On the Darker Side - Volca Bass Ambient

Once again using Bitwig clip launcher and noodling on top with Korg Volca Bass.
Used in the track:
Volca Bass
Zebra 2 (pads and drones)
Lunaris 2 & Abyss
Some Minilogue XD
#synth #ambient #volcabass

[@johnspann6269]

Nice to See Someone Going to the Dark Side!!! Well Done

[@rayderrich]

This was way more beautiful than I anticipated. Subscribed.

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Thanks! Glad I was able to surprise positively😅

[@sobreaver]

I like this feeling of somewhat being in-between something, not quite here, not quite there, just in some sort of superposition.

[@foreverpadawan4364]

I’m glad you liked it!

[@grainyday]

very elegant - great pad sound

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Thanks Tomasz!

[@PhilippBaumann]

I love the melody and the drifting pads! 👍

[@foreverpadawan4364]

I’m glad you enjoyed that!

[@atomsinthemachine2607]

Incredible soundscape!

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Thank you!

[@zYLONbASE]

The V. Bass is so much more with external Effekts. Is a great tiny Box of Soundmaking.

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Agreed! I bought it second hand for pennies (pennies in context of synths) and I think it’s the most value for money I’ve gotten from synths I own.

[@sandyturner1911]

I'm trying to get one of these used, right now. It's just amazing. It also looks simpler to use, than some of the other Volcas. Thanks for the great Demo!

[@andrewiantorno6942]

I've made some Dark Ambient music with mine, and its a blast doing so. I've used distortion pedals, and delay/reverb pedals. A absolute fun machine.

[@foreverpadawan4364]

It really shines when a little bit of effects are applied to it! (Statement that I guess stands with most synths 😁)

[@andrewiantorno6942]

@@foreverpadawan4364 And for 120$, you definitely can't say no to something like this. It's meeeeaaann sounding.

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Definitely great value for the price👌

[@da_skool_productions]

Great!

[@liamjhendrikse]

really, really nice work here

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Thanks a lot!🙏🏻

[@prcr]

The 9 minutes of the song flew past really quick. Great sounding composition, very moody! ❤

[@TilliKommunikation]

Excellent work!

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Thank you!

[@speedoflife9375]

Just beautiful.

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Thank you!

[@tobiasaagren7373]

I wished it was longer, that was beautiful. Well done!

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Thanks a lot Tobias! I’m glad you enjoyed that🙂

[@SuperRingoffire1]

Sublime composition 👌☮

[@MournfulMystic]

Love the atmosphere of this!

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Thank you!

[@toyzintheattic]

This is good. Just the sort of ambience I've been trying to get, lately. Subbed 👍

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Thanks a lot!

[@esku75]

Love it, some VANGELIS vibes to me ❤

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Thanks esku!

[@AdamVoxMusic]

Very Nice sounds! I'm inspired to use sounds like these in a uplifting trance mix! 👍

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Thank you! Go for it💪

[@wetwater90]

Soooo atmospheric.🖤

[@Cosmiknight]

very nice job

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Thank you!

[@AKDanMusicMan]

Great track. Subscribed.

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Thanks Dan!

[@sullycliftona123]

If anyone wants to know six volt battery adapter cable will power thease on Amazon for less than a fiver

[@Spacelord-1983]

U have link?

[@Artes232]

Q funciones hace q suene así?❤

[@Isaacedmundo-mj7gf]

How can I do this sounds

[@86Ivar]

sadly those cheap ones may be very unsafe, and can damage your equipment.

[@frequencyhub753]

This sounds really amazing! Subbed

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Thank you very much! Glad you liked it :)

[@kimgaugemusic]

love it!

[@neverheardofhim_so_far]

I love it!

[@basidion]

Incredible! It would be nice to have you on Spotify... :)

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Thank you for the kind words! I’ll definitely keep that in mind if I have enough decent material at some point :)

[@Noisylab]

TOP !!!!

[@scottm8685]

Beautiful track! I had no interest in the Volca Bass....until now. Great job!

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Thank you! Volca Bass is a cool little synth and surprisingly good for such a low price. One thing I forgot to mention is that there’s Soundtoys Crystallizer and Valhalla Shimmer in the effect chain for the Volca Bass.

[@bep86]

Volca Bass is a beast!

[@valley_robot]

The volca bass is the best one after the FM in my opinion

[@foreverpadawan4364]

That’s a tough comparison. For me it’s the Bass that takes the win. I just like the rawness of it. Haven’t tried other Volcas beside from the Sample which I found hard to work it when trying to create your own samples for it

[@gintarasj.]

nice!

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Thanks!

[@valley_robot]

I loved mine , sold it because I’m a soft synth guy now

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Nice! What would you say is your favourite soft synth? For some reason I find it hard to get myself spending time fiddling the knobs of a soft synth ui. Even though they are so versatile and limitless in regards to sound design. There’s just something magical to it when you turn physical knobs :)

[@rmanpojo8485]

Thanks ..great track........... With a lot of reverb you sound a elephant fart sound like heaven. ;-)

[@transmissionmusic]

Magnifique! I would have this kind of sound, but only using external pedal, that connect 9v, as i am playing outdoor.... I am not shure i can have it... 😅

[@transmissionmusic]

I mean, only my korg volca bass, and an effect pedal 9v

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Thanks! Most likely you’ll get very close at least depending on the pedal! Here I think I applied some shimmer reverb and soundtoys crystallizer if I recall correctly. So I’d imagine with any reverb pedal the end result is quite close.

[@ОлегПахомов-т7й]

I would ask you, what volca will be better, and easyly for biginners , Bass or keys ? Thank you

[@shroomatic]

Вау, это было круто

[@christopherherrmann921]

Nice. Also love the drone. How have you done that one? Beautiful!

[@Fabricio-zn7io]

Que efectos son bro.? Me encanto estoy aprendiendo a usarlo

[@Joeybonez]

Awesome sounds. is the pad sound coming from the volca?

[@marceloetchart1849]

@MorofedeX I agree with u, we care about volca bass only so we can buy it, can this volca make ambient base ?

[@aquietgarden]

Very beautiful. This really transported me away. Thank you. I love Zebra. Is the Abyss you used the Abyss from Dawesome, or from Karanyi?

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Thanks a lot for the kind words! Zebra is a beast! Yeah the Abyss is from Dawesome👍

[@ideanumber42]

Love this dark atmosphere. What reverb are you using?

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Thank you! I’m using Valhalla Shimmer here.

[@dmitriikudriavtsev196]

Очень красиво

[@doboltalis]

I have a question, I have Korg Volca Keys, Fm2, Sample, I'm standing at a crossroads now what to buy? Korg Volca Bass or Roland S1 compact ?

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Sorry, I missed this. I haven’t tested S1 but it seems to be more versatile and feature rich being a lot newer piece of gear. I do like Volca Bass a lot though even though it’s old and less versatile. For the price it sounds great and it’s excellent for ambient stuff as well. Maybe secret option is to get S1 and then hunt down Volca Bass used somewhere ;). I bought mine used and it was something like 75e or so.

[@doboltalis]

@@foreverpadawan4364 hello! Thank you for your reply! A great option, Probably I will still listen to your advice!

[@Gabinferra]

Great use of the Volca bass! I was wondering with what gear do you shoot your videos?

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Thank you! I use Canon 650D and usually the Canon 50mm ”fifty-nifty” lens.

[@TrueBigfoot]

Sounds good, what else is being used to control the sound?

[@Rushmanism]

This is great - so using the volca as a controller here right?

[@SpaceAndroidz]

👽✨🌍🌹 we’re watching

[@foreverpadawan4364]

👀

[@arekw9750]

Hi, what did you used to add echo/reverb to volca bass? Great track, btw. I'm listened it few times already and I really enjoy it

[@foreverpadawan4364]

I’m glad you enjoyed that! It’s Valhalla Shimmer which I unashamedly slap on everything 😄. Cheapish plugin and man it sounds good with synths👍

[@arekw9750]

@@foreverpadawan4364 Just bought : ) Please consider making video about your creative workflow in making music, I would love to see one like that

[@foreverpadawan4364]

@@arekw9750 Nice! Shimmer is great for the price! I’m afraid my creative workflow can be summed up with: ”happy accidents” :D. For the videos here I usually jam with hardware synths or software synths until I find something that sounds good to me and then I build on that. Finally I’ll record a video where I half-improvise with a synth on top of that. Half-improvising, meaning that I usually know already whereabouts I will start as I’m not that great at improvising. This channel’s purpose is for me to learn about music production, synths and song making by committing to a schedule of releasing something to the wild. This forces me to finish stuff and not just leave bunch of ideas in the corner of a hard drive :). In the end I’m quite a beginner with this stuff. Mostly just learning by emulating what better musicians do and hopefully will ”build my own voice” (as cliche as it sounds :D) bit by bit in the process

[@sulgypolo]

Getting batteries then after that comment , I likes M little korg six from now instead of adaptor or maybe a my volts

[@klaus_Vorotyagin]

Blade Runners!

[@marcoagius6926]

Is this korg unit similar to the behringer td3?

[@foreverpadawan4364]

Not that similiar to my understanding having never tried td-3. Td-3 is a 303 clone and seems to be more suited to acid type of stuff.

[@marcoagius6926]

@@foreverpadawan4364 thanks for your reply

[@junazero]

how?

[@DJ-Lazy-Lodger]

i wish you lesser clicks for more reputation;-)

[@MoroFeDeX]

Reviews dont worth if u use effects from outside of the dispositive. Please show what it can do by itself. Not with aditional reverbs, an delays

[@jcbarker1]

This isn’t a review. It’s a performance. He can use whatever effects he chooses.

[@lordlollops1]

Show us what you can do then ?