Korg Volca Keys: "Do What You Can". A melodic ambient track inspired by Kaito.

[@TonyHorgan]

My book "How Synthesizers Work - A Simple Guide by Tony Horgan" is available in print from Amazon and ebook formats from Apple Books and Google Play Books. Here's an Amazon link for the UK store.shorturl.at/csT07 If you're elsewhere you should use your local Amazon (eg .com .de etc) Also, my ebook "Korg Volca Keys - The Expert Guide" is available from Google Play Books and Apple Books. Thanks for your support!

[@PunguinYoga]

I am a sucker for this type of ambient music. Thanks!

[@scottharris7222]

Fantastic demo of volca keys. Really enjoyed the composition. You probably have sold a few hundred Volca Keys for Korg with this! Bravo.

[@atside]

hahaha))) Exactly! I bought one after this video)) Can not wait for my volca!))

[@WakingAngels]

I just bought one 😁. Can hardly wait......

[@Patrick.639]

Just beautiful ✨

[@tae-inkim2014]

This track is literally beautiful.

[@austinbru]

Kept waiting for the 4-to-the-floor, but ended up being completely content with it never appearing :) beautiful!

[@nacho5070]

Ohh man!! I'm just imagine drums and bass here and track would be sublime!! Well done!!

[@jlssculpturedesign8140]

Wow , i need to get mine out been long time , been being lazy with ableton and headphones

[@leichteLatenz]

beautiful.....have the keys in my set up but never used it really until now.

[@patotostudio]

fantastic! , as some1 said before .. probably the best v-keys demo on the web..

[@kennylangley1997]

this sounds nice. really. I luv the sound of the volca series.🔊🎶🎶😎👍

[@VacancyOfDisco]

Seriously the best demo of this little beast I've ever seen! I love the volca series, this one is last on my list. Every time I play them I'm blown away by how good they sound. J have a moog voyager and a dot com modular system that they play along with quite well.

[@securityrobot]

A superb demonstration Tony one if the more worthwhile one's I have seen very measured indeed.

[@royalsatin366]

Nice. Great to see this little machine do so much 😀🙂🇬🇧

[@michaelkonomos]

Gorgeous! Really well thought out.

[@LPjank015]

Can´t belive that came out of this little synth. Good job!

[@edwardprue]

Very nice! This is a great example of how a Volca box can be used for mainstream music-making. Cool that you let crousticroc do a remix - it sounds great!

[@Paulsmusik28237]

Back here to listen again. Love the sequence

[@2smallfiguresinalandscape702]

A small plastic box with the attitude of an old 70's analog monster. Great use of delays.

[@jurimusic]

Wow.. great track. I really need this little synth now! :)

[@tarkhancaracal]

This is so dreamy. Wonderful how you can get such cosmic sound out of such a tiny device.

[@VolcaRock]

great sequence with beautiful sounding tweaking!

[@bboy3038]

It's so beautiful. Reminds me of Chemical Brothers somehow. Big up man!

[@tomg1024]

Beautiful ! ❤️ I bought a Volca bass a week ago and i felt in love with it ! But i want more, Volca keys is awesome, i want it now !

[@charlieplatnum82]

It's crazy what you can do with these joints!

[@benweichiba]

Great melody , and beautiful full sound....I was happy to come across this...

[@icareg]

just ordered this w christmas giftcard money and im super excited

[@DonaldMohrMusic]

They're a lot of fun. The pattern used here is actually built-in so you can do this right out of the box.

[@girlinagale]

You made me think I'm going for it. Lovely sensual sound. Perfect companion to KP3+.

[@HazeAnderson]

Many Ozric Tentacles songs use this kind of ambience. Thanks again, this is awesome. :)

[@jsav100]

Amazing. Love it.

[@psyedk]

that was incredible. these little analog boxes can really make captivating sound scapes in the right hands!

[@dianamiino7391]

Vk is fantastic, I love this box (and read your excellent ebooks, lol). Thanks for this good jam 👍

[@rhythmguild4333]

Tony good to see your videos. 🙌

[@TamagoTamago77]

this is fantastic.

[@kloroforma]

This is really beautiful.

[@clusterchord1]

wow nice phaser on the mini kaoss , and lovely track, very um.. transfixing ;)

[@Anybloke]

Quite good. I'm thinking of buying one.

[@generalbenson1597]

Delay all the things! Super nice, man. Love it!

[@larrymonteleone1789]

excellent work, this video really makes me want to buy one. KORG should give you commission

[@XTINCTIONation]

This gave me so many different emotions, beautifully done! 🙏🏽

[@19892903]

Dude. This. Is. Beautiful! Getting one myself tomorrow... I wish I can make something like this too! :)

[@lucacycles8623]

This is really impressive

[@nigelwakelin3918]

That's brilliant I'm still trying with mine to create something that beautiful

[@hellitastenfan]

Hello,...very good sounds.

[@James-ms8cx]

what a lovely piece of music...

[@Simon-iy7mt]

Holy shit snacks (yes, I do watch "Archer")! I really dig that sound. Proficient knobs fiddling, dude!

[@kindreadproject]

wow! melodic, clean and powerfull man, really nice, keep in touch ciao

[@PanzerLyu]

"Tony Horgan knob games" : the original trademark! ;-) great work Tony, always love your tracks, poly mode rules!

[@TheSpeedfreak1972]

Realy Good!

[@NachtKind303]

Wow , this little box has an impressive Sound! Great Tune!

[@LuPoj]

Wonderful track! Greetings.

[@------YeahOK------]

Well done man, great music. Best demo of the Keys on the Web ;-)

[@esersound1]

Awesome work!

[@RickMenace]

very fabulous!

[@cshirle3]

That was beautiful.

[@atside]

Awesome track!!! I'm impressed!

[@jonashuckphoto]

That is amazing! That's my kind of sound. Dreamy delayed sounds and such a warm vintage character... absolutely love it. And your track was dope.

[@tedeeles8156]

Goose Bumps! Magical

[@jarosawretkinjaro3483]

Pięknie opanowana umiejętność obsługi Volki keys .. no i oczywiście . Brawa za wspaniałe i nastrojowe melodie

[@franckbarriac2358]

Good show man! It is quite interesting what you ve made. It changes from the technomania from most of these gear users. Thank you and keep on sharing stuff like that! Cheers!

[@WakingAngels]

Love this. Thank you 💛

[@MattGreerMusic]

Ahhhh... synth+delay. Such a lovely combination.

[@mysticalrockhoundingfossil5464]

super nice ambient its like a 90,s house melody

[@thebugacademy]

I have to be very honest, this is very inspiring, and has inspired me to buy and try to create something, you can even feel words that fit with this piece pop into your head, but I must learn how to connect this and other item like a drum machine and maybe a korg volca bass thing, for me the difficulty is the connecting this and that then mixing, it reall is great

[@hrahmani5738]

ART!

[@Gerry32]

Very Cool !

[@Paintwritelive]

ok i give. really beautiful track man. makes me envious when i try to do my own stuff. also inspiring.

[@btherr]

I've had mine for a few weeks and have loved it. Nicely done!

[@AlbaEcstasy]

Another great one!

[@pauwels_francois_djset]

very nice :) love it

[@GrahamFMcElearney]

Fantastic - I'm thinking of getting the Keys and a little mini Kaoss pad too and this has really inspired me! G

[@GrahamFMcElearney]

and will defo get the ebook too! G

[@ivana1755]

OMG this is actually super good

[@thelol1759]

Sounds like the music from FTL!

[@Aesprii]

Beautiful.

[@2confrontational]

really good stuff man, thanks for sharing!!!

[@jlssculpturedesign8140]

I used to link mine up to a nu bass(would of preferred the old bass tbh) and a bass station 2 sounded great

[@charlesissleepy]

wonderful, thanks for posting

[@BristlyBright]

I have been watching a lot of videos with the Volcas lately and have decided that i have to buy one myself. Until i saw this video i was not sure of wich one. Now i know! Its the Volca Keys

[@andyq9669]

keys is defs best, I only use the v bass if I'm syncing them up together. You can do so much with the keys despite it eeming so simple, and I've got a room full of classic Moogs, ARPs, Rolands and CS Yamahas to compare to. It's just a pity the Volcas don't have the same filters as the monotribe, which sounds much, much nicer

[@meisterjaan]

Beautiful!

[@thedoitagainproject]

Awesome sounding patch. Such a powerful machine at such a small price. Plus, every knob turn is masterful.

[@GBushL0K3E]

Very Nice

[@harrydriggers3675]

This is really cool. Well done.

[@javiergamero5195]

lovely Sound!

[@rickr.mortis4821]

Phenomenal

[@Allomerus]

Inspiring! Great work Tony!

[@krismets9608]

Have it & love it: value For money is incredible! Volcano + delay = budgetmodule🤔🤔😀😀

[@Allomerus]

Back for another listen... Great track Tony. :-)

[@RichieRah88]

That was amazing, I've just fallen asleep to it, that's a compliment by the way, my Volca keys is actually in transit now I can't wait! Hope to be able to do this.

[@TonyHorgan]

Great! This is based on one of the preset patterns with additional notes added, so maybe you can try it when you get your Volca Keys. Have fun!

[@tansuakyldz3349]

Hahha! I was almost fall asleep to it too , then i saw your comment:P i'm going to sleep with this now ..

[@dxtrs_mnpltr]

Great stuff Tony as per usual! Luv it!

[@andrewvanwart7436]

Really nice.

[@linksdead1974]

That was sweet.

[@dazeofheaven]

beautiful track

[@davedaves1019]

When I saw this video, I knew I had to get the Volca Keys. I've had it a month now and already written several tracks with it. I really applaud how you've demonstrated here attenuating the amp/filter attack, decay/release, and sustain EG controls as well as the VCF controls really does a lot to introduce variation to patterns. What's funny to me about this video though is that the KP digital delay is a big part of the sound when the volca already comes with an excellent tempo-synced analog delay! I get that the digital delay is preferable for the sound you'er achieving here, but I think it would have been cool to also throw in some of the on-board delay as well, with its rounder sound. Thank you for putting this up, one of my favorite volca videos on youtube, imho one of the few that does a good job showing the power of its sequencer and realtime controls attenuating the sound during live sequencer playback. In other words, one of the few that shows the uniqueness of this instrument among the many analog synths and synth/sequencers out there.

[@TonyHorgan]

Dave Daves There are two reasons I used a MiniKP2 instead of the internal delay for this. 1) The Volca Keys internal delay adds quite a lot of digital noise to the signal. 2) The Volca Keys internal delay is not quite at the end of the signal chain, so it doesn't give a true "delay" or "echo" effect. For example, the internal delay appears to be inserted into the signal path before the filter, so if you make a quick filter tweak, you don't get that repeated in the following delays. A true delay such as the MiniKP2 adds more depth and texture. And by the way, the delay on the Volca Keys is actually digital. It's a bit of signal processing handled by the main CPU. I interviewed the lead designer Tatsuya Takahashi some time ago and asked him about that... Tony: The Delay effect on the Keys: is that a digital delay, or how does that work? Tats: It's a digital delay but it's done on a microprocessor, not a DSP [digital signal processor]. We were able to squeeze out just enough processing power from it to do a delay. Currently that interview is online here: www.generalimprovement.co.uk/Interview.htm

[@davedaves1019]

Tony, thanks so much for the detailed reply and AWESOME interview, what a gem of volca info on the net. #1 WOW I've been living ignornantly, having read somewhere that the Volca Keys' delay was a true BBD affair - so I was shocked to read that Moog just halted production of their BBD-based delay pedal due to chip scarcity. and #2 Can't believe I didn't realize that the delay input is before the filter in the signal path - I suppose this ignorance persisted because I rarely move the filter about once set; early on I decided I don't care for filter sweeps on the VK, it's not the stepping that others bemoan, I just find it entirely underwhelming ( same with the LPF on the love of my life, my JX-8P, but turns out its not just me considering sweeps passe as I got a DSI Mopho yesterday and i'm sweeping compulsivley. And with the VK's delay, I almost always use it when not recording but with a super-short time to give notes a sculpted & less harsh release if that knob is tied up as the decay on a short note.

[@chicoandtheman7599]

Tony Horgan Tony, who/what is "Kaito"? (inspired by)

[@TonyHorgan]

Gerry No Kaito at Discogs: www.discogs.com/artist/9239-Kaito If you like this, check out the albums Hundred Million Love Years, Less Time Until End, Trust Less and Special Love. Repetitive, ambient, electronic, hypnotic stuff.

[@chicoandtheman7599]

Tony Horgan Ohhh, OK. Cool. I never heard of Kaito before. I've just been listening to Hundred Million Love Years. I like it. Thanks for the heads up. Good stuff. :-)

[@amaralvenamoris4307]

Great Job!

[@jameschip22]

Awesome!

[@girlinagale]

It would be good to have a forum (G+ Community?) where buttons settings for various sounds could be shared.

[@expensivenotes]

This is very cool. Well done Tony!

[@TheManfrompack]

beautiful

[@ArrayzableMusic]

Wow Man!! You've pushed the Volca Keys real hard! It almost sounds like more than three oscillators!

[@justinodowd4182]

Brilliant.

[@minimals1ck]

i love this sound !!!!