Korg Volca NuBass | Reverb Demo

[@marike1100]

Yes, it has Swing, already a huge improvement from the Volca Bass. Well done.

[@AllenSmithe]

Now i need to sell my bass while it still has a smidgen of value

[@AllenSmithe]

Damn near every volca gets $hit on pre release then ends up with solid reviews and sales over time. They're not super competitive machines but they're not bad budget gear. $200 is a little rich but the feedback from the Drum and Modular owners seems to be positive so maybe this has some tricks up it's sleeves. As a 303 semi substitute, 200 isnt bad. That's the most acid sounding bass I've heard without the addition of a pedal. A used Volca bass comes in around $100 the days, a decent pedal around $80, so even a "cheaper" attempt would cost about the same and require more parts with less convenience.

[@HrafnNordhri]

True, but if you look at IK Media's UNO Synth and the upcoming UNO Drum... you might be surprised what a similar price point can offer.

[@this_connor_guy]

Oh my sweet jesus, I cannot wait for this bad boy to be released!

[@dotorres3512]

Yo korg! Please make a newer version of the monotribe! I'm thinking 2 oscillators for detune, and editable drums. The rest keep the same. I know you could do it!

[@flowlee3656]

@RomeroFanboy Just sold mine for a 100e

[@hovermotion]

This unit is in a class of its own...unique

[@exactspace]

Watch the “Superbooth 2019 - Korg Volca NuBass” video for a better demo that sounds much more like a 303.

[@kttkttkt]

OK, but can it produce bass frequencies?

[@elissitdesign]

Frantisek Markus yes, it has a sub Osc that probably wasn’t utilized. Looks turned down the whole time.

[@jdsimz8147]

I know right. Where's the bass. Sounds like some1 sampled a wet fart.

[@siahboy117]

@@jdsimz8147 they also had the reso turned up the entire time. they were literally alll acid patches lol the resonance typically attenuates the sub frequences on most filters.

[@stinkymart3173]

Korg's ladder filter is really bad for robbing low-end at high resonance, I never turn my minilogue's res above 25%

[@naomisalama430]

Some of those were pretty low on my headphones

[@TheMadisonHang]

Im glad someone is engineering sound at the mechanical level 🎚️ Gotta preserve that character!

[@Rompler_Rocco]

Nick is getting better at this, his gestures are more naturalistic and the facial hair totally works 👍👍

[@chriswoolf1491]

I love that Volcas get a good bit of hate but still sell like hotcakes. Great little machines at great prices.

[@jackpijjin4088]

They're great for people who like to make music (and/ or noise) for the sheer joy of it, at a reasonable price. IMO, that's commendable.

[@jackpijjin4088]

@D’Marco Jackson Absolutely!

[@AM-ui9mc]

When are they releasing a Volca Sequencer? One to rule them all

[@frenchpet]

sq-1 !

[@CommissionerManu]

J K I was just dreaming of that the other day and was wondering if it’d been thought of. Holy crap, would that be a compact sequencing dream, and would hugely expand the Volca lines capability

[@ruxiwang9571]

korg already has the SQ-1 - STEP

[@creativeforgery]

@@ruxiwang9571 ...and few people buy them since Volcas already have sequencers. :)

[@orgate3953]

Love the look of this. Sound is nice too but man that blue tube looks great

[@GrahndDorkus]

They made the chicago module from gadget into a real thing 😍 now make the chiangmai

[@alexriesenbeck]

Agreeeeeed!!!!

[@aber3724]

That’s what I like about these things. Real life korg gadget

[@GrahndDorkus]

Randy Hayes hey! What's not to like about a FM synth that's actually simple to program? I own the volca FM but never get around changing any of the presets without an ipad app called patchbase

[@Oglemof]

Why is the sound of the Nubass so low, compared to the guy who speaks? ....my cats got a serious shock when he spoke again, 'cause i had to max the volume on my Hifi, to feel the bass :D

[@ardiris2715]

I hope this module sounds better than what is in this this video. I suspect it does.

[@meneerjansen00]

Luckily, it does. Watch the Sonicstate vid.

[@JesusGreenBL]

Yeah this demo was more about showing off the features, the Sonicstate vid is more of a "Here's it having a go at its best 303 impression" and I think it does a really good job. Good enough that I'm probably buying this when it comes out instead of the MAM MB33 Retro I previously had my eye on. Especially with it having overdrive built into the synth.

[@meneerjansen00]

@@JesusGreenBL I agree. The only downside is that this Vocla is pretty expensive for a ... erm ... Volca. It's 200 Euro at Musicstore.de. But for a 303 imitator its pretty cheap! :-)

[@robertsyrett1992]

@@meneerjansen00 It's a step up from a 303 in every regard except historical curiosity. Kind of a miracle that they are making vacuum tube synths at all, but for that price I think it's a no brainer. Plus you know there is going to be someone who mods an external input into that.

[@GearOfDarkness]

Cool to see the nutubes' technology is still used. Lately it was kinda quiet around these things and I'm geniunely interested in these.

[@josephwright5921]

Nick the Ninja is kicking up the acid bass every where!

[@LSImortal]

I really wanted a Volca Vocoder!

[@goodboid]

A 303 with a sub oscillator? Shut up and take my money!

[@bigmanlizard7326]

sounds like a free vst lol looks a lot cooler than it sounds huh

[@drstupid1]

Which vst sounds like that?

[@Pulsecode303]

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[@ffmdotcom]

@@Pulsecode303 not really - the vst is far from what the korg can do but yeah its free on the other hand just doenst offer any of the richness the korg does

[@strelokknoize]

My Volca Bass is looking so sad. I'm like: "No worries, bro. I'm not gonna sell ya!" The software the Nubass is bundled with is pretty interesting too. I'm curious about the price over here in Europe.

[@matthewcody1757]

Strelokk Noize the bass is still a beautiful synth. $300 aus so u do the maths where u are.

[@CMAR872]

Do you think this would sound good run through a bass guitar amp? Also, would it be possible to imitate real bass guitar rhythm sounds to play a 6 string guitar over?

[@user-nu7xx7pc1d]

nop.

[@meerkatzThe23]

sounds pretty much like the Vbass for me!

[@jammingpositivevibration]

Keep jamming positive vibration ❤💛💚

[@LateNightBeatsOfficial]

Hey Nick, do you know your last name means "acid" in Polish? How appropriate with the vibe of this video!

[@pauls-audiolabor]

Acid? Kwas is an fermented beverage in slavic countries.

[@LateNightBeatsOfficial]

@@pauls-audiolabor ...and also acid in Polish. You can trust me on that one. Krakow, Poland: born and raised!

[@pyrofiliac]

@@LateNightBeatsOfficial i guess i was destined to make basslines!

[@shaft9000]

I can assure you that there was no acid in this video :) The liquid-metal behavioral characteristic of the tb-303 sweeping through it's ranges has been attempted countless times, and they didn't attempt that here. Some people claim that 'on the run' or anything that "sounds bubbly" is acid - and that's cute. Doesn't mean it's true, though :)

[@Philtho]

remains to be heard, he mentions squelch but didn't hear any. it certainly had the acid sounding flat lines tho. boring if you cant make it scream, however

[@genebrady]

Good demo!

[@VirtualHomeworkPodcast]

I just got one of these and I've seen many videos of people using it but yours is the only one that actually shows numbers increasing/decreasing in the LED when you move the dials. I've looked in the manual and couldn't find how to make this happen. Any tips?

[@liamsmith5013]

Some of these people need to know the difference between I don’t like this and this is bad.

[@kobi-kobsen]

Sometimes I like it but it is still bad.

[@tlatsegms]

Amazing⚡️

[@hyoonoot]

There's really nothing else like this thing

[@D.Z.A.-kp8lf]

Just might buy this one... maybe

[@LESINDES]

thanks for the review. wiseguys might object though that almost all but not all VOLCAs feature the I/Os you were mentioning in the end. Guess which one, unfortunately, does not have a MIDI input!

[@GeyloFollen]

future classic!

[@Nomo_Popo]

How nicely underwhelming :)

[@rosepetal-ov7vl]

LOOOOLL

[@fermiLiquidDrinker]

It's like a tb-303 but even cooler. I need one now!

[@tchai-khenwilson705]

Ian's sad horrible excuse of a channel did you hear a real tb 303 once? ^^'

[@fermiLiquidDrinker]

@@tchai-khenwilson705 I mean in function not with the sound

[@Guitaroverkill]

Amazing sounds theses little boxes produce. Makes me laugh.

[@shibbidydoowop]

I'm definitely interested in this but when the tube burns out is it replaceable? Or is it one of those deals where lasts 20 years and it's not a typical tube?

[@modularmountain3910]

Eh. They could be doing so many more interesting things with the Volca format. The design isn’t appealing to me visually but the sound is pretty killer for the price. What they should do is be releasing recreations of classic synths in Volca format. The Volca Model D, Volca Prophet, Volca 808, Volca SH would be some good starters. Just saying Korg.....

[@TheSunshineGroup]

They literally can't do that. Volcas are small and limiting for a reason. That's why there are 8 different volcas... Roland tried making a digital 808 and it's almost twice the size of a volca with knobs that are fall too small.

[@TheSunshineGroup]

Your comment shows you don't understand how product development works and the limitations involved.

[@modularmountain3910]

The Sunshine Group I don’t think your understanding what I’m saying, but that’s ok. Your entitled to your opinion and I’m entitled to mine. If you love the Volca series that’s fine. You don’t need to attack other people for not being satisfied with the direction they are taking.

[@modularmountain3910]

The Sunshine Group “fall to small?” Your comment shows you don’t understand English grammar.

[@TheSunshineGroup]

@@modularmountain3910 idk about the grammar part but it definitely shows that I don't edit my comments well enough ;)

[@DarrenGlen]

finally...Accent and Swing!!! yay!!!

[@caythorgrimson]

love this litle monster and the souds comming out of the beast put thrue a nts-1 only thing u need besides that is a case of beer and u are set for a evening of fun withe nasty bass tunes

[@volcadave9335]

I’m not a big acid fan but I do love that bass!

[@BrancoArgenta]

What happened to my Volca PPG Wavetable (Beige)?

[@sirgashmbe_nwa5397]

fail. sorry but expected it to sound huge. Using the tube name to sell it.

[@HazeAnderson]

lacks howl

[@nutritionalyeast7978]

why did they use the tubes in the oscillator, thats just gonna make the VCO less accurate? They could've made a 12db filter out of it and it wouldve actually sounded good then. not to imply it sounds bad but it would've made more the tube nonlinearity more useful

[@Soulauric]

You should go help Behringer and give them an idea. They need it.

[@BuRn_FrN]

Acid had been the saaaame since late 90's

[@MBArkestra]

Happy to say that the Korg Volca Fart didn't sway me to hurt my bank account more. It needed a break.

[@tripleeight5608]

i'm about to sell my volca bass for this one. I need the sequence chaining

[@mingtooter]

RomeroFanboy way to be a douche, bruh

[@ropewalkingelephant]

I wish it was an orange led inside the tube housing

[@kmmk292929]

can these devices play the tempo really really slowed down? It seems to always be a medium to fast beat

[@t55a2]

Yes, go to global functions and set it to 10-600bpm, it's in the manual online

[@cougarman8]

Volca drum is my favorite volca and I’ve owned them all. Right now I gotta say I don’t quite understand the appeal with this volca. Interesting and want to find out more!

[@ryananthony4840]

So this is basically their 303 right?

[@adriankelly483]

Can you do dub on this for backing techno

[@wardrich]

What's the life span on the "nutube" and how hard is it to replace?

[@Themunit1]

Its more like a display than a tube, lasts forever and can be easy replaced edit:display as in technologically not as in fake

[@alexeykurilo4381]

does it have pattern chain option?

[@callmedeno]

new to this stuff, why no piano key layout?

[@allthelittleworms]

more like a drum machine. it's a step sequencer

[@HrafnNordhri]

This makes me want an UNO Synth

[@vaaalsongs4867]

This sounds so yummy

[@48cloudpierre48]

don't listen to this video after eating taco bell . i now have stains i'll never be able to clean

[@blacktannerlll2202]

I like everything but that drive knob....it thins the sound out too much

[@EthanEves]

how is that crazy noise floor even remotely acceptable?

[@deldia]

That’s called feel

[@NU__SKY]

I'm prettu sure this synth is kool, but i would love to hear it with CLOSED filter.. That would be a bass , not bleeps 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Alpha303]

It sounds like the accents actually affect the filter envelope. PLEASE, tell me I'm right.

[@andrewaronson3364]

Some guy made a really nice 303 clone in reaktor and the accent does affect the filter envelope in that

[@gregorio_luque]

Acid4theMasses

[@danselmix]

not transistor, but diode ladder filter here

[@toumbas]

doesn't sound fat to me!

[@Tangobob1]

Somehow the Sounds sound all the same.

[@mikaelaltemark7059]

enveloped resonance?

[@nervedamage3097]

Pretty sure it's a diode ladder filter NOT transistor

[@meerkatzThe23]

as said on superbooth...

[@netexion4296]

Wow

[@scottharris7222]

I have all of the Volcas except for the mix but I have to say this one is a pass for me and I am a fan. The reason is I would expect a more innovative sequencer in this to make it worthwhile. Most Volcas have some feature (s) that sets it apart from the other in terms of performance options. This one adds a different sound palette (which you can add to the original Volca bass with a distortion unit effect box or in a daw ) but the rest of it is covering old ground. A swing and a miss for me.

[@sasamihalik]

I hear only frogs ... What about bass ?

[@Johnnybananass-_]

Why does everyone just make it sound like an acid house squelch soubd , okay some thunderous bass , maybe 10% are gonna make acid house these days - if that .

[@sonicuprising]

Sad it has no rev/delay

[@neoaureus]

What the modulated fukc?

[@Russ_Hell-Russell_Stevens]

We got wet farts, deep farts, laser farts, frog farts, even sequenced farts! All with the nufart tube. This fart box has it all!

[@BrancoArgenta]

Where is my Volca EX800!!!

[@scramrp]

Finally (after many attempts) Korg makes 303 clone! But cost... How much is it will be?

[@tuftynuts]

$200

[@shaft9000]

this is NOT a clone lol

[@scramrp]

@@shaft9000 ,bad "clone", "ressurection" 🤣

[@onkelberra3166]

I like the grit. Hope the price is right and not like the drum and modular

[@AfterNothingsEnd]

Berrabub $200 June 3rd

[@onkelberra3166]

@@AfterNothingsEnd not worth it. Looking at the competition that is

[@AfterNothingsEnd]

Agreed... and I own all the Volcas.

[@mc2engineeringprof]

Korg: Creates Volca Beats (analog drum machine), Volca (one shot / "percussion / drum") Sample, Volca Kick (bass drum and bass synth)... "HEY! I've got an idea! Let's make a DRUM machine! ". (Releases Volca " Drum") Also Korg: Creates Volca Bass (analog baas synthesizer), Volca Kick (analog bass and bass drum synth)..."HEY! I've got an idea! Let's make an analog bass synth!" (releases Volca nuBass) Also Korg: Creates 8 Volca synths with a standard MIDI In port. "HEY! I've got an idea! Let's make make a West Coast - style semi-modular Volca Modular synth but NOT include a MIDI in port and instead follow the growing tend of using CV that only started about 60 years ago and isn't even wildly popular with modular setups, but which is almost impossible to easily interface to modern gear!" (releases Volca Modular) Literally everyone else: "Can't we just get like a wavetable, analog modeling, vocoder, physical modeling (not just for percussion), string, or EP Volca synth? ... And you suck, Korg!" Behringer: " Here's a bunch of new synths with exactly that functionality, which sound better, and which cost about the same!" Korg: " Ummm, here's the 6th iteration of the Minilogue....?"

[@AllenSmithe]

XD has received rave reviews and people were very vocal about wanting it in module form as many people felt they had enough keyboards but still wanted the mini's features. The chaining effect for 8 note polyphony is a nice touch too.

[@mc2engineeringprof]

@@AllenSmithe Point is that Korg has lost their ability to INNOVATE. What you're describing with the XD is good MARKETING feeding into development. OK. That's important, too, but when there are now essentially FOUR of the nine Volcas that are essentially drum machines and THREE of the nine that are BASS synths, and the best innovation that they have is to borrow an idea from the Triton Extreme and Electribe units with the tube driver, I'd say that they are hurting for some engineering creativity. Korg has old wavetable (Wavestation, DW's), PCM (M's and Trinity / Triton series), Analog Modeling (MS/Microkorgs, Radias/R3, Z1/Prophecy/MOSS, King Korg), Vocoder (from many of the above), Effects (Kaoss line), and other synth tech to merely repackage that would all be welcome updates to the Volca line over the last 4/5 piles of steam that Korg has attached the name to. I get that this is just my own opinion, but I own every Volca and even though I'll likely drop the cash to buy this one (because I like the Bass so much and am eager to see what direction this re-imagining of it takes) too, I think that the company that gave us the M1, Triton, Microkorgs, Wavestation, MonoPoly, Z1, Radias, DW-8000, MS-20, and many more can do much, much, much, much, much better than this. Just my $0.02, though.

[@AllenSmithe]

@@mc2engineeringprof I agree, and tbh I do feel the same degree of underwhelment but maybe I've just excepted it. Roland keeps phoning it in as well.

[@AllenSmithe]

@@mc2engineeringprof Curious, did you buy the volca mix as well? That to me seemed the most superfluous

[@Deaphdot1]

how did you scratch it already hahaha

[@fantasyproduct1042]

Apart from the FM (which I still sold) I found them all too noisy

[@elissitdesign]

Fantasy product Really? Good to know. Thanks. I can’t stand noisy modules in my rig.

[@Khonichev]

Getting Akai Dan timbre wolf vibes from this one to be honest

[@drstupid1]

🤣

[@my4trackmachine]

Awww it’s not that bad

[@robguitarwizard]

Volca Fartz

[@bresk13]

Ewww...what' s up with all that background hiss ??

[@stinkymart3173]

Seems like a gimmick to push their new vacuum tube things but at least it produces usable sounds

[@aurozappa305]

Only 89 dollars???? I'll buy 2

[@nervedamage3097]

@The Tired Horizon try $250 and upwards in Australia.

[@SergeiVlassov]

was hoping to hear some bass, but no, just low-mid fart

[@IsraelFerrerCamacho]

best comment

[@middle_pickup]

This thing sounds great, but what the heck is a tube oscillator? Sounds like gimmicky marketing.

[@middle_pickup]

I just learned this is apparently a real thing. Had no idea!

[@drstupid1]

It's not a tube. It's a new tube

[@middle_pickup]

@@drstupid1 what's the difference? I thought korgs nutube was just a miniaturized vacuum tube?

[@Vode_ika]

@@middle_pickup Nutubes are just specifically designed VFD (vacuum fluorescent display. A type of vacuum tube usually used as a display) tubes made to be used like audio tubes for overdrive/distortion, or in this case an oscillator, and an overdrive.

[@drstupid1]

@@middle_pickup dude i have no idea what the difference is :) sounds bloody epic though to me. Im getting one for sure. And the other nu:tech or whatever the hell it's called. Love this stuff

[@Imetalman2000]

Too bad Behringer just dropped Their TD-3 at a cheaper price point.

[@khalylehagood3222]

I don't get what's special about the sound.

[@shaft9000]

that's because a 1V@20mA 'toob' isn't going to sound special. it's going to sound.... more like a transistor than a high-voltage pentode.

[@TheRealNicolas]

Sounds very boring to me.

[@Howardlandscapingllc]

Nutube.... Post-Tube

[@TheUnperson]

Noob Tube!

[@Howardlandscapingllc]

Always a better choice than the pump shottie!

[@Antoniofbsa]

pseudo 303 clone

[@LouisSerieusement]

no

[@robertbarrera9079]

Needs a sine wave for me...sorry.

[@v8trax]

This would be great if this was 1985 and I was composing music for a fuckin 8bit Nintendo game 😑

[@stack0413]

Nah! Still like the original so much more! Good try though

[@NONFamers]

An amazingly thin sound from this... - I'll pass, thank you.

[@kaybhee6]

hardly any bass///

[@Hamuelin]

It sounds exactly the same. Less interesting even.