Live Jam #37 - Minimal / Techno - Korg Volca Sample and Arturia Microbrute

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I plan to do some traveling and thought that would be a good excuse to buy a Korg Volca Sample. I expect to stuff it with my own recordings, but at the moment its just stock samples.
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Stuff used:
Korg Volca Sample and Arturia Microbrute
Audio via the Behringer mixer to a Moto Ultralite MK3 hybrid.
External effects: T.C electronics M350 for reverb.
No post processing.

[@Monotrailmusic]

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[@tomblaze2]

What a beat the - volca sample staright shinin here

[@Monotrailmusic]

Thanks!

[@Gazer794]

This is the holy grail of hardware jams

[@Monotrailmusic]

Thanks Ron!

[@KangDaJuicemane]

i love the combination of these two mashines ! Such amazing quality. nice video.. keep up the great work

[@Monotrailmusic]

Thanks for listening! And I will :)

[@theNickRYG]

mmmm even stock samples on the volca + any synth is such a versatile combo

[@Monotrailmusic]

:)

[@livetechno9545]

Clean sound !

[@Monotrailmusic]

Thanks!

[@thecalicosequence]

One of the best Volca Sample Videos i've seen

[@Monotrailmusic]

Haha, thanks! it's worth looking around on KZbin, i have seen some people do better things with their volcas!

[@PetrJiroudek]

Nice track! The image in the upper left corner is "Krtek" from Zdeněk Miler!

[@Monotrailmusic]

True! When I was a kid this series was always on German tv, it was only later I learned it was created by Czech animator Miller. Still a great show!

[@PetrJiroudek]

In 2011 was Krteček with Andrew Feustel in space. It was the last US space shuttle mission. img.blesk.cz/img/1/full/908573-img-krtecek-andrew-feustel-raketoplan.jpg

[@Beephouse]

Cool! Volca Sample and Microbrute make a nice pair!

[@TripleTSingt]

yeah, they really do. I have 4 volcas (beats, bass, keys, sample) and waiting for my volca fm, and i got a microbrute. great for just jamming around as well as recording some synths using MIDI from Cubase.

[@beninglis8097]

I just set up some monitors I salvaged after our local cultural centre was refit... This was the first clip I watched and I'm very impressed! With your clip and my monitors :)

[@Monotrailmusic]

Good to hear, and good to salvage stuff!

[@SlowCarToChina]

Bravo sir. Bravo.

[@juankraut1621]

Thanks for sharing your gear. Very Nice sound

[@Monotrailmusic]

You are welcome, I enjoy it!

[@ViajeModular]

woow beautiful song !!

[@Monotrailmusic]

Thanks!

[@PureAmbientDrone]

This is real smooth!

[@Monotrailmusic]

Thanks for watching!

[@Hooligan504]

Great !

[@barfyyarfy996]

Reverb with the microbrute is very good

[@Monotrailmusic]

Thanks! I feel a decent reverb is a almost a necessity for a good synth!

[@wesleysprojects173]

Ten krteček v pozadí je super xd

[@Monotrailmusic]

Haha, thanks, I love that animation series :)

[@manolisPaschal]

nice jam!

[@Eliq09]

That Little Mole

[@hrnekbezucha]

Pure awesome

[@Monotrailmusic]

Thanks for watching!

[@adriaandraica]

Nice one mate!

[@misaut]

Cool les gars !!! Great sound

[@Monotrailmusic]

Thanks!

[@Daniel.ouchane]

nice

[@Monotrailmusic]

Thanks! All the best :)

[@peterh.3873]

very cool !

[@Monotrailmusic]

Thanks a lot!

[@machiwoomiapoo]

Sweet sounds! :)

[@Monotrailmusic]

Thanks!

[@Salaamos]

the litle mole! :-)

[@Monotrailmusic]

Thanks for watching!

[@ilyavig]

i want both:)

[@Monotrailmusic]

Good idea!

[@kraken88]

I love that sound, it's heard as a science fiction movie music!

[@Monotrailmusic]

Thanks for listening!

[@titouancarpentier1693]

fallin' in love with the microbrute haha.

[@Monotrailmusic]

Righteously so! Its a great machine.

[@titouancarpentier1693]

and for a first synth, he is good C (sorry for bad english i'm french)

[@michaelmurphy987]

I'm assuming you are slaving the Korg Volca to the MicroBrute via MIDI, correct? Would explain how well it is synced up. I tried via CV gate and it seems to glitch and be off by about a few milliseconds.

[@Monotrailmusic]

Hi! They are both synced to Ableton individually.

[@lmrudner12]

Monotrail how?

[@giancarloalessi8054]

This is so good! I have a MB and im thinking of buying a Volca Sample, can the Volca be the master clock and send the tempo to the microbrute???

[@MattButlerCork]

Is the bass and the keys coming from the same source or did you sample the bassline into the Korg?

[@Monotrailmusic]

Hi there! All percussive sounds are from the Volca, the synth line, base/keys as you call it, are from the Microbrute.

[@YarisXP21]

i love deep sounding minimal. perfect! btw. i don't no wich volca should i buy first. but after that video i think the sample.

[@Monotrailmusic]

Good to hear! There are so many Volca's these days, depends on what you want with it of course!

[@MinimalWave1982]

Or those your own samples ? Or the stock sounds of the volca sampler

[@Monotrailmusic]

Just the stock sounds.

[@bddvak656]

Just need the Stock sounds 🎧🎶

[@shprynx2328]

this is really good man, was just wondering how you've synced these two up - are you using an external clock or is the brute MIDI-out modded? :)

[@Monotrailmusic]

I use an external clock. The are both synced with midi via Ableton live. And thanks for watching!

[@stefanhansen5882]

@@Monotrailmusic Newbie question: How could they be synced without a computer?

[@Monotrailmusic]

@@stefanhansen5882 They are synced via Ableton in this video, so I am using a computer here to send a midi clock to both devices.

[@stefanhansen5882]

@@Monotrailmusic Thanks. I read that. What I meant was: How could they be synced if there was no computer available?

[@Monotrailmusic]

@@stefanhansen5882 I see. Would be dificult. You could try to sync the microbrutes square lfo to the sequencer, and then send the lfo to the sync in on the volca. But I have not tried that, and you will lose other functionality of the lfo.

[@jonaseggen2230]

I recognise that mole on the postcard, are you in Czech Republic? Nice music : )

[@Monotrailmusic]

Haha, no. We like the mole here in Germany as well ;) And thanks for watching!

[@themagneticcat16]

@@Monotrailmusic I still have ptsd after the birth scene in this cartoon lol

[@leanacusse]

You're using the "Sync-OUT & Gate" connection between Korg Volca and Microbrute (respectively) ?

[@Monotrailmusic]

No that doesn't work, the gate input from the Microbrute works for the envelope, not as a clock. Both devices are synced via ableton in this video.

[@KristerNielsen]

This might be an odd question, but as a noob i can't figure our how you are syncing the two. Normally the Volca's use sync in/out but i assume this is done my MIDI?

[@Monotrailmusic]

No problem. Indeed all my gear is hooked up by Midi, with Ableton being the core and master clock. I have a laptop on the left, outside of the screen.

[@charlieplatnum82]

Are you using the motu for it's mixer features as I am for my volca microbrute JD-XI circuit set up?

[@Monotrailmusic]

No, most of the time for livejams I use a little mixer, ( the Behringer in this case, its a Mackie now), and record the mixed signal. I only use the Motu a lot if I want to use its 8 independant audio inputs.

[@tomasdema]

how did you mangae to do the midi or vc sync? I mean the clock sync

[@Monotrailmusic]

Both are synced to Ableton live via Midi.

[@geometricpiss]

what've you got the electribe doing in this setup?

[@Monotrailmusic]

Nothing!

[@BugzKiller]

Monotrail......I want to use my Korg Volca Sample with my Korg Microkorg and sync them. All I need is a Midi cable between the two, correct? So when I play the Microkorg the Sample will play as well, and vise versa right?

[@Monotrailmusic]

I never tried, so can't promise anything. But that should work. Midi in a cable only goes one way tho, so one would be the master clock, and the other the slave. I also don't think you can send "start" and "stop" messages from the microkorg to the volca, just a clock. If you own both I would say give it a try!

[@BugzKiller]

Thanks ,man! I will check it out later this week!! Great Vid BTW!!

[@2plus2isvier]

Hey Jerry, did you succeed? I have A Microkorg S and I want to buy the Volca sampler soon :)

[@BugzKiller]

No not yet, I was away from home a lot. I will let you know soon though!!

[@BugzKiller]

I have another question unrelated form the above.......How come sometimes when I use the volca sample I will push a button from 1-10 for a sample, and there is NO sound at all!? Even while turning the Sample knob from from 5000-5099 Still NO sample sound! And thoughts?? Thanks again!

[@nathanjzim]

Great video! I have both the sample and the microbrute. I am just learning and know nothing about how to link the two. I also have FL studio. Can someone really simplify what exactly I need to do to play both and even record? Thanks!

[@Monotrailmusic]

Hello nathanjzim, both devices only have a Midi input, which means you need another midi clock to sync the devices to. fL studio can supply the clock, so if you have something to transmit midi from Fl studio (like an external audio interface), you can use that to send a midi clock to the Microbrute and Volca. Since you also ask how to record, I assume you don't have one, because that would be how ;) There are many different variations for different budgets which you need to research yourself. Most of them offer basic midi in and out, plus audio in and outputs to connenct your pc to the ouside world. PS: The microbrute also has a usb input, but im not sure if it can recieve a clock, chack the manual for that. PS 2: I suppose you could also try to sync the volca in to the Microbrutes clocked square lfo out. I have not yet tried this, but it could work.

[@nathanjzim]

Monotrail thanks for your response!

[@electrovolcakorg9125]

super son

[@Monotrailmusic]

Thanks!

[@Wouterferdinand]

are the synth sounds 100% the brute :O?

[@Monotrailmusic]

They are, but with some external reverb from the t.c. electronic in the back.