination to play with an analogue synth. AND then I came across this Modular gizmo and now I am completely baffled! It is indeed a fascinating device and can generate some wonderfully crazy sounds and I love all of the patching possibilities. BUT, would it be for me? I'm not so sure as this seems more for creating experimental and rather random sound sequences rather than creating sounds that can be played as synth voices. However, the temptation is now to buy both! Thanks for a great review.
The Keys is a fantastic basic analog synth. Very limited and dirty sounding, but still one of my favorite synths I ever owned.
That reverb is just sooo satisfying!
Excellent demo! This new Volca Modular has some real nice potential to add new sound flavors to my beloved Mother 32/DFAM rig.
John Irby Same!
Less a review, more of a demo; but an EXCELLENT demo! I’d be curious to hear how “sturdy” the patching feels with those needle-like cables.
Thank you for a straightforward and logical, yet in-depth and compelling review of the Modular. You have provided a host of reasons why I ought to be buying it.. damn you sir.
Awesome video, I learned so much about this module in a short period of time plus how to create on the Volca. Nice job and keep them coming! Thank you!
The tones and textures in this is amazing 😍
sounds very raw i like that, good contrast to more spendy modular stuff, raw and primitive sound
thanks for the review. i think ill hold off because it seems like nothing but a distraction from my regular work flow. i love randomness and chaos which i think this could introduce but its too echo chamber sounding and if i want that i have a barp. great review
All I can say for sure is that none of these Volcas was made for people with large hands. Thanks for the vid!
Good thing my manly fingers are actually dainty and lengthy. Can't wait to get one of these along with 2 other Volcas for that free Mix! :)
Thank you for this good in-depth demo. Love the dynamic background !
First volca i feel obligated to buy😍😍
really well done demo, graphics were killer!
thks for the tutorial first person to show it prperly and explain simply
This is amazing, thank you Korg, it looks like I'll be missing my mortgage payment again and losing the house.
150 bucks??
I was gonna say, that must be a real tiny house 😅
Bruh how is your mortgage so cheap??
He lives in a matchbox
This is peak aphex twin
Nice video. This thing is ok, but the Behringer Crave seems to be a better entry for people who want to get into modular.
My reasoning for wanting one of these is the price, personally.
Marvelously clear introduction to this device! Many thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Discovered you and your channel while researching the Korg Volca Modular, really excellent work!
Great ! Thanks for review . . . Please tell me where or how to get that wave animation you have in background ? Would like to put it in my Handpan playing videos - Thank You !
Excellent synth that I would like to have, but I will hate fussing around with these tiny patch cords. Keeping them together, memorizing/saving patches, trying not to lose cables - these are fun stoppers. More of a home/studio-in device, not pick-up-and-go
One melody line - polyphony in harmonics of the sounds. Alien technology!
this sounds really good to my ears
great video, i feel like i already know how to use it just from watching.
excellent breakdown of the functions - great vid! big up Rishabh!
Thanks Rishabh for another great video! Don’t like the sound of this synth so much, but your presentation and visuals are on point as usual.
Welp, I'm sold. Great video!
Honestly I think this is fantastic. I'll definitely be saving up for it.
I always find this patching action really complicated to understand. No video really make it clear, even this one. But this one is much more affordable then 0-Coast, so i will be able to give it a try
Knobs had a great series on modular
outs go to ins, it is that easy - just experiment
Yea exactly. I almost buy the 0coast. Korg is killing it
Imagine that all outputs are little hands doing movements, then you connect to inputs which you can imagine being knobs and sliders. Now your little hands (output signal) are moving that slider/knob (input function).
So just like you can move a cutoff knob back and forth, you can assign an LFO or other signal generator to do it for you by connecting the output of that generator to the input of the cutoff.
Tyler Smith ehh I liked Modular Landings better. Knobs briefly explains things in a visual aspect without adding detail. They add really modular music (some of the best) but I end up more appreciative of the art of modular and less of how they do it
Excellent review! Thanks!
It gets lit at 7:30 🔥
07:30 Sounds like Krell music, from Forbidden Planet. I came here thinking about getting one of these things, you just made the argument for me.
most excellent overview. Thank you so much for it!
For those that want nice melodies in demo: (Could you be possibly suffering from moderno-phobia? But who told you the Bucla sound is about modernism or noise?) Please allow me to remind you that the pupose of this demo is to show the timbre of the instrument and the patterns it can create. Use your imagination now acording to what you're looking for, creatively speaking and be aware that these instruments not only can produce melodies, but can do it with a tweekable microtuning precision very few synths have- perfect if your into oriental or exotic scales. Now I for one was very impressed by the fact that the timbres this synth can create, feel more natural compared to the timbres of MOOG style synthesis. For example the metalic or gong sounding sounds -that MOOG instruments can't produce- have a depth and sense of sacredness or mystery to them. ..... I imagine these sounds used in a composition in a certain way and someone listening to them thinking their from some weird thibetan melodical percusion instrument. THIS IS DEFINATELY GOING TO BE MY FIRST VOLCA. I hope I demostrated that the BUCLA approach rather than targeting the western style modernist noise aesthetic is more about traditionalism from a non-western so called "ethnic" perspective. I know there is liturature that says otherwise but in the TH-cam videos I've seen, Mr. Bukla is collaberating with ETHNIC musicians not modernists.
I totally agree, although anything still holds its ground well.
Oh man I'm loving this synth it's a dirty little beast!
A very intresting Volca. Nice...
Great demo yo!.
~13:50 sounds like 'Close encounters'.. the mothership scene. And thats all Ive wanted since the 70s yo! (And reruns of Outer limits). Who wldnt want one?
Thanks Rishabh..it sounds wacky..difficult for us noobs to sculpt easily. The new volca drum sounds very useful and easier. ( 1st here :-) }
I'm new to this stuff too and want to make really experimental stuff so this is perfect for me
❤ definitely adding this to my Volca collection!
cant wait until someone makes a real jam with one of these.
god i love that reverb. instant radiophonics. will you be doing a review of the Drum?
West coast rivals Music Easel vs Music Toothpick 😇
They also missed a trick with no noise generator :(
Fast clock into woggle should do it
The level of production is really high. All those visualisations... Cool. But why no one can make modulars play something more melodic instead of those plink-plonks?
I agree w folks that the timbre doesn't really sound great. There are a lot more pleasant sounds that you can produce with other devices but some prespective I think that is because it's a triangle wave. I'm not a huge fan of that shape but it is versatile, metallic and aggressive. I will make great use of this but it will simply be one sound of many others that I use in my music. I think the new minilogue is badass btw but with this it's just cheap fun and portable experimentation to mix with the other volcas. It doesn't sound great as a stand alone instrument, it's just a lot of fucking with a triangle wave. But sample it, make it sound better in your daw and accompany it with other volcas I bet it will be great. That's what it was designed for, plus a 15 yr old kid gonna buy this today and then eventually upgrade to an ms20 or other korg synth. It's just good marketing
makeshiftbattlefield to be fair, west coast synthesis is more about experimental sounds than "nice sounding" sounds. Get a moog for that
Yoir Reverb and ambient noise just put half my local "music" scene in a box lol
where do you live? austin?
all my music scene has is bedroom pop and pop punk
@@auburnkit I live in the Sacramento county. My local music scene barely exists, but we do have the occasional indie pop or classic rock band. That being said, a lot of good contemporary post-hardcore comes from Sacramento, but that was mainly in the 2000s.
Best demo I've seen so far. The more demo's I watch the more I realise that this just isn't for me. It's way too harsh and metalic and "clangy".
Not an "only synth", but for those after some variety or inspiration..
extremely helpful video
nice intro - but it would have been great to make levels of voice and sounds match a little, so my ears dont explode when switching from talk to device sounds or i cant barely hear the voice anymore when i adjusted the volume so the sound is not too loud and then the talk continues...
This is cool. Pocket Buchla.
2019 and people still complaining of the sound. as some huge mind once said 'its not the machine, but the operator'. leaving the puns aside, different operator shapes result in different tones to please the most extravagant. but yeah i dont need this, i made my vBass modular some while ago, way more versatile
I'm gonna need to know more about that Volca Bass Modular mod. Do you have any video's or guides?
Some say that the sound is an issue here... in my opinion that is a good thing. It is, hmm... specific one. But, how many mono synths, that have this classic vibe, do u realy need? For me Moog Werkstatt is enough. If u want some new harmonics in your setup the VOLCA MODULAR is a good choice. Diferent sound n workflow is what i nead to spark my creativity and expand sonic possibilities. On cons side... it is the flimsy one, so take care of it. It is also a good entery in electronics with a simple breadboard and some components. Wish that there was some technical tutorial on this aspect.
i just wish it used standard patch cables so i could use it with my Eurorack.
Good review! It would be a fun portable synth. A bit simplistic and for $200? Nah, not for me. Personally, I think i'm over the Volca thing. I enjoy my Keys enough but there is a certain "limitation wall" that pops up after awhile. It does its one thing and that's it.
So did the 303. Look what happened there...
The 303 was a small sequencer synth and a pretty unique tool that the dance community discovered and repurposed which gave birth to entire genres. People will enjoy the Volca Modular but I'm fairly confident in stating that it will not even come close to the legacy of the 303.
If anybody reading this wants more "west coast" bang for their buck, pay a few hundred more for the O-coast or invest in modular. The Volca Modular could easily be created in eurorack with only a few modules and a lot more functionality. Another option is Bastl Kastle 1.5 for $90 which is a bit similar and small.
I'm not saying people can't make neat sounds on Volca Modular but it is *really* simple and *really* tiny and over time it's limitations will be more apparent. The whole point of modular is to interface modules with other modules but this Volca is mostly self-contained. For better or worse. rant over.
Imho, this one has nothing to do with the volca keys.
For the price, you get much more possibilities.
All in all it is an excellent introduction to modular synthesis.
The only thing I really miss is some midi implementation, because you can't play anything serious with that pseudo keyboard.
Sound very Buchlish. Reminds me much of my Easel. :O
Damn I want one. But it's the price of a cheap car 🤣
love this tutorial very in depth, are there any tutorials on how you crated the visuals to match the sounds?
Sounds amazing x
This is good ! The best product among Volka .
I thought the FM was already complicated enough...but this one is like 100 times more than that...still fun to play though（for modular synth lovers maybe？
great vid/ very clear explained
Good review man
How has he made the waveform visual ? I am very intrigued
James Dickinson was thinking the same 😂
James Dickinson probably with after effects plug ins!
1:17 - What kind of patch points are labeled with the "bulb" shape? It sounds like you're saying "audio-in" or "audio-re" patch points, but I'm not completely sure. Can someone help me out? I'm about to order this very soon.
I think he means all patch points have the bulb in top left or bottom right (for in and output respectively
Nicely presented what with the scope in the background and all...
Have to Have it!
At 11:55, I felt like my armor was low and the covenants finally would get me
Gotta catch em all!
I am very interested in how you designed the graphics for the waveforms and edited them into the video. That was very impressive.
Personally, I would run the audio through an oscilloscope vst, screen capture that, then key out the background in your video software. I agree. Looks cool!
@@teachermarksmusictutorials824 do you know how to key out the background in final cut pro x? would like to try it out
I remember in some video compositing software like adobe after effects and apple motion you could create some basic audio to video effects within the software or you could import plug-ins that you either bought 3rd party or an algorithm you created yourself. This was in 2009, I don't what software everyone uses now and I don't know what their built in features are. But I don't think regular nonlinear video editing software today would have a good oscilloscope effect that is easily masked between the foreground & background
Hello! Could you please tell me, if the cutoff knob on the right should be somehow enlighted? Coz I guess I have the broken one, it simply causes no sound change... Thanks!
sick and beautiful
super nice video!
Now if this had a real state variable vcf instead of just a lo pass gate, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
Curious, are your black patch inputs lined up with the cover's cut-out holes ? My black patch inputs are all crooked and not straight with the hole cut-outs.
Good for noise.
Wow ) This Beautiful
You have done a solid demo of the baseline features. I wish, however, you had not just winged it on the musical side of this video. The string of complaints about the sound attest to this. This wee box can actually sound good, but you kind of miss showing that part of the machine. We just get near-random blips, faster or slower, more or less folded/modulated. People watch these sorts of videos in part to hear the product, and you have not made much of an effort on that front.
I posted a comment here meant for another video, my bad, cool sound box bro.
Is it too much to ask for people to play a nice little melody in a demo instead of just choosing random notes? XD
It's a modular thing. It's for people that are tone-deaf but love sounds ;)
isn't it awful? It literally ruins the demo because all they seem to be showing is "look, this thing makes random noises".
Right. Couldn't find a single video showing how to use a modular or semi to play music that sounds like music. At this point I'm beggining to think modular is exclusively meant to produce noises.
@@JunkSoap actually bobeats (channel on YT) makes a tune on a modular system and it sounds good. But most modular videos just sound like shit
Agree with all of you. I’m sure I’ve heard some good ‘musical’ modular performances. Annie Ann for instance, or Alaistair Wilson. Almost every other modular demonstration I’ve heard sounds like unadulterated ass. It’s just needing out on what the knobs do. Nothing musical about any of it. Horrible. Definitely not interested in buying
Sounds a lot like the Keys in Poly Ring mode ... 🤔 anyway, great review as always.
WARNING !!! If you're using headphones, TURN DOWN THE VOLUME !!! on this video.
It's a good demonstration, well shot, edited and graded but this demo would have been so much better with an actual melody and tone selection that didn't sound so harsh. I've seen this thing create beautiful melodics, its a shame they weren't on display here.