Finally understand the Korg Volca Bass with this simple tutorial.

This tutorial is broken down into easy to understand sections so that you can finally understand the intricacies of this analog synth without having to read the manual. In the video I'll go over useful topics so that you will have a good grasp of how to use the Korg Volca Bass and what is possible with it once you've watched the whole thing.
In the video I'll demonstrate how to:
-Synthesize a sound with the Voltage Control Oscillator, Envelope Generator, and Voltage Control Filter
-Create a sequence, and use the VCO Groups
-Work with Low Frequency Oscillators
-Experiment with Slide Edit, and Active Step
-Demo FX and a simple drum pattern
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[@cloneroom]

I know you made this some time ago and it appears you are no longer around…however from me to you Thank You this was really helpful.

[@DorShemer]

Best tutorial I've tried yet. Your experience with it along with the relaxed manner of your tone really made a difference.

[@NoiseboxResearch]

thx :)

[@Josephjohnferreira]

Love your style, would listen to/watch these kind of tutorials all day. Come back to KZbin!

[@TimminatorPS]

Timestamps: 1:02 Overview 4:02 Recording a sequence 6:56 Shaping sound with the envelope Generator 11:24 Alter pattern rhythm with slide edit

[@Finno61]

I'm new to the volca bass and this was just the crash course I needed. Thank you! I would love to see a follow up with midi and some other advanced topics.

[@Stugnuz]

Amazing tutorial, very well paced and explicative!

[@jaxager]

I've had this Volca for a few months and I'm just really starting to get into it. The more I mess with it the more I love it. Great demonstration of what this little sucker can do. Thanks!

[@Tgifreitag5]

Awesome tutorial. Appreciate the notes on subtlety and the usage of fx along with it.

[@rivitheadlab2523]

I just got a Volca Bass. Out of all the tons of videos I've seen, yours is the best! I completely understand your instructions. Your video is my go to while I learn the Volca Bass. Thanks bunches.❤️

[@SynthoidSounds]

Nicely done, very straightforward, with practical examples that can be easily applied . . . thanks

[@woodswalker88]

Thanks for lining up the functions in a clear way instead of blah blahing about which stars used it & which classic tech it's based on.

[@Bobo]

Wow this was an amazing demonstration of the bass! Thank you ☺️

[@johnchongsing7745]

Great! Very simply presented and quite informative!

[@TD-vv8ex]

Thanks for this! Very informative and you explain what you’re doing well.

[@Decoy303]

A long with your video I just love your voice. Sample worthy.

[@falcon12]

Best korg volca bass tutorial I have seen. Thank you.

[@salah6568]

Amazing tutorial, thank you so much

[@TheOceanBeneath]

Really great video and that bass line got me reaching for the Volca Bass again, we love this synth 👍👍

[@tjjsilver]

amazingly clear and musical - thanks so much!

[@SoundMediaVibes]

Very straightforward and easy to understand tutorial, thanks! :)

[@nerdl4bs]

Thanks! nice sounds, love it

[@panique365]

Awesome video. Please make more!

[@jonathanyoung6397]

Excellent, creative tutorial, thanks so much for sharing!

[@NickQuinn1986]

This is a very good tutorial!! Thanks a million for sharing!!

[@joelcox3154]

Great tutorial!

[@tjn0110]

Great tutorial, I've been interested in one of these, and watched people play them, but couldn't quite understand how they worked, it makes sense now.

[@repeatdefender6032]

i must have watched twenty videos on the volcas now and this is hands down the most useful one for me, thank you for making it!

[@mohq9573]

I agree

[@eintopf3752]

Thanks a lot, helped me a bunch!

[@tenaciousbirdofprey]

Awesome. Thanks so much! I just got one and am watching along!

[@robguitarwizard]

Great video. You have shown how to do so much with this synth in a very clear and simple way.

[@blu3ca1]

I finally understood how it works, thanks! 😁

[@chitlun]

Thanks for this. Watching yours and another channel’s tutorial on this wee beastie has convinced me to buy one. I was tempted by one of the many cheaper 303 clones but this thing seems so much more versatile. New sub here, peace ✌️

[@kkkwhhh]

Thanks for this tutorial helped me make decision to get it.

[@salamandersm]

Fantastic tutorial- thanks!

[@tomaszmazurek64]

Very cool tutorial and demo - I knew about this box for years, but always thought of it primarily as an "acid box" and didn't expect it to have such depth, esp with regards to sequencing.

[@Crazycooter37]

Awesome video! Would love to see some more on other Volca gear in the future. This was very inspiring.

[@AepoK-]

very good tuto ! thanks !

[@crossdimension4031]

Excellent tutorial and catchy jam. I like it. A neat trick I would like to mention is holding the function button while adjusting the LFO rate it will cycle through time divisions of the tempo. A very fun easy way to change up a sequence with only a knob twist.

[@scifisol]

Thx for the tip!

[@sheepkillindog]

Forgot about that one! Thanks

[@liamg6328]

Cheers Noisebox. Nice and gentle walk through of the Bass 🙂

[@FoxyNirvana]

Awesome tutorial! 😎✌️🙏🔥

[@thehoarsewhisperer1929]

This is a beautiful explanation

[@syrus3k]

I reckon get the volkas, a bunch of friends together and some beers and just make awesome music.. so much fun

[@Pamberjack_]

Hot tip: they are awesome on road trips. Sync them all together with long cables and share them around. Buy a cheap mixer so you can feed the audio through the car stereo...

[@Croptopkin]

@@Pamberjack_ that sounds like heaven

[@Croptopkin]

My pandemic vibe is just creating the ultimate setup for making fun sounds with friends, while we wait for it to be safe to do so.

[@Pamberjack_]

@@Croptopkin Just don't blow the car's speakers 😬

[@PatrickECleary]

@@Croptopkin THIS. Wise one, you are.

[@disarmsox]

There are very few people who are still using these Volca´s after more than seven years - and who know them inside out and continue to break new ground with these influential boxes.. great stuff!

[@sheepkillindog]

Not the Bass but the sample. Dude is a beast kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKGqnXemjrmZm9E

[@greablood1072]

Thank you, your voice made it really easy to understand too

[@tonic_1]

looking forward to the next video , where you walk us through some of your favorite tricks and transitions +1

[@cavacino]

love it ty for the tutorial i just got one today... cheers

[@DJ_TideWave]

Great tutorial! Thanks! I just got the Volca Sample and Volca bass to use in my DJ mixes. :)

[@sheepkillindog]

You could do a whole night with the sample. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKGqnXemjrmZm9E

[@najtirreg]

Thank you Christina

[@andrewbruce5416]

Love how that suddenly came together with the kick drum

[@Joris_Music_Productions]

Very cool!!!👍🏻👍🏻🙂I've got the Volca Bass Synth too, so its very cool to me to still learning from this Turtorial!👍🏻👍🏻🙂😎

[@smaalasproductions]

thanks for the video lady!!

[@Spacelord-1983]

WOW.... now i will have some fun time with my volca setup. I just bought a set of four an i think its pretty awesome. Kick, FM, Beats and Bass. THX for your tutorial. I wish u all the best! 🎧🎶🎹

[@lordownanglo]

Just subbed, what a gem of a video. Thanks for sharing.

[@vlasov18]

thx, amazing tutorial

[@edgarfr0g952]

Realy perfect. Big thx 🤘🤘🤘

[@DonErikos]

excellent tuto !

[@shadynasty6393]

Thanks for this

[@theolane5400]

This was super helpful to a novice like myself. :) I'll keep on engaging with your content if you keep on releasing new Volca related videos!

[@Tom-vg5nb]

Thank you for your time. I am trying to get into creating analogue music. I will be ordering the Minilogue xd. I appreciate you helping me understand what all the parts of the synth does. I gave you a sub. Have a great day.

[@TimJacksonOriginal]

The bass has lots of power hidden beneath a really simple surface. I love that you can sequence each DCO separately, thus tripling the number of potential onboard sequencer memory slots. If you mute/unmute the oscillators as a sequence plays you can switch melodies or basslines within a track without having to use those precious additional memory slots, which is great for live sets.

[@rivitheadlab2523]

Right?!

[@nosejobfad]

Brilliant!

[@marcosrotllan]

Thats the most basic feature.

[@TimJacksonOriginal]

@@marcosrotllan Yet not something that many synths allow you to do. ;)

[@bobbythompson4268]

Ugh how will I ever learn all this and get prolific with it.

[@fintonmainz7845]

Excellent

[@SanplerVarondaro]

excelente video saludos desde Baja California

[@manuelfernandez2174]

muy bueno el tutorial.......

[@lorrenaelliott161]

Thx Cristina, was amazing tutorial…. I realised I bought too many different units… it’s better to focus on one and REALLY get to know it properly to reap all of its benefits- thank you SO MUCH for sharing your knowledge. Hope we’ll see more videos on your other equipment when you have time ?

[@robguitarwizard]

Pretty groovy rhythm!

[@AngryPenguin22]

Thank you!

[@ElainaStrongbow]

Thanks for the video. I'm musically challenged but I'm trying to pull some tracks together for some games I'm writing. I have pretty much all the Volcas at my disposable and starting to play/learn.😍

[@jaytanaka2799]

Thanks!

[@fickfehler3866]

FYI to all Volca owners. The Korg power adapter is rated at 1.7 Ah. Each Volca draws around .35 Ah. So you can actually power 3 or 4 Volcas in a rack patch into Korg's original power adapter. I ran leads from the battery compartment underneath to keep things tidy in the custom volca stand.

[@walrtbstudios5430]

FICKFEHLER Yep, I got four in a custom-made box, two by two, and they all run off a single Korg psu via a daisy-chain. Would have run out of wall sockets otherwise...

[@mikeellisonhimself]

Handy tip. Thanks.

[@craigbrowning9448]

Korg introduced a "Volca Mix" mixer like can power up to three additional Volca units since this was video was released.

[@24krt37]

thanku very straightforward vid.I just had a noob question . I attemted to record and no playback. any troubleshooting advice? This is the best vid tutorial on this korg.

[@richponsford3052]

Great Nitzer Ebb vibe.✊

[@TheDyingPlant]

Synths are so addictive lol. I’m thinking about getting a volcabass now and then some effects pedals and I should really have a nice little beginners setup.

[@craigbrowning9448]

The reason I got one of these in this was more to use it as a ribbon controlled similar to the ribbons on the old Yamaha CS units and some of their Electronic Organs built around the same time. For a time I played one of these in a Blues-Rock band called Trickki Vickki and the Mississippi Leg Hounds Occasionally Vikki would get a little bit too "Diva-Liie" and I would respond by using the portamento strip to make what she disparagingly called "Toilet Sounds" as a reaction!

[@michaelbarker1384]

best tutorial on YT for this! Thank you VERY much!

[@brambo4776]

Great demi my dear!!

[@caseyhulteng4309]

A perfect tutorial by someone who clearly knows their shit. Good work!

[@falcon12]

This tutorial may have upped my korg bass game!!! Yeah......I got a bunch of pedals to play with....

[@scifisol]

The Volca Bass sounds great thru pedals like delay, reverb and DISTORTION! :)

[@falcon12]

@@scifisol I know. I upload some videos with me playing the volca bass with a ms70cdr pedal.

[@ranibearsilva5883]

Legend !

[@sheepkillindog]

I wouldn’t use much delay or reverb on a baseline but this box is a beast with a distortion pedal.

[@maxastuto]

many compliments for you tutorial. i have a korg volca bass and korg volca sample 2. which other korg volca machine is more advisable to play along with the volca sample2 and volca bass? Could it be the volca drum? Consider that I have the Korg Electribe 2 and the Mininova Novation. Many thanks

[@oscartravis5740]

Good one, this was really helpful thanks! But the kick drum and high hat, were they generated from the volca beats?

[@scifisol]

Thanks for watching! and No, I recorded them using some software synths.

[@ISO_HolyGrails]

Awesome video! Very informative thanks.. I had prior to this video already decided on a Behringer TD-3 over the Volca Bass/Nubass as for a bass synth because the ACID sound (so great). The more I watch videos on these the more I hear this distinct and different sound from the TD-3 +++ 3 oscillators(may have to get one of these as bass #2 (~_~))

[@stefanmathia6797]

Tonight you are my queen. God bless you.

[@user-pm1ko5eu3n]

Thank you!!! Do you use anther equipment to make reverb?

[@scifisol]

Hello, I used the Valhalla Room reverb for this, which is a software based application. It's really good--you can find it here: valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/valhalla-room/ Also, please see my other video on how to use the Valhalla Room. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmrMcoRnndJ-o5Y

[@walrtbstudios5430]

Good work! And to think I went for a td-3 before I got one of these...

[@dieterroberts8160]

You made the right choice. I have both, and the Volca blows the TD-3 away. Way more versatile, sounds better, better quality, and much easier to use.

[@ydang7076]

best tut

[@plumpooh627]

thank you,,,

[@dickranmarsupial4911]

You could have started with the cables and jacks - what does each one do? Can you plug to an amp via a guitar cable?

[@thepglenn]

Nice

[@burghezu]

Great tutorial for understanding the basic functions, got me into buying a Volca Bass BUT what made me write this comment are actually the rings, they're awesome, are they 3d printed by any chance?

[@Fullstackdev-]

best tutorial .. thanks

[@SOLRAY1123]

Thank you much for this! Right at the 13:47 mark when you changed to a square wave I believe? But man you can really HEAR it right before you added delay. Nice work! You’re really pretty btw too 😬

[@pascalmorente6406]

fantastico!!!! :--)

[@JustPassingByBaby]

Nice nice nice!!!

[@iosmusicman]

Firstly let me congratulate you on a super tutorial. I just ordered one to go with my volca sample. Secondly your voice should be for hire if it isn’t already. I’m in the UK but have visited 14 states in the USA and I’m still not very good at identifying accents (you could of course be Canadian but I think I’d spot that). There is so much quality in diction, inflection, intonation and all round delight. So where does the voice and accent hail from please? Many thanks. Cheers. Lee

[@iosmusicman]

Oh and I forgot to ask about the midi in with kick and hat (what are the input sources for the beats?) Thanks in advance. Lee

[@djformalin]

Good tutorial, pleasant voice and nice hands - thx 🎼

[@am5790]

simp

[@mrgratis561]

@@am5790 😂

[@siboneyyy]

Lol I love the title, its so true

[@amamuffin]

This is really great! Best Volca tutorial :) I have two issues...1. The interconnect cable isnt working, tried a bunch of new ones, the sound goes out as soon as I touch the Volca. 2. I followed your instructions and always unable to delete anything. Any suggestions anyone? tysm

[@matthiasscheffler548]

SO funny when you said 'not exactly a Mozart melody' - the musical piece was actually losing a lot of steam since then, but later on I could tell you're quite creative! Thanks for this tutorial - this machine is more complex than meets the eye!

[@maciejtelka5809]

Kick drum at 12:28 was added from different instrument?