Korg Volca Beats Motion Control & Stutter Recording Tutorial

[@longshotkdb]

outstanding. bought one over the counter this afternoon. after one video i made a beat after two videos i saved a decent edited beat, and half way through this (the third video) i can do all this!! what an outstanding toy. and ive been playing with drum machines since the 90's. this wee volca is a classic.

[@toddsmithmusic3172]

Yes I love the Volca Beats, I did over 30 jams with it as my solo drum machine. I can't wait till I can mix the PO-12 / Volca Beats in one song, I still need more inputs to do that , lol. Glad you like the little machine. The Beats feels like people either love it or hate it , no real middle road. I love it. =)

[@toddsmithmusic3172]

The PO -12 is smaller and cheaper and has some nice options the Beats doesn't, you might want to look at that one too. I'll be doing a tutorial on how I work with the PO-12 very soon too !!

[@longshotkdb]

cool, i'll stay tuned then =) im currently trying to patch the volca to my bit99, no joy so far. but no issues with the sh101 i'm happy to report! cheers.

[@eurokush171]

Crazyyy tutorial, I just got the korg volca beats and the video helpt me allot thanks.

[@air3100]

You can delete motion recording with the "clear part" function (press FUNC and the 15th gold key), though it will also obvs clear the whole part.

[@toddsmithmusic3172]

Yea, it's been awhile since using Volca but I love those little bastards !

[@evankeal]

Had mine for a week now to go with an Arturia Microfreak. Both have interesting ways of adding in some randomness (Stutter here and Dice/Spice on the Arturia. Both are really easy to use, cheap with high gang for buck.

[@erc.erc.erc.]

Funny… this is the pair I’m about to embark with.

[@lunaticlensstudio7510]

Excellent tutorial, thanks so much. :-)

[@toddsmithmusic3172]

You're very welcome!

[@MrUkn0w]

Sick! Much appreciated video

[@toddsmithmusic3172]

Happy to help!

[@pascallukacs8351]

Excellent tutorial

[@toddsmithmusic3172]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jessfrancofan]

Still helpful...thank you!!

[@freeecountryy]

What's up Todd? I was just talking to Chris the other day and he mentioned you. Cool video man!

[@toddsmithmusic3172]

Thanks bro, glad you enjoyed it. Old video, bad quality .. got the ball rolling tho. =)

[@pjdahmen]

Sound is Great

[@toddsmithmusic3172]

Thank you, old video. Glad you enjoyed it

[@AmericanMuscleZ28]

Thank you so much seriously helping me learn the volca a so much better!! What forum is the one you were talking about in this video? I want to learn as much about the volcas as possible

[@toddsmithmusic3172]

+dank jenk Korg Volca Group on FB

[@toddsmithmusic3172]

+dank jenk I also started a Korg Volca group on google plus but it's small ATM. I have MANY more tutorials planned. Glad this helped and you have a great day my friend !!

[@bewbtewb]

Great video. So Motion Record can only be used for recording parameter changes? Can you not just record a parameter state? For example, let's say I find a sweet agog speed setting or a snare stutter setting. Can you not simply record that? Can you only record knob twists not knob states?

[@toddsmithmusic3172]

Never really tried that. I'm not sure if you'd need a small movement to trigger it or not. I can test that later when I get home, after work.

[@spaaarky21]

I recently got a Volca Beats and am looking for a way to change the part level (maybe this would be considered velocity) for only certain snare beats, not the whole snare part. It seems like recording can only capture triggers and changes to stutter, PCM speed and maybe analogue part parameters. Is there any way to record movements in "part level"? I basically just hard and soft beats.

[@thestrx]

"...other than if its playing black, 'me: hahaha' ...if it's playing black haha." me: rotfl' nice video dude

[@toddsmithmusic3172]

Glad you enjoyed it, lol. 🐿

[@galvedro]

You can disable the automation on the active part by disabling the corresponding step key, for example FUNC + step 12 to disable SPEED. That returns manual control to the PCM SPEED knob and will not replay your automation. The automation is still recorded into memory so, if you enable MOTION REC SPEED again, you will recover it. But then, if you do want automation on that parameter and don't like your original take, you just record it again. For Stutter, it's not as straight forward, because it's two knobs that are enabled by one MOTION REC STUTTER step key.

[@kyleweber9693]

Does anyone know if you can save the track normally after you record stutter and speed?

[@vacionauta]

Hello, and many thanks for your video. I'm facing a problem: in some memories pcm motion recording works and in some others it doesn't. I always enable motion rec. I reset to factory defaults but still nothing. The light of Rec button keeps on but it doesn't record my PCM adjustments. Has it happened to you? Is there some function or something I have enabled causing something like that? thank you in advance

[@franky47]

Yes, it happened to me right after updating the firmware to 1.03, did you do that as well ? It seems to work only on memories where Motion Rec Speed was activated when saved, some factory banks have it, but it's a pain.. I was fortunate enough to have discovered that issue right after buying my unit (and upgrading the firmware), so I could exchange it.

[@vacionauta]

@@franky47 Korg updated the ..updated firmware since the last one had this bug, download the new one from the korg page and you should be ok

[@franky47]

​@@vacionauta Thanks for the heads-up ! My Beats is still on 1.02 so I'm good, I'm just wondering what the "setting sync unit in global parameter" feature brought in 1.03 means, is that to set one or two Sync pulses per step, as is possible on more recent Volcas ?

[@franky47]

​@@vacionauta Do you have the 1.04 installed then ? No other issues to report there ?

[@edwardconmy1626]

Is function control just for time or time and depth?

[@R1drums]

both

[@gm4751]

Also, is there a way to are an 16 bar loop with changes edited in? I know you can make a recording of a rhythm you make, but how do you add to that rhythm without making the new part part of the rhythm?

[@toddsmithmusic3172]

It's been awhile since I owned this one my friend so can't test right now. I traded my volca rack for other gear my friend

[@al.cavalu]

​@@toddsmithmusic3172Yeah, this popped up in my feed and was just wondering... Todd Smith now doing *volca* tutorials?? Then I saw... 7 years ago. Not that there's anything wrong with volcas...

[@gm4751]

Ok, I need to know is there anyone out there who knows how to change to 3/4's on the Volcabeats beats? Or can it be done at all?! Driving me crazy.

[@toddsmithmusic3172]

I can try and look this up when home. again it's been a bit

[@tubeDude48]

Your Full Tutorial Playlist link is DEAD!

[@toddsmithmusic3172]

It's been 2 years, a lot has changed. =P

[@toddsmithmusic3172]

What videos are you looking for to find ?

[@YOtuamigoelpuma]

hmm , why I can't hear you ?

[@toddsmithmusic3172]

This was a early recording with horrible setup. I started YT with these videos and had trash gear and 0 previous experience with audio/ video. Maybe try headphones or different speakers. I’m sorry

[@YOtuamigoelpuma]

@@toddsmithmusic3172 sorry , my bad , the headphones were not properly connected ; you are a great teacher !