Korg Volca Drum Tutorial | How to Make Sounds | Sound & Patch Design | Learn in 20 Minutes.

Here's an easy and clear Korg Volca Drum Tutorial on how to create sounds from scratch. Learn the basic paramaters and get started fast. Based on Oscillator Sink's Synthmata free online editor, this Korg Volca Drum Tutorial will show you how to control, once and for all, the quirky sound design functions on this percussive synthesizer in the Korg Volca range.
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 patches and kits in a flash. You'll need a Midi/USB Interface.
USB/Midi Interface Link (Warning: Don't buy a cable below the U$15,00 range, there's a lot that don't function properly). Recommended 1: amzn.to/3uNiUfS. Recommended 2: amzn.to/2TzlPMd
Video Content
Intro: 0:00 - 4:00
Sound Sources (SRC): 4:00 - 9:20
Pitch Modulation (MOD): 9:20 - 17:00
Amplitude Envelope Generators (EG): 17:00 - 22:26
Outro: 22:26 - 23:33
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Korg Volca Drum Link: amzn.to/3xZR2I7
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.
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[@ericbaehr1225]

You should add the "third" or "III" to the title for clarity that this is part of this series! You're great!

[@tripkev6522]

What a great set of tutorials! For a beginner like me, this is so much more than just a how-to for the Volca Drum, but actually helped me begin to understand how the sounds are synthesised and manipulated. Your calm, clear, in-depth lessons are a breath of fresh air on YT. Thank you sir!

[@thisriver]

Thanks for your comment it means a lot to me.

[@stephpicher]

I'm late to this party, but wow, you're an amazing teacher! I haven't bought my Vola Drum yet, but I was hooked by your explanations. (And btw in my opinion your English is awesome.) Cheers from Québec City.

[@drgsao]

Really, really good tutorial! Thank you!

[@mustafanaber]

great tutorial and synthmata is just what all we need. I dont know who to thank more ahaha

[@povertyofphilosophy1788]

Wow the way you explained it! I finally started understanding this stuff after months of watching other videos, thank you good sir!

[@eyedefy]

Fantastic tutorial series! You have a wonderful ability to explain and connect synthesis terms with physical sound properties in a very easy to understand way. Thank you so much. This was extremely helpful!

[@thisriver]

Thanks eyedefy, I'm so glad it was helpful.

[@deety1964]

Another excellent tutorial.

[@MichaelGilboe]

Your tutorials on this have been fantastic. They were slower than l move, but I watched all the way on all three because you were so thorough. I also teach tech to a lot of people, and I learned a lot about explaining to beginners through your methods. Thanks!

[@thisriver]

Hey I'm glad you enjoyed it. Hope it heps.

[@ronnybgood5051]

Thank you this is very helpfull😘👌🏾…still waiting for the next video🙏🏽✌🏽

[@thisisstevet]

Thank you very much

[@lisabock220]

Thank you so much for these volca drum videos!! You break it all down easily to understand!

[@theleastsignificantbit4794]

These are excellent tutorials! Thank you!

[@thisriver]

Glad you like them!

[@per-magnusmansnerus3953]

Very good turorial on sound design. I think I just learned the basics in an easy way. Makes more sens now 🙏❤️👍

[@kenziegunn4769]

USB to midi? omg I thought this wasn’t possible with volca drum!

[@cuttygrass]

superb explanation, thank you

[@lllcllcl]

Súper, gracias.

[@matthewbenedict-montgomery2779]

Thank you so much for making these tutorials. Such clear rundowns and explanations. I also learned a lot of basics of synthesis while I was here. Really fantastic. I hope you are able to make the next one in this series!

[@thisriver]

I'm glad Matthew, please subscribe if you haven't, I'm planning for a very active 2022 on youtube.

[@mibeepboops]

Thank you for this tutorial, very informative and helpful. I recently bought a Volca Drum and Bass and this video took a lot of mystery out of the inner workings of sound generation.

[@thisriver]

How's the music coming along?

[@mibeepboops]

@@thisriver pretty well, I've been experimenting with different ways of recording the output of this and the Volca Bass along with some other tools.

[@cristianpetrescu2405]

Amazing! Thank you!!

[@pisuttisakwhattanachaikul4852]

Love your channel

[@emilianodelmoral1823]

This river ! Saludos desde México, tus tutoriales me han Sido de mucha ayuda, gracias por tiempo que le dedicas y dedicaste :)

[@MAXIMBOARD]

Большое спасибо! Очень доходчиво и методично.)

[@ashleycobbold7816]

Bro, thank you so much, this was everything I needed! I had little understanding of what it all meant but this explanation has got me confident making sounds now. Legend 🦖❤️💪

[@thisriver]

Excellent!!

[@SICKMAFO]

El mejor profe de chile!! Saludos cordiales al pulento

[@spward13]

Thanks - this series is a great intro to this device!

[@thisriver]

Thanks for stopping by Sam.

[@pieguy248]

Thanks so much for this

[@thisriver]

Any time!

[@LuisTorres-qz5kr]

Thanks for the very informative KD videos, much appreciated! GRACIAS!

[@thisriver]

My pleasure!

[@ireneforino9498]

Grazie mille per il tuo lavoro

[@thisriver]

Cheers mate.

[@stephen-krewson]

This is great, thank you! I had used Oscillatorsink's tool to transfer a patch, but I had no idea you could preview changes to drum parts in real time. I'm sending MIDI from the browser to my USB audio interface, and from there via a standard MIDI cable to the instrument. I'm going to work through the rest of this slowly, with my Volca Drum beside me.

[@thisriver]

Happy sound design!

[@PrimitiveBaroque]

Thank you. I just put the Volca Drum in my closet, I guess I'm plugging it in again.

[@thisriver]

Yeah, Volcas hate closets. I'm glad I helped to free that poor thing. Have fun!

[@tv30xray]

лучший туториал по этой вольке, респект тебе мужик. только я так и не понял что такое choke

[@thisriver]

Hey thanks a lot for your comment. Choke is a functions that allows (or not) each part to ring into each other. If you have a bass note that rings out (with high release values) it might ring into the next snare drum part and result into a muddy rhythm or harmony. Choke allows you to cut one part as soon as the next begins to play. Try it on some of the factory default patterns, just mess with it and you'll understand it.

[@tv30xray]

@@thisriver thanks mate ur amazing

[@Subzearo]

This is good, the actual manual is horrendous to read through.

[@mrgratis561]

Hi, do you have any experience with the volca nubass? Thanks

[@thisriver]

Hey, none. Sorry.

[@Maitresinh]

I just can get any sound through a usb midi cable. The part 1 is initialized on channel 1( the volca is also blinking when i use channel 3). But no sounds when following the parameters on the app...

[@Maitresinh]

Solved with a factory reset

[@thisriver]

@@Maitresinh way to go!!

[@boimesa8190]

it's a shame you haven't completely covered everything for instance the tube setting on the sequencer

[@thisriver]

Hey thanks for stopping by. Are you talking about the string/tube wave guide resonator? If so, that effect is not configurable with the sequencer it only feeds into the parts (sounds) that you assign with the send knob. You can certainly combine the sequencer with rhythms coming from the resonator, but there are no sequencer settings for this effect (at least to my knowledge). I will post a new video related to this idea; your comment arrives in good timing. Cheers.