Korg Volca Drum Tutorial | Getting Started Easy Guide | Tips For Beginners | Learn in 30 Minutes.

Are you an absolute beginner in the Korg Volca world? Here's an easy Volca Drum Tutorial for Absolute Beginners. Learn the basic functions and get started fast. This is not a JAM or performance video.
This tutorial will teach you the basic functions to get you started with the Volca Drum: Step Buttons - Parts - Programs - Kits - Mute - Edit/Step - Layers - Wave Form Resonator.
0:00 - 1:58 Welcome
1:59 - 7:13 Parts & Programs
7:14 - 9:18 Parts, Kits & Programs
9:19 - 12:17 Mute Function
12:18 - 16:06 Edit/Step Function
16:07 - 22:08 Layer 1/2 Button (Isolating Layers)
22:09 - 28:00 Wave Guide Resonator
28:00 - 29:17 Goodbye
PART 2 of this tutorial is available here: • Korg Volca Drum Tutori...
An example of how I use the Volca Drum in my music here: • Meris Hedra Demo | 3 V...
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Once you've learned the basics you can visit some of the excellent Korg Volca Drum tutorials below. I spent many hours searching for the best videos explaining the Volca Drum and the following are the top 3.
True Cuckoo. • Korg Volca Drum Mega T...
Extended tutorial, goes through every function with cool examples and tips.
Undulations: • Volca Drum: Episode 1 ...
The best teacher on youtube for this kind of gear (together with Loopop). Follow his channel for a five part series of in depth tutorials of the Volca Drum.
Oscillator Sink: • Using the Korg Volca D...
This guy is the real-deal. Maybe this video is too specific but you need to follow this guy and specially go visit his website.
SYNTHMATA (by Oscillator Sink): synthmata.com/volca-drum/
This is awesome!! Oscillator Sink created an online Volca Drum editor that will help you understand this synth a lot better and save/load/share programs and kits in a flash.
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[@thisriver]

PART 2 of this tutorial is available here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZO8dKuYeb2Gpbs

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[@thisriver]

@@GullySyde28 Thank you. Part three is coming soon, I'm already halfway through. It's about sound design with the Volca Drum.

[@Hexenhammer]

The one dislike was the guy that wrote the instructions.

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[@The5thVolt]

I must have seen almost every other Volca Drum tutorial on KZbin, but this is by far the best introduction! Very well presented, thank you!

[@thisriver]

Appreciated!!

[@thisriver]

Hey everybody 13.000 views. I'm thrilled, thanks so much, I'm glad you've found this tutorial helpful. Cheers!!

[@ryanwilliamson669]

Broke it down perfectly for us guitarists. Kept getting so confused with the other instructions. Thanks so much!

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[@michaelkonomos]

Great tutorial! Thanks SO much. And at the end when you were like , “excuse my English,” I honestly didn’t even notice. Literally. I was surprised when you said that!

[@ricardbennett6487]

Your English is better than most native English speakers!

[@thisriver]

You should hear my spanish, I rule!!! ha ha ha

This is the best introduction to Volca drum by far! Korg should hire you!

[@thisriver]

Well that would be the dream job. Thanks for stopping by.

[@deety1964]

Best intro tutorial I have found for this device !

[@lyskmusic]

Owning a Minilogue, Opsix and Wavestate I never considered the Volca series but thank to your tutorial(s) I've just ordered this very Volca Drum. Cannot thank you enough for the inspiration...

[@mobnkrz]

excellent tutorial and your english is very good im french and understood everything. thanks.

[@trevormalcolm4328]

Even in lockdown, I never spent as much time with the volca drum as I should have! This video is the kick up the ass I need, many thanks excellent reference video!!!🙏🏽👍🏽🇬🇧

[@Decoy303]

I don't own all the Volca's but out of the many I do own this one along with the FM, Nubass, and the Drum do I want to own both of but I digress; this is the one I've been most addicted to in regards to finding the right tutorials on KZbin, experimenting with to discover some secrets (I know something about the wave guide I believe most people don't know about), and locking down how to really create dual sounds through the part layers. It's a very inexpensive and powerful piece of gear I think any electronic music producer should own (along with the FM). It's also the sexiest of all the Volca's.

[@Axisjampa]

Excellent tutorial. Now I'm unboxing mine and this is the best video I found about it

[@markbooth140]

Being mainly a guitarist myself, your explanation resonated with me and your English is excellent ✌️

[@dwn2634]

Very good tutorial. Just started looking at these, so useful to get a proper intro video. Your English is great by the way!

[@humanoid9787]

Thank you! This is exactly what I needed. Wish there were a lot more tutorials like this because when I look these things up, youtubers are always talking as though they expect me to know how to operate one of these things and I know literally nothing about it

[@thisriver]

Yup, that was my experience and the reason why I decided to make my own contribution. Enjoy your Volca Drum now.

[@sandyturner1911]

Thanks! This will be my first Volca. I'm sure I will be watching this again.

[@joshclements2212]

I watched a few other tutorials and was lost. Your video was concise and gave me a more intuitive understanding of the features. Thank you!

[@thisriver]

You can go on to Part II. It's on my channel. I'm glad it helped.

[@Steph_7d7]

Just got my vdrum a couple hours ago and was getting disappointed with the workflow and more specifically not understanding it. This video helped so much, you really make great tutorials. I felt like i knew what to do as you were teaching it, even started understanding more stuff just from the understanding i got from this first part. You are a natural teacher, its a shame you never got into education as a career because some people have a natural ability to teach and youre one of them. I cant thank you enough as you made my new purchase way more exciting and satisfying without any of the frustration i was having just trying to use it based off the manual. I'll be doing part 2 tomorrow after work when i can get some real time on it, cant wait. Subbed. Thank you again😊

[@thisriver]

Thanks so much for your kind words. I have worked as a teacher a lot during my life though, hahaha. I'm not trained as a teacher but I do enjoy sharing what I've learned. Thanks for the sub. Visit my other videos and let me know if you find something you like.

[@minihahn2011]

Thx a lot for that video: my first step to the v-drum is done! 👍 And your english is PERFECT for me! 🖖 from Germany 😎

[@helstar]

Trank you for the Great Tutorial , step by step 👍🏻

[@THEMONEYBEATS]

This guide was great man, thank you. I've been window shopping this for a few days and, even as an electronic musician myself, hardware can always be challenging to learn quickly so this was much appreciated. Also I'm from the US and a native English speaker and your English is amazing, no need to apologize at all. You speak English better than native speakers that I know haha

[@sooperflat]

Thank you. I was happy to find a beginner tutorial!

[@Navyjim]

Thank you, this is been the best tutorial I have found!

[@davidmurray1217]

Thinking about buying one of these for my grandson. I’m not at all familiar with the technology but this was a great introduction, muchas gracias

[@esepuma]

Awesome time listening to you man and playing with my Volca Drum at the same time. At the end I spent like 4 hours until I finish it XD. Keep going helping us "the helpless people" cheers!

[@thisriver]

Manuel that's awesome, you made me laugh with the helpless bit. What kinda music do you play?

[@BPEMETO]

Thank you for the video! : )

[@_rootsman]

thank you so much - the layer concept was, for some reason, really confusing me and my trying to muddle through was getting nowhere, this has really helped.

[@IZuick]

Thank you from Russia!

[@andreasschwankl8934]

Thank you chile... very helpfull your little tutorial .. love & passion . health & happiness :)

[@martingermancortes4169]

Man this is great, you make things super clear an easy, thanks, greatings from argentina

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[@bromo366]

Very good tutorial - thanks, and greetings from Austria

[@jeremydesmond4275]

Great structure! Exceptional English!

[@stu3140]

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[@thisriver]

Hey my granma was from Scotland (Cargill)

[@羽衣甘藍奧頓]

Your spoken English is excellent! Thank you for your very helpful tutorial series. Subscribed. 😀👍

[@alanosta]

Just got my Volca Drum and the learning curve was an absolutely joy with your tutorial. Thanks a lot for this, now I´m gonna continue with 2nd part. Cheers from Argentina.

[@thisriver]

Great to hear!

[@ALonermusic1]

Wow thank you so much for this beautiful explanation. You are a great teacher!

[@mark-lv9is]

excellent explanation on edit/step function and 1/2 layer button

[@admisionescuelamoderna4112]

Hey This River, this was so useful. Very clear and simple tutorial to get started with the Volca Drum, just got mine a couple of days ago and had a hard time figuring out some functions. I wish your audio quality was better but just turning the volume up solved the issue. Thanks and keep it coming.

[@OuterTapes]

Just bought one, because I was thinking I could really use a drum machine, with which I could get creative and wouldn't be just another 808 or Volca Beats. Went for this one and as soon as I got into the manual...a lot of language which is hard to understand, no basic explanation on how to control it. You're a savior with this vid. I can't thank you enough.

[@martinove1]

Many thanks..., such a help !!!

[@mattmorphett]

Absolutely brilliant getting started guide. Super simple, goes far beyond the manual and is really concise. Thank you so much for taking the time to put it together. You've saved us all hours of running into dead-ends and having to back-track. The only thing missing was the select/parameter knob and its implications for the screen. Assuming that's all in part 2 - which'll have to wait for tomorrow. Great job! Your english is excellent by the way.

[@thisriver]

Thanks Matt, make sure to check parts 2 and 3.

[@tmaslov63]

Thank you so much sir, from the bottom of my heart, for explaining my volca to me perfectly. Now after giving up I play again.

[@tmaslov63]

P.s. your english is great!

[@thisriver]

Thanks for stopping by

[@alrightinsocal7976]

So much help. Thanks for making this,

[@skovbowden8113]

Very useful video. Thanks for sharing.

[@thisriver]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mickodonnell890]

Thank you very much for taking the time to make this video. It is very much appreciated as I have just got a Volca Drum for Christmas and no idea until now. The list of other tutorial links is also appreciated but I will get onto your Part 2 first 🙂 👍

[@Herschli]

Very instructive and helpful, thanks very much! 🙏

[@patrieswichers1961]

Thanks!, very good functions explanation & your English is very well!

[@1800cxllect]

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[@johnnyxartist]

THANK YOU!

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Best instruktion yet for the volca drum 🤟🔥❤️

[@laskartrece]

You follow the process of try and error beautifully! Excellent approach. Illuminating...no Illuminati... haha. Thanks!

[@thisriver]

Very true, I guess I am sort of exposing the trial & error path, I think it's a good way to connect with what people go through in these situations.

[@Electrictechnic]

Best tutorial video on the volca drum, thanks!

[@johnnyaimcrier2734]

Excellent video for beginners, your English is great, will be looking for videos from you about creating new kits and new programs, thank you

[@gunka13]

Thanks this was very helpful and your English is just fine! Way better than my Spanish. Muchas Gracias!

[@chrisbunchofflowersmusic]

You are awesome 😎. The para shoot in the Volca sky. Thank you very very very much for putting and keeping it so simple and straightforward. Many regards from Chris Bunch of flowers music KZbin.... see the piece ILLUSIONEN.... that's my first experience with the volka....😅

[@davidknoblauch7848]

Fantastic! Thanks man

[@dinogoldie9716]

This was well put together and well explained. Thank you.

[@LoVeAmBiEnT]

Thank you you made me keep my volca drum I'm very impatient and I'm learning I need to spend more time with my gear I've been making music for 15 years so I'm not just a guy who buys gear and doesn't use it but this one takes a little bit of digging into so thank you for the video I'm keeping it now

[@thisriver]

Love it!

[@svaradeva]

Excellent. Thank you!

[@TheDimidom]

perfect tutorial!! thanks!!!

[@petercane6376]

Excellent video. Thank you so very much.

[@OurFreeReflections]

this was the best video on this item! cheers! :)

[@tropicalplantguy]

Super helpful, thank you :)

[@davidgoode7416]

Excellent video, thanks!

[@mistrdevine]

Thank you so much for the great explanation as to how this gizmo works. I just picked one up yesterday. Also, your English is incredibly good. Well done.

[@thisriver]

Thanx for stopping by!

[@jayfunk5988]

So glad I bought one. Awesome lil drum machine great video.

[@MadIccy]

Brilliant, Thanks for this. !

[@alphaomegamusicschool]

Awesome tutorial, thank you.

[@joshuabeltran318]

Awesome many thanks

[@richardshoop1538]

Thanks, this is just what I needed. By the way, your English is fine.

[@lawlesslearning]

this is brilliant!!!

[@untoldstory176]

beautifully explained!

[@dangerbird64]

Thanks for the index in the notes and also the reference to the other tutorials. Nice touch.

[@thisriver]

Thanks for stopping by. Make sure to see the other tutorials in the series for complete reference to more advanced tweaking!! Have fun.

[@martys.7494]

Great tutorial! You helped me a lot. Thank you 🙂

[@jpromano_]

This is a great tutorial, thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Markfromthe80s]

I might be late to the party, but this is a brilliant video. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain all the details of this awesome device. Two thumbs up!

[@thisriver]

It's never late to be kind. Thanks for your comment it means a lot to me.

[@tonywharton5220]

Brilliant tutorial. You have made this very simple to follow along. Thank you. I've subscribed 😀

[@Bobo]

This was great! Im not new to volcas but didn’t know how to use the levels etc :)

[@SotonbrainhubUk1]

Thanks for doing this 🙏

[@chager00]

Thank you so much for taking the time to post this. For whatever reason, I was really struggling to learn the interface on this thing and, like you, the other videos I found seemed a bit more advanced and I couldn't keep up. This is great!

[@trevormalcolm4328]

Excellent tutorial, your style and teaching method works perfectly for me!

[@MYGAS21]

Excellent introduction! I just got mine and from all the tutorials I have already watched, this was my go to first guide to start fiddling with this thing. The others were good too but they were advanced and mostly helped me decide to buy the VOLCA DRUM because they showed its potential. So thank you so much!!!

[@t-banz462]

This is really helpful. Also your English is basically perfect. Thanks!

[@artg7909]

Great teacher

[@timekeeperstudios]

I'm fairly new to the Volca world and your video is fantastic!! Answered a lot of questions! Thank you!

[@greigmillar3704]

Good man and thank you!

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Great tutorial! 👍

[@gimyoungsoyoung]

YOU ARE THE DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY OF VOLCA DRUM!! thank you professor

[@thisriver]

hahaha thanks

[@christianscazzieri]

Just to let you know that you basically saved my life with this video. I owe you one pal. 🙏

[@thisriver]

Hahaha, I'm glad. Enjoy tweaking now

[@thomasvicanek-santaguida1066]

Great video. Thank you very much. You were very clear, the language was not a problem at all. Thank again!

[@danielross7899]

Very clear explanation, thank you! And by the way, your English is excellent!

[@thisriver]

Wow, thank you!

[@Dubstepconcept]

Fantastic, thanks my dude!

[@murisan3589]

Very well explained. Big thumbs up!

[@chicfillatheamazinghd5113]

Ah a tutorial by a fellow guitarist

[@thisriver]

Yessir, with "the guitarist frame of mind" included. BTW did you get a chance to see my videos playing ambient guitar with the volca drum in the mix? Here's one, please subscribe if you like what you hear!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHSnq2h3YpmKe5o

[@aotradimension_music]

Genial , me ayudo un montón , muchas gracias

[@nemoitrex9643]

Fantastic tutorial! Your explanations are concise and easy to comprehend. Also, your English is excellent. As a matter of fact, your English is better than some English speaking people I know. 😅 Thank you for sharing your knowledge. 😏 👊🏽

[@thisriver]

Thanks you for stopping by, I'm glad it helped.

[@geosguitar3745]

Thank you very much for taking the time to learn about this unit and putting together this video. It has been extremely helpful. (:

[@thisriver]

You're very welcome!

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thanks for that!

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your English is great splendid tutorial, thank you

[@thisriver]

zank yu! hehe.

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Thank you!