Using a Korg Volca Nubass to make ambient pads and melodies

No Talking. Just Analog Vibes.
I bet you didn't think the Volca Nubass was good at fluffy arpeggios. Well think again! Actually, its probably not the best application for it, but I was surprised it held its own for some nice melodies and tones!
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[@robosardine303]

Just shows you. The Nubass is a highly underrated gem… apart from those that know. This is such a great demo. It’s such a great instrument. Where is the love? Maybe if it somehow became popular in the mainstream it would dilute its charm.

[@marcosrotllan]

Why underrated??

[@swaggedup6934]

@@marcosrotllan compared to the popularity of the other Korg volca's its pretty underrated.

[@I.O.M.]

Thanks for the demo. I know everything sounds better with effects but this thing but just be under the radar for folks.

[@SlaserX]

Thank you for making a video showing off the power of the nubass. I wish it had some of these effects on its own. I run mine through pedals, or even a simple NTS-1 (The Effects Master)

[@ninjamoves3642]

the blue sky sends it soaring !

[@evwaldron]

$150 synth with $1000 worth of effects pedals... I mean, it sounds amazing... but that's a rather high bar for entry.

[@ld8341]

True, but you could get a long way towards it with a couple of cheap Behringer pedals, the free delay / reverb effects in any DAW, or something like the free Valhalla Super Massive plugin.

[@flipspark]

Yeah true, I reckon you could get a better result with Valhallas plugins to be honest.

[@THEREALDATALORD]

Hardware is a luxury. If you can afford it great...otherwise supplement with VSTs.

[@davidbetts2980]

But he an add what ever he wants anyway, next investment top end synthesiser 😉

[@josephwright5921]

Just get a ZOOM MS70

[@swaggedup6934]

I LOVE THESE!!!

[@swaggedup6934]

thats amazing!

[@kenzomusicit2827]

Sounds great! Love Strymon pedals!

[@synthebo]

Fantastic!! 😄

[@Synthonizers]

Superbe, great

[@eitelgiuliacci-bonnefoy7411]

That actually a really good way to use the nubass Nice work

[@josephwright5921]

Has anyone tried one of the VOX Valve Energy pedals like the Copperhead on synths? They use the NUTUBE technology as well.

[@robosardine303]

Oooooh nice

[@Dan-ms4oq]

A lot of of people are talking about the sound coming from the synth but I wanted to ask how you go about composing these EDM Acid-ish riffs. It's patterns of arpeggios over chords but some have gaps and with some the order changes, it's really impressive.

[@jordanWAH]

the volca bass has an acid bass sound, I'd like hear it like this too. or any cheap clones of 303 bass synth

[@4957842]

Good ,Always I use some Bypass filter and delay

[@gapster77]

Man, that sounds nice!

[@synthebo]

🤩👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@etiennedevignolles7538]

Are those 3 Strymon pedals in some sort of case or did you just push them closely together? Sounds great, I will get my Nubass out with my NTS-1 and a couple of Eurorack effects units I have.

[@Pheonix0114]

Acid ambient, whoda thunk it

[@swaggedup6934]

Do u prefer the volca Nubass to the regular vocal bass?

[@flipspark]

Nah i do really like the volca bass. The NuBass is cool though, and does a pretty good job of adding a pseudo 303 vibe. But its a bit of a one trick horse. The volca bass is more versatile IMO

[@THEREALDATALORD]

If you set the mix on the effects to 100% you get a straight up pad.

[@flipspark]

Correct. I thought this would be an interesting video, who would use the nabass for pads?!

[@Mr.Tubster]

Nubass is awesome, you can test it in exactly 12 hours 🙂 I gave my nubass a delay and a sq-64

[@heathbrady8510]

Strange I’ve never considered a huge verb would pull ambient pads out of an arpeggio. Liked and you have a new sub here.

[@flipspark]

Cheers!

[@jamesfish]

really nice arp sequences, did you program those yourself? gorgeous trance nostalgia

[@flipspark]

Yeah, arps are pretty easy with a Keystep Pro. And yeah I can't seem to shake my trance roots!