But only every other hour or so. Probably.
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Good point, not a main drummer but even coupled with a Volca Beats or 606 could fill the beat out nicely.
I buckled and pre-ordered both the new Volcas, itās a sickness I tell you. 
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Yep, Iām on board with both pre-ordered, fantastic, now the waiting game 
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Apparently mid March for Drum, mid Feb for modular.
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This video makes me think of Edward Norton in Fight Club!
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āI am Jackās complete lack of surpriseā 
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Iām afraid I have no space for the Volcas 
what an irony
Jealous! Canāt wait to hear your take on them. My husband is now spoiled for choices on what to get me for my birthdayā¦in June. Waaaaah! 
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Same here, but I have a box of these kind of table beasts, as I find that they can be fun to whip out for a sampling session or just mucking around, and I think they fit that usage style well, none of my Volcas or Pocket Operators are ever permanently set up, and even some of my larger gear has to be stowed away if it isnāt core to my setup.
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I can imagine a Volca only jamming case to be lotās of fun
Yeah, I suppose in a way I see these portable instruments much like a harmonica, set of bongos or acoustic guitar, in that you can just pick up and play without too much care or/of the considerations and processes when in the studio doing something āseriousā
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I do believe iām more interested in this one than the volca modular. hopefully the midi implementation is better than the other volcas.
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Iāve had that happen with grabbing the Volca Beats and the PO-24 Office one day when needing some drums fast for something I was doing on Monomachine. I didnāt have room nor time to set up a full kit on Machinedrum. I thought those drums would be temporary but the combo of the Volca Beats and Pocket Operator made for surprisingly good percussion. When I made the song part of my live set, I basically tried to model the Volca with Machinedrum using the TR-* machines to preserve the flavor of the original. That made me really impressed with these two series of low-cost instruments.
Iām curious how the Volca Drum will be. I love the depth of Machinedrum, but sometimes the act of building up a new kit is enough overhead to make me reach for something simpler. Volca Drum feels like it could be similarly complex - but thatās why I have so many damn little drum machines now (and I love 'em).
Iāve got this pre-ordered. I had been looking at some wave-guide based Eurorack modules and other physical modeling modules, but just never wanted to commit to buying into that world any further. These new Volcas have me very happy.
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Compared to LXR the volca drum has an physically modelled resonator, which hasnāt been seen on drum machines or music instruments that much before. Itās quite exciting (haha) for drums. Mutable Instruments Rings eg. is a resonator. 
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Watched some demos now, I guess this will be my first Volca. Love digital drums. This is a neat package.
Should be even fun when pressing the randomize button for hours
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Totally agree and itās funny you mention that because itās how Iāve been using my OP-Z. This thing sounds interesting, and looks great for the price($149?). I wish Korg would have redesigned the box/interface a bit for these though. I get price point, but slightly bigger knobs and moving the MIDI and power jack to the back would have been welcome.
intellijel plonk, MI elements, Abletonās AAS plugins, etcā¦ great stuff.
Sorry if someone already brought it up, but each of the 6 parts has its own sequencer? Wow!
And one store already has an intro discount
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/VolcaDrum--korg-volca-drum-physical-modeling-drum-synthesizer
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Yea, pretty rad. First Volca with polyrhythms!
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I know his might be a stu[id question, but what is a wave guide in this sense? I know what a wave guide is on a speaker. Is it just an envelope?