made this last night on the volca drum and roland s1. so far my main use of the volca is just making a pattern without running it through the fuzz pedal so im pretty surprised when i do end up distorting it. parts of this are basically just noise but it was fun to make
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Hey guys,
I’m planning to purchase a VD for techno, along with a circuit rhythm for a minimalist setup. I want to use it kore like for percussive synth riffs than as a drum machine, à la Quadrantir Swarm. Do you think the VD can pull this off?
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I’m already very pleased with the VD, but once I connected it out of curiosity to the Boss Turbo Distortion, I was impressed. here is a recording of what is happening (after the Boss in the chain was NUX Tape Core pedal). Incredibly brutal.
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I’ve never used the Swarm but the VD is excellent for weird melodic stuff. It does have an always on pitch slide though between notes, which I guess is part of the character but something to know beforehand.
VDrum do have filter controls but only for the noise source… but has pitch quantization and a crazy resonantor so its a trade-off.
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Yes so I’ve read about the pitch slide. My guess is that works with techno, though most of the demos I’ve heard are more of it being used as a drum machine (obviously) rather than tone generator 
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Yes, I wish it had a filter, I suppose I can emulate that with the circuit rhythm, but it’s still a miss!
Yes it can certainly do techno.
Perc
Synth Stabs
Both no problem.
The VD is excellent samplefodder in any case, melodic or percussive. I use it mostly with the OT and then slice, filter, repitch, etc. But the Circuit Rhythm should do that as well in some form or another
That’s not quite true - the noise osc has three filter variations - LPF, BPF, HPF where the pitch controls cut-off freq.
But yes, there’s no filter res, and there’s no filter for the sine or triangle oscs.
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Volca Drum +
= Drumlogue MKXXXX 
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I was wondering if there is something similar to the Roland S-1 on the VD where you can see the knob value without changing the value immediately. On the S-1 it is pressing the “pattern”-button while turning a knob. That is such a great idea for good UX with potentiometer based parameters. Would love to have this on the VD as well.
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Today’s performance.
More intense than usual:
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I bought one of these recently and it sounds awesome (was able to make a decent 808 type kit). Is there any way to automate volume or velocity in the internal sequencer, other than using the accent on/off feature? The Volca Drum’s volume responds to velocity via a keyboard/DAW, and there is MIDI CC control of the volume of Layer 1/2, but I can’t figure out how to program subtle volume changes into the internal sequencer.
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Oh boy what a pleasant surprise this machine is! 
Never a fan of the Volca series, too limited. But this one is quite the opposite.
- Sounds are very malleable & distinct, very suited for sound design & ‘strange sounds’ + the randomise function! Amazing.
- Sequences keeps being interesting due to: Motion, “P-locks”, Active step, chains, …
- FX is cool not to have straight up rev/del/chor, but something more left field with the string/body modelling.
- And because of all above 3 combined, it’s OK to perform with it live as well. It keeps bleeping interesting.
Yeah only 16 kit/seq’s, not having separate outs - even no Midi out?! - and this is why Korg should make a big version of this!
The market kind of decides I guess, and the markets probably wants more clones, TR’s and “true 80’s analog”, but it would be great if this gets a physical big upgrade MK2 version! Proof of concept. It’s all here.
Anyway, how it is now is amazing too. Pairs well with the classics for instant strange 
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I didn’t like only 16 sequences but with a dedicated sequencer (I have oxi) you can overcome they. And sending midi from DAW works perfect too. Great machine!
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Drumlogue should have been the Volca Drum and the Monologue together in one box.
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Drumlogue is an amazing machine, I have one since a month and it’s my dream drum machine. You only need to live with it’s cons…
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Not denying
It’s just not a Volca Drum in a bigger box, as many (including me) expected
Should I buy a second one for €60?
Just saw one on a secondhand website.
What’s the point of having 2?
Am I being too needy? 
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