Korg - volca Drum - Digital Percussion Synthesizer

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You can customize the resulting trigger waveform by applying bit reduction to produce roughness, adjusting the wave folder depth to add complex overtones, and using overdrive to adjust the distortion. In this way, you can generate distinctive sounds from this sound engine that's structured rather differently from a typical drum machine. Waveguide resonator adds rich resonances Once you have a layer to your liking you can repeat this for the second layer. The Layer 1/2 button is used to select which layer is currently selected for editing and you can also edit both at once, useful for making edits to the overall sound, like tuning or adjusting envelopes together. The reason for using layers becomes clear once you start to design sounds. Many drum sounds can be approximated using two elements. For example, a typical snare sound can be created using a short noise transient together with a longer tonal 'body'. Having the two layers is important for certain sounds, but can also be a neat way to squeeze more sounds from the Volca Drum because, as we'll see, you can automate any parameter in the sequencer. So crossfading from one layer to another is a breeze.

Kits: 16 (Settings for 6 parts + Settings for waveguide resonator) Kit No.1 – No.10 are factory preset. You can customize the resulting trigger waveform by applying bit reduction to produce roughness, adjusting the wave folder depth to add complex overtones, and using overdrive to adjust the distortion. In this way, you can generate distinctive sounds from this sound engine that's structured rather differently from a typical drum machine.Once you find a nice combination of layers, you can apply some simple digital effects in the form of bit-reduction, wave-folding and overdrive. Each one gives a different way to rough up your sound, and you can apply all three at once if you feel the need. The effects don't have their own front panel controls. Instead they are accessed by hitting the Edit/Step button and then using the Param encoder to select an effect, and the Value encoder to change the amount. Mixing options are also found in the same menu list with level and pan allowing you to balance the audio at the master stereo output. Learn how to make synth sounds without a synth and get to grips with one of the coolest experimental music techniques in our guide to No-Input Mixing While testing a Volca Drum kit on the same channel it also did not recognize the MIDI triggers. Then I noticed the manual's default is Channel 10. I switched the volca and the sq to this channel and it worked right away. (huh, weird). Then I tried again on the LXR with its global on 10 and it also worked right away. Creating custom samples in the Volca Drum is easy; just turn it on, press one of the first six keys in the Sequencer section, then use the knobs in the Sound Controls section to adjust things like pitch and effects. Follow these steps to create samples.

A convenient choke function lets you specify grouping for parts There's a choke function that lets you specify which of multiple parts should take priority when sounded simultaneously, such as the hi-hat closed and open sounds of a drum machine. Parts for which you've enabled the choke function will not sound simultaneously; only the one part of the lowest part number will be heard. Compact, size, battery operation, and built-in speaker mean that you can take this unit anywhere and enjoy playing on the go.

Features

Using the Waveguide resonator, you can add rich resonances to your sounds. There are two types of resonator styles. The tube setting replicates the resonances of a cylindrical object. Anything from a snare housing, to a very long pipe. The strings setting gives you a much more metallic resonance. Control, the Decay, Body, or Tune of these settings and create otherworldly or idiosyncratic sounds with a twist of a knob Simple Sequencing

The volca series is all about unique sound. Whether it's analog, PCM, or FM, the volca series puts unique sounds into an accessible platform. And now, the series is joined by a new rhythm machine that brings yet another sonic character. It's the volca drum digital percussion synthesizer. For a drum synth/machine where the voices are using a shared midi channel, the procedure would be this:Despite each pattern only being a bar long, you can inject some additional interest by adjusting the probability of each step from 0 to 100 percent. You can also enable what Korg call Slices for each step. A slice is a repeated note within a step, what old-school sequencers might call a ratchet. Up to 16 slices can be added per step. Perfect for fast trills, machine gun repeats or stutter edits. Turn the DECAY, BODY, and TUNINGknobs for effects, then turn the SENDknob up to adjust the level of them.