Korg Volca Sample Tutorial: Creating Endless Decay / Drones [by Schtang]

[@RobRobHH]

I just got a Volca Sample and this channel is a revelation. Great stuff!

[@Schtang]

Robert Hirst thanks!

[@PodOfHeat]

Same here!!!

[@some_roman]

the algorithm revealed this channel to me and now I want to get a Volca Sample, oh god 3:20

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Just got a new Volca Sample 2 (with USB), so this is very useful to me. I can confirm that this trick still works on the new version, with the latest 1.01 firmware, as of Feb.11/2021. Subscribed. Thanks for posting all the great Volca tips. Best wishes for your continued success :-)

[@Schtang]

Thanks for the feedback :)

[@Hakucho64]

Wow, thanks for letting us know, I was concerned Korg might have "fixed" the endless loop "feauture" in the VS2.

[@dubcousteau]

Thanks for sharing - The Volca Sample is the tweaking king of the series.

[@Schtang]

Cheers boss!

[@hvegel]

This is brilliant. For those who were on the fence about what drum machine under $200 to go with - this makes a very convincing argument. It's much more than just "a drum machine." Cheers!

[@Schtang]

It really is. Some of the most fun I've had with synths was figuring out how to use the limitations of this wicked box to create full tracks with bass, beats and melody. I feel out of all the Volca's, this one can do it all at once :)

[@sodaverde]

I had never understood the loop function til now. And now I love it. Thanks, friend.

[@holydiver4728]

Fantastic ! A proud owner of a Volca Sample here.. You're the best thanks for sharing !

[@Schtang]

Thanks boss!

[@adilsarbay3181]

Hands down the best video I've seen in youtube in my entire life. No kidding!

[@zilchgott]

Bought a Volca Sample a week ago... It's so awesome to know that there are loads of fun creepy things that you can do with it. Thanks for your tutorials, Schtang

[@Schtang]

Ken Adriano wicked! Glad to have helped :)

[@orangebudday]

one of the bests volca tricks i ever watched, thanks for the tutorial! :)

[@Schtang]

+orangebudday Thanks!

[@rontan8433]

Being playing around the the Volca Sample for a bit. This is EXACTLY I need to create Spiritual meditative music with Crystal singing bowl, gongs and jaw harps. Thanks!

[@KLI333-9]

I will directly buy my friends volca sample tomorrow... Great work!

[@Schtang]

Kaan Isik that’s fantastic to hear! Thanks :)

[@CharlyCharlzz]

exellent , this open new sound design doors for volca sample owners !

[@AABattery]

Man! It's like a whole new machine. Weird that this only works because of a "glitch". Awesome video!

[@ghostly606]

AA Battery Not sure this is a glitch, more an Easter Egg feature.

[@slavestudios47]

i'll be getting a Volca Sample in a month or so, and when I do, i'll be back here for more tips & trix :) Good Work Fella :D

[@Schtang]

wicked! thanks mate :)

[@ShadowPilot]

This little thing seems like a kickass sound design module. Nice work!

[@AgustinDavidF]

So good, man! This is the little samplig machine I was looking for

[@noodldoodl1970]

Looooove it. Just what I'd hoped the Volca Sample was capable of.

[@WolfgangSteuerle]

Thats cool. Thanks for helping to get out more of the potential of this little miracle box.

[@Schtang]

Wicked, glad to have helped :)

[@moonrose1929]

Thank you. Your videos are very helpful, have been trying to get the best out of the little machine.

[@Schtang]

Fantastic :) Thanks for the nice feedback

[@arbautimusic]

thanks for making this video, I love the music!

[@Schtang]

Evan george bless up 🤙🏼

[@rafalvarenga]

hey Schtang! just wanna thank you for this. cheers from brasil!

[@Schtang]

Rafael Alvarenga bless!!! 🤟🏼

[@anthonybearse215]

Thank you, these are some very helpful tips, I have the FM now, soon to get the Sample

[@Schtang]

Anthony Bearse dope bruv, it's a lot of fun! Good luck 😉

[@mesmerson7387]

yes ! thank you, very useful, this This multipializes the capabilities of the V. sample, from a "groove box " to a drone tool, I mean A lot if you conider you can have your memories for some rytmics patterns and then have the opotunitiy to switch into drone field when required in your live set, Makes possible a session with much more nuances. Thank you again for sharing this .Like !

[@TripResort]

Whoa creepy. :o Fun to see other type of music/sound besides beats (which I'm guilty of). This is a excellent demonstration of what the Volca Sample is capable of.

[@Schtang]

+TripResort Haha it's funny you say because the only kind of music I've been making for years, and mostly on my Volca Sample has been beats stuff ... but every now and again you end up sidetracked on a weird tangent :D

[@robbyray]

Amazing tutorial. Most helpful I've found for what I'm after. Cheers!

[@Schtang]

Lush! Cheers mate :)

[@briancornejo4001]

The best tutorial!

[@Shinoda174]

Just what I was trying to reach with my volca, thank you

[@GennaroGiugliano65]

great uses korg volca sample,ciao

[@Schtang]

cheers!

[@ewgam0nstaa]

i was deciding on weather to get the beat or the sample, your videos helped me make my choice thanks

[@Schtang]

Deluxe, I hope your chose the sample :)

[@myblueextremes1526]

This is great! I think Korg will get another sale. Your vids have really sold the VS to me. Looking forward to more tips.

[@Schtang]

My Blue Extremes wonderful man, cheeers :) I have a few ideas up my sleeve

[@OIP_1]

what a find! that is really awesome can't wait to check it out. if you motion record pitch data on a part, it will affect the decay tails of a note even if it's not triggered at that particular step... combining with the looped drone could be interesting..

[@Schtang]

+OIP 1 Yeah I managed to make a kind of Vocal WeWo effect with the speed automation, pretty dope :)

[@bananepoep]

I just did this cool trick myself with some effects an just play ing with the isolator and hi cut I got some amazing drones i just almost couldn't stop. very very cool thanks for showing this

[@Schtang]

+bananepoep I'm so glad you were able to use it in your own composition! That's what sharing ideas is about, thanks for letting me know :) I hope to see some drone in your future videos.

[@bananepoep]

Schtang Yes i will use your idea soon i allready got some cool ideas to incorporate it in a track. I only have to sample some stuff for it first. In my head its already very cool haha well we'll see if it all works. Thanks again

[@cellarroomproduction3943]

Great video! Always a bit tricky to find videos of people making avant garde stuff when you´re looking for tutorials.

[@Schtang]

MINU cheers! Thanks for generous words :)

[@cellarroomproduction3943]

You´re welcome! Just got my Volca Sample a few days ago, and I play a lot of experimental music. So I´m really glad to find videos of less mainstream Volca Sample usage. :)

[@coldert]

I was actually starting to get a little disappointed with the Sample. This made it my absolute favourite machine again. For now :) I soooo hope Korg won't "fix" this in a software update... Thanks from the bottom of my heart

[@Schtang]

coldert it's a lovely little dark horse of the series :)

[@MicroAnalogic]

Really thanks for sharing this knowledge, you are the sample master !!

[@Schtang]

+Pedro Sá Oh cheers man! I've been digging your Volca Jams heaps :)

[@MicroAnalogic]

+Schtang this drone stuff seems very useful for some ambience environment and for some ufo communication. Already got some ideas to use it with the volca keys ;)

[@bruitsofficial]

Thank you so much for this trick!

[@Schtang]

Too easy! Let me know if you post any demos using it 👊

[@analogskies7063]

Flipping genius. Thank you!!

[@Schtang]

Analog Skies cheeers!!!

[@SyncdAlien]

Very enjoyable tutorial, thank you.

[@-Ashunar]

Wow great tutorial, thanks. I like Drone Music. Very creative.

[@dbl1db]

That’s a great discovery. Thanks 😊

[@oscillated139]

Excellent demo.Thanks.

[@Schtang]

cheers :)

[@Wadi0]

coolest volca sample vid ive seen nice!

[@Schtang]

+Mario Zizumbo Thanks very much for the nice words!

[@Kalayawa]

Nice drone!

[@petrhouska1431]

In love with Volca more and more :)

[@Schtang]

Petr Houška they are awesome little boxes for sure!

[@SuperKlumpedumpe]

SO nice... i have to try this... Thank you. !

[@HardtekStudios]

Great tricks man! Nice sounds & tune too!

[@Schtang]

+HardtekStudios Cheers man :)

[@filippokłosiewicz]

You're the best, dude!

[@ildarkinildarkin]

This is gold!!!!

[@genepozniak]

By 2:25, I'm hearing a regular and loud staticky popping noise! Am I the only one hearing this? (I'm running it through a stereo receiver). Becomes irregular by 2:45.

[@jimt2430]

Super cool.

[@jackfinchdanceband9060]

This is really helpful.

[@BPEMETO]

Thanks, man! You are the best!!! : )

[@maffstenning9627]

Awesome as usual mate! Thank you :)

[@Schtang]

yo! biggup :)

[@penglyu1699]

good stuff, thanks!

[@Synthetrix]

Interesting. I will have to try this out on mine.

[@Schtang]

+Synthetrix Wicked, would love to hear what you come with :)

[@ruinasemiotica]

nice one

[@jrmybwedding]

This is dope. Thank you!

[@Schtang]

Jeremiah no worries mate, glad to have helped :)

[@escepticvocacional7646]

Yessss! Cool trick: thank you!

[@Schtang]

Escèptic vocacional yay! Thanks, hopefully you can put it to good use 😊

[@johnp352]

Fantastic, thanks.

[@audiojoy9285]

interesting and weird ;-) Will try that also.

[@analogskies7063]

Thanks for another great video!

[@wildergonzales7336]

Awesome tip bro! I just bought the machine today and like drone tecno dub sounds. I have a question: what about the sounds that come with the app, have you tried or are they good enough?

[@Schtang]

Which app are you talking about? I've loaded a few samples in using Vosyr and it worked fine, but I just used some from my own sample collection :)

[@wildergonzales7336]

yeah I was talking about that Vosyr... but I get it now... I have my own sounds too. Thanks a lot!!!

[@gru_day]

Just uploaded a 100 wavetables on my Volca Sample :) This is a drone machine!

[@NoyzBot]

VERY useful trick! thanks :D

[@Schtang]

Rad, no problem :)

[@NoyzBot]

if you look on my channel (not that you need to) you'd see I really like making slow/dronesque music. Especially on 4/20 since that seems the appropriate thing to do! can't wait to get my volca sample to add to nanoloop for that :D

[@kingfaust2059]

very useful, thanks!

[@sharkyplanet5317]

Impressive! I liked

[@Schtang]

SharkyPlanet cheers :)

[@pauluszarv6812]

Brilliant

[@andrewhernandez1509]

YES! tysm

[@edid.2638]

Hi, what is Tmp by this Video? Rever on? What is Bass Preset, Factory?

[@embanhomaria434]

Hello. I tried to do what you have shown and my loop lasts only 10 seconds as normal...What possibily did i do wrong? I have the Volca Sample OK GO edition, i don't know if that is the problem...

[@Schtang]

Hi! make sure that you have an empty step sequencer and that the decay is not set to full, once you cue the sound then quickly set it to full straight away. I'm not sure if they fixed this bug for the Ok GO edition sorry :)

[@embanhomaria434]

A bit after my comment I learnt how to do it...so thank you it's a really nice tip!

[@Schtang]

Awesome! So that means it works on the OKGO version too? Wicked

[@paul-yy5qf]

throw an effect pedal in the mix too for more droney madness!

[@softservomusic]

Your Volca Sample tutorials are so helpful. Maybe one day I'll get as much out of mine as you get out of yours.

[@ShimanskiBeats]

thanks for posting this, this is so cool!

[@tlatsegms]

Amazing⚡️

[@LittleMusicBoxes]

How did you figure that out? Do you think it's a hack, or was that intentionally designed into the system by Korg?

[@Schtang]

Little Music Boxes [ Korg Volca ] I discovered it by pure accident just kicking around with looped sounds. I showed it to the UK Korg staff (engineer, product designer, social media rep etc) and none of them had any idea about it, maybe it was intentional but if their own staff don’t know then 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@LittleMusicBoxes]

@@Schtang Far out. Thanks for sharing this stuff. I really appreciate it!

[@kobalt77]

Excellent, thank you.

[@Schtang]

Dub Siren 🚨 hope it comes in handy :)

[@fabio.lor.]

which factory default sample you used? I not found it...

[@Schtang]

Hmmm it was a long time ago but a lot of the drones were made using Sample 84, with the pitch turned way down, the hi cut filter turned way down and lots of other tweeking of the parameters. I have not yet uploaded any of my own samples to my Volca

[@themadsamplist]

Nice! Thanks!

[@ap0th1k4ry]

Brilliant.

[@Schtang]

Cheers!

[@BobPrivacy]

This works with the 2nd edition too.

[@jbarrichello]

thank you bro!

[@kennethbaker5573]

Can you easily learn to play with the korg volca sample with no experience?

[@Schtang]

Kenneth Baker with the help of a few tutorials online and a bit of practise it’s super easy - not too many parameters and all of them are pretty straightforward. Might take a while to pick up the hidden features and nuances but making beats would be very easy :)

[@artao5]

WTF. Neato. Thanks!

[@damiensimper]

brilliant!

[@Schtang]

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[@Schtang]

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[@Schtang]

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[@Bagatellamusic]

Whats' that type font you are using?

[@橋詰高志]

すごい！nice！かっこいい！cool！

[@Schtang]

yay! :)

[@shatteredsquare]

perfect

[@JohnLunney]

Still such a great tip :)

[@ghostsamurai-u1e]

thank u so cool！

[@MrKeys57]

Can one do this with the Volca base as well?

[@Schtang]

As far as I know, it's not possible :) When I found this little trick everyone on the Volca forums started to tinker with theirs and tried to find something weird like this, but yeah, you can't do the same thing by tweaking the Decay button on the AMP envelope of the Volca Bass

[@MrKeys57]

okido! thanks

[@corrinechua6471]

MrKeys57

[@pantalalabs]

awesome!!!! thank you!!!!

[@zorbanongreco]

"dizzying" indeed 🤣 cheers!!🐂💨💨💨

[@Honeysmack]

interesting, thank you

[@Schtang]

+Honeysmack Thanks man

[@BenQdamnit]

Brilliant. Thankyou for this, nice and inspiring. If only I didn't have to leave my room from time to time dammit

[@Schtang]

+ben qureshi Yeah man I know dem feels :(

[@michaelbenigni7201]

Sei un genio.

[@InkyDaCaT]

That's cool as f....!!!

[@danieded]

thx man

[@Schamoo]

Life Hack

[@bananepoep]

thanks that was cool

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