Introducing KORG volca kick

[@halion9]

I'm glad this incredibly bright guy is making music stuff and has not been nabbed by the military to make death ray machines.

[@xxheartbrokexx100]

halion9 you'd be surprised how much overlap there is

[@fortheloveofnoise]

You spoke too soon.

[@tnimbus]

he does that weekends

[@roujiteku2114]

you don't know that..

[@steveraine2971]

I wish he had, I miss Steve Irwin

[@City2x]

Tatsuya is Korg's secret weapon. I can't wait to see what he comes up with next.

[@babykaho1]

gonna need a crazy fast LFO on that

[@kgmessier]

TijucaWeirdo You'll have to look past Korg, as he just announced he's leaving (although taking on an advisory role).

[@scowlsmcjowls2626]

its nice to be present in space time of the new accessible wave of analogue synths. riding on the frequency straight into the future

[@matthewshop]

I came here to say I love my volca kick. I have had it for a while and I continue to make different stuff all the time. I wish I had a volca snare/clap so i could sculpt unique snares with the same easy speedy workflow i get with my Volca Kick.

[@stonedapesociety5628]

I'm always dreaming about a Volca Drone..it would be amazing!

[@hifartingoctopuss]

The keys fm and bass will drone continuously if you turn on the sustain.

[@hubblebublumbubwub5215]

the modular drones very well

[@CatFish107]

​@hubblebublumbubwub5215 yeah, you beat me to it by years! Love the volca modular. It plays well with bastl kastles

[@Mr_ToR]

Korg, please take my money :-) It's really fascinating how deep Roland's got their heads in their asses and how awesome Korg is.

[@_EightySix]

Boutique's kick the Volca's ass, dude.

[@lostboy5861]

yea all for an extra price of $200 and of course lets not forget that its an extra hundred dollars if you actually want to play the module and on top of all that you could buy all 6 Volca's second hand for $600 or the 3 Roland boutiques second hand for 700 so lets be honest Roland's awesome but I can't afford to own all of them so I give this round to Korg

[@_EightySix]

I was semi joking with my comment, for one. Two, I can afford the Boutiques but I don't think that's what makes them better. I've watched tons of reviews on them both. I like the Volcas and I love that they're analog. They're just slightly lower quality and my personal preference in sound would be with the Boutiques. But this is all just another opinion. Oh and about paying the boutiques, I just plug them into my midi keyboard, that little boutique keyboard is shit. By the way the jx03 and ju06 are only 200 bucks now..

[@stuartholden6163]

Yeah, I don't know what they're up to. Seems like they keep trying to do this digital analog emulation stuff; I think when they were planning what their vision was going to be 10 years ago, they didn't realize how popular the analog hardware was going to be.

[@disectormusic]

Purchased this, im glad i did. ProTip: its a filter, you can use it as a Step-Lfo

[@ruxiwang9571]

this guy KNOWS the art of synths.

[@forkayebee3831]

When I first head it was a kick generator I thought that was stupid But the fact it's a self resonating ms20 filter makes it a really interesting little synth!

[@lostboy5861]

yea but the fact that its basically tat's last volca he designs before he leaves korg is what makes this volca kick depressing

[@knuftobor]

What does Korg have against snares? I would have thought with all of the complaints about the Volca Beats snare they would have made a new Volca Snare.

[@carlosojedaharvez]

Because that's a Roland 808 territory

[@jaydeepalmer]

Lmao

[@RemixSample]

Can't wait to try of the Volca Kick!

[@Ducsonnn]

korg volca analog white noise for designing hats/claps/snares would be great!

[@jaydeepalmer]

Like the volca drum?

[@Claidheambmor]

@@jaydeepalmer not analog

[@Moonbear]

I'm excited for this to come in the mail. Got it as a rebate offer when I bought the minilogue last week so it's gonna take a while...

[@jonathanmorgan4480]

I love what you guys come up with. I'd love to see a white pink brown noise generator to pair with this for making your other percussive sounds. Put a low and high pass filter on it, attack and decay, the ability to make some presets for different sounds. I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

[@stagnatic]

Thank you Tats, for this, and for your years of service to sound.

[@vertigev]

Great presentation, short, clear, informative. The Kick looks awesome!

[@holotropik]

Looking forward to playing with this little beast! ;-)

[@BlakeFoster050]

please make a phase distortion volca that would be amazing.

[@inthefade]

It is an interesting and bold idea, I'll give it that.

[@Brandooon95]

he's really cool

[@allroads8978]

"and to think .... I hesitated " - Dr Phillip Channard (Hellraiser 2)

[@GetOffMyLawnRecords]

Want so bad. I'm working on an all-analog recording of the first 5. If the store gets this before I finish, it's going on there...

[@parasiteunit]

Still feel this unit would be a fantastic addition to my somewhat small Korg kit... All the Monotrons (one midi) and a Volca Keys. Looking at the kick or sampler next... The kick is still at the top of the list though.

[@lk0707]

damn man, this is amazing stuff.

[@byRKZY]

Hello there! I've been using the korg volca kick for a while now. The thing is, I get double notes when I plug it in into the jack. Is there a way to fix this? Thanks!!

[@fleximarvellous]

Still waiting for Volca Snare, Volca Hats, etc to create a drum track 😂

[@millord111]

A plus just because of Tats, good man.

[@edubritobrito]

Realy, I want it! Come in Brazil please!!!

[@MagickFlavour]

Octavio P. Lol

[@avviano]

Congratulation Tatsuya, look like yet another great intro synth product! I have just created a VST for the Volca Keys to use in Cubase 8.5 Pro and the midi parameters work great. Why not use it also in the professional arena and lay some tracks down in your DAW? Only improvement I would like to see in the future releases of the volcas is more power out. Hope the kick also has the kick coming out of the headphone jacks (;

[@mthomas1091]

My “PULSE” keeps drifting in/out (I’ve done the Firmware update…it’s doing it less now, but it’s still “cycling” like an LFO). Is there a number of a PCB component inside (I could adjust)?

[@jbods1998]

Chris Lake & Chris Lorenzo would love this unit

[@davidgoode7416]

I'm sold...

[@volt7cooltangs701]

The man’s a genius.

[@luizinhosalles1]

Sugoii ! I have Kick, Key, Bass and Monotribe

[@AlbertSirup]

can you store several patterns? there's a "write/memory" function button so i suppose it can but if so how many can you store=

[@boswollox4636]

Exactly what I was looking for. Boffin.

[@beefsoda1]

A machine that makes r2d2 sounds. Cool.

[@tonybattlethebeatmaker447]

can you record the touch FX to the Kicks sequencer?

[@tradewhales9170]

Did they fix the korg kick attack problem?

[@marcfaur]

OK, I want it.

[@fossilcrab]

Volca B-3!!!

[@MrDaigoRiki]

Korg>Roland because of him.

[@sunnyschramm9650]

bring the monotribe-kick the volca series

[@paulsarodh5460]

💓💓😚superb 💗👌👌👌

[@icareg]

at 1st the idea of a kick synth sounded fishy. but, yeah looks like they did it again

[@disectormusic]

He works at yadastar now

[@Zinfidel1]

Can Tats work on a new Electribe? I don't think he was involved with the current one... which is why he should have free reign over over a new one!

[@MarctheDarc]

So it can have a built in speaker, headphone output only, and no PSU included? No thank you! It's bad enough what they did to the MicroKorg with the S version. No reason for them to ruin more of their digital line.

[@Zinfidel1]

Marc the Darc I would much rather have a new Electribe under the watchful eye of Tats instead of the unfinished box we have now. There is no denying what the Volcas have achieved by introducing affordable analog to the masses and their success gave Tats the leverage to make the Minilogue. And everyone and their granny has a Microkorg, I can totally see why they would re-introduce a new one into the market. the battery supply + speakers combo isn't the most far out idea in the market.

[@MarctheDarc]

If he had a watchful eye worth a damn, there wouldn't be built in speakers all over the place. Indeed there's no denying what the Volcas have achieved, but when it would be so simple to both improve them and save production cost at the same time, I think it's time to boot some designers. Korg should've been boycut untill they stopped their built in speaker, low quality nonsense. Instead the world is awash with fanboys, and other companies ruining good technology trying to copy the worst Korg has ever done. And to get our concepts straight, it's not a "new" MicroKorg, the battery power isn't new. They added a built in speaker i.e. made it worse, and doubled the preset amount, that's it. A new MicroKorg would be what they SHOULD have done instead of ruining their existing product: Take the XMT engine from the KingKorg, shove it in the box and interface-concept from the Minilogue, add XLR-gooseneck mic like on MicroKorg XL for vocoder-goodness, smack a reasonable price on it = instant hit of epic proportions!

[@ogasi1798]

Marc the Darc his job is analogue engineer, not directly associated with things such as Electrabel / microkorg I would bet.

[@MarctheDarc]

jamie munro I think you're right, but then it wasn't my idea that he should be put in charge of the Electribes, as was the OPs intent. I was arguing against that idea. He probably can do digital circuitry too, but given the market, there's no doubt they got him hard at work doing analogue stuff.

[@vileguile4]

Im still trying to get a sense on how versatile it would be as a pure kick generator. Can it do 808, 909 and anything in between? I get it can do basslines and effects .. that's a great bonus

[@AlbertSirup]

but can it do 2112 by Canadian Prog legens Rush?

[@ge0metr1xx]

it can do clean plucks, and crazy high dollar sounding modular style soundscapes too... its very versatile

[@volt7cooltangs701]

No, not really. It can get very close. Has its own sound. Top unit. Can make some great perc sounds including bass drums. The motion sequencing is very useful too. What no one mentions is that when you save a pattern into one of the 16 memory locations It’s also saves all the voice data, i.e. turn off settings within that memory. So that means you can create and save 16 different bass drums ( or other sounds) irrespective of whether you use the sequencer or not.

[@damienwoods5744]

And then sequence them with external gear? Like a little kick modelling module? ​@@volt7cooltangs701

[@matsuda150]

Cool that it can be battery powered.

[@renevalwilliams9895]

Cool yeah..

[@tatowesselo]

why should I still buy a volca bass? Doesnt this one have many of its functions?

[@OttosTheName]

Minikorg 700s filter, 3 oscillators with 3 different sequences, different length even, so you can do weird polymetric stuff. Those are the main selling points to me, but there are plenty other differences I believe

[@AdnanAlsannaa]

Do you guys use this as a bass?

[@johnfkay8341]

Yeah I mostly use it for bass. Does some real nice lead sounds too when you run it through some fuzz. I rarely use it for kicks unless I want a real low sub kick. But even then it is usually mixed in with a more pronounced kick sound from the Beats.

[@rorz999]

Yes. It is a monster for sub-bass

[@sullycliftona]

I am here because my mum said I can't do things like drinking and turn up pissed on her doorstep

[@arkh1730]

Sonic academy Kick 2 ftw lol

[@edjwise]

Are we going to see a snare? or hats version?

[@HEC9]

Nice Volca Kick!!! (MJ is alive...and working with synths!!!!) : P

[@Wil_Dsense]

He needs the volca KLIP... for his hair 😅

[@parasiteunit]

You see, many people dismiss a synth unit - ESPECIALLY an analogue one, that is aimed squarely at making a specific sound "area" and not not much else... Frankly, considering the potential possibilities of that approach. I think dismissing it, is utter folly.

[@subtitles1492]

“actually”

[@acidhaze2023]

Roland TB 03 vs Volca Kick Jam here : kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqKvdIWloMaWmsU

[@ronnieaux5290]

I don't really see anything here that you can't already do with an MS20 mini. Cool little box though.

[@City2x]

Ronnie Perez you can't motion sequence with the ms20mini

[@SiliconBassist]

Ronnie Perez +TijucaWeirdo When combined with faster envelope generators from a modular and some utility modules (like an English Tear, mults, and a mixer module), the MS-20 is capable of a wide variety of great percussion sounds. I've been using the Mini for most of my electronic drum sounds lately. For me, the Volca Kick could provide a quick way to get MS-20 filter kick drum sounds and other sounds that don't require VCOs, a HPF, noise, or XOR/ring mod. This would free up the MS-20 Mini for more complex sounds and would be a big time saver. The nice onboard sequencer would also free up another sequencer to use with the MS, saving even more time. So, you can keep sculpting that perfect hi-hat sound and sequence while working on a kick drum part. Then sync 'em up and enjoy the MS-20 drum goodness! Of course the additional features add even more to what would have already been a very useful tool.

[@ronnieaux5290]

SiliconBassist That's a great point, it can be used as a companion to an MS-20 mini and synced up to make deeper more complex sounds. :)

[@theshuriken]

it seems hes into weed now

[@genepozniak]

His heart doesn't seem to be in this. And why should it?

[@Claidheambmor]

Because he designed it?

[@UnitedPebbles]

Eh it sounded weird, like a bad case of 90's Trance? definitely need filter and some touch

[@Synthesis1979]

What a complete wast of time. Of all the other possibility they could have come up with. Volca PD (phase Distortion) Volca Str (solina- string machine) Volca Org (Organ), Volca EP (Electronic Piano), the list goes on.

[@lostboy5861]

Volca mell (mellowtron) Volca Euro (Eurorack volca) Volca ms 1 (one ms20 oscillator) Volca mix ( mixer )

[@mezz3036]

volca wave(wavestation) Volca FX(live multi fx) volca PM(Z1 physical modelling)

[@UncleJimima]

Volca Toaster

[@AdamInAudio]

Edgar Moreno you called it on the volca mix!

[@TheOtherDJMattR]

Edgar Moreno A Volca Mello would give me life.

[@artg7909]

Volca drum is way better.

[@rorz999]

Why compare them? They aren't trying to do the same thing

[@Claidheambmor]

I dare you to come up with a resonant filter-based kick on the Drum. As much as I love the Drum, this is a very silly comment.

[@markmanter6508]

I have the drum and love it, but they are definitely not the same and there’s a reason I’ll be getting either the Kick or the Beats soon despite having the drum. Would eventually love to have the sample too, but I honestly feel like there’s much better sampler hardware out there in that price range, maybe a little higher in price.

[@shookstylez]

useless product. korg should make a new and exiting poly synth. No compromises.

[@jka7814]

Marcusmiller minilogue

[@ge0metr1xx]

not useless at all, it's misunderstood, but a fantastic piece of gear

[@Claidheambmor]

Yeah kick drums are useless /s