[VOLCA DRUM] How to Sequence / Save and Load Kits + Programs / Chaining Programs

[@jacobsteel]

Great! Good picture and clear on the "only chaining between adjacent programs". Appreciated!

[@trevormalcolm4328]

Clear, concise and to the point. Looking forward to your next “Volca Drum” video! 🙏🏽👍🏽🇬🇧

[@xnflg3074]

Glad you liked the video! I've since transitioned to using pretty much all modular synths as of late (though I actually still use the Volca Kick in the context of modular), so it's unlikely I'll revisit the Drum any time soon. That is not to say it is not an amazing piece of gear. For the price, I think this Volca is the absolute coolest piece of gear in its class. There isn't even very much like it... a digital percussion synth with physical modeling capabilities and tons of unique features that make it really playable. It's funny because my Drum videos are a few of my most-watched, but they're just not what I want to focus on for this channel. I hope you'll still subscribe, though. Cheers!

[@trevormalcolm4328]

Already subbed up! I don’t spend as much time with the volca drum as I’d like so I keep your videos as a “quick reference guide”

[@ginociancio1]

I really enjoyed your review learned a lot in new to this volca but I'm waiting your videos because there is a lot to learn and a lot of information thanks 👍

[@minisynthcollective7822]

Thanks. Got mine yesterday so learning as I go. Wicked thing. Great demo.

[@heldersilva6158]

How´s it going by now?

[@humanBonsai]

Great video Andy

[@2beablessing2012]

Love your videos nice to point

[@vprice509]

Hi. Thanks for video. I'm new to the Volca Drum, so I appreciate this sort of thing. At the end when you showed the final product (chaining program 6 and 7) it would have been helpful to let it run a few times through the sequences. It all happened so fast that it was difficult to tell the difference between 6 and 7. Letting it loop a couple times would have been nice. Keep the videos coming, please. :)

[@nikosidis]

Thank you for this. Just what I was looking for and now I understand it :D

[@RogerioCRibeiro]

Thanks for the videos man!

[@ibrajimenez2098]

Thank you!

[@leonsubbotsky6087]

Bro stop doing crack cocaine, I thought the video was on ×1.5 speed😩😩😳

[@dinogoldie9716]

Request: A rule-of-thumb guide to making different sounds on the KV Drum (e.g. choosing the best sound source, modulator and envelope combos).

[@xnflg3074]

Crazy, you actually guessed what I was going to go into next for a tutorial. Going to start working on this one soon. Cheers!

[@dinogoldie9716]

I look forward to it. I know the KV Drum is capable of some nifty sounds but so far, my efforts are purely the fruits of dumb luck and hitting the "randomise layer" button.

[@FANKANable]

@@xnflg3074 hey dude, are you still making tutorials for this?

[@xnflg3074]

@@FANKANable Nope, but if you have a question or need to figure something out I can try to help.

[@mikebooth3591]

is it possible to play one pattern for 4 measures, then have it play a different pattern for two measures, then go back to the original pattern? preferably done manually? this is very informative, by the way ! thank you for this video !!!

[@xnflg3074]

Yes, but it’s gonna take a little bit of work. As long as that doesn’t bother you, it’s possible! You can save the pattern you want to play for 4 in a row to four of the memory slots in sequence, then build the one you want to play for 2 in a row on the next two concurrent sequences after the group of four you have copied. When you hold Function and Load Program, you can use two fingers to select the entire spread of programs you want it to play, and they will loop in sequential order.

[@mikebooth3591]

Great, and thank you !!!

[@bunkermusik5265]

Great! But how do you use the PS Vita with the Drum? ;)

[@xnflg3074]

*insert joke about using the PS Vita for anything at all here* 😛

[@boimesa8190]

All the demo programs seemed to be longer than 1x 16... I have no idea how to make more than that?

[@ewollenbergc]

A bummer that the mute function stops working when you chain programs…

[@chaddlanier]

Can you save multiple presets lime if you were using it for a setlist?

[@xnflg3074]

I answered this question for someone else before so I’ll copy my answer here: “Yes, but it’s gonna take a little bit of work. As long as that doesn’t bother you, it’s possible! You can save the pattern you want to play for 4 in a row to four of the memory slots in sequence, then build the one you want to play for 2 in a row on the next two concurrent sequences after the group of four you have copied. When you hold Function and Load Program, you can use two fingers to select the entire spread of programs you want it to play, and they will loop in sequential order.” Hope this helps

[@chaddlanier]

@@xnflg3074 it does thank you! would you recommend another affordable drum machine that focuses on having savable presets that's a bit easier to operate for live use?

[@xnflg3074]

@@chaddlanier Yeah this isn’t really for that kind of thing. There are plenty of affordable drum machines but imo the Volca Drum is more for techno and IDM style stuff. I don’t know drum machines well enough to recommend anything specific, though, especially for live backing tracks and whatnot. Good luck on your search!

[@chaddlanier]

@@xnflg3074 thank you!

[@2beablessing2012]

Poly rhythms tutorial please

[@anarcock]

easy question: how I can save my patter?.

[@Kenneth_H_Olsen]

I was like thinking using it as a drum machine for a . rock band. but . can the machine have like an intro1 time. then 4 loops of a verse then a refrain 2 bars then thange back to the verse 4 bars . if it cant . itskinda .... waste of my time . like we did on protracker Amiga, 25 years ago . point is I dont want to load up a goddamned computer every time we rehers a song . or is it like drone now, one beat. for 10 minutes . dok dok dok last 20 years . it has a screen and everything . Were moving backwards in time .... this is a TOY .

[@anarcock]

I got one of this machines with the same intention, but it seems too complex for jamming or doing something easy, its like you have to eat your brain jus for changing loops and sequences....

[@geraldclark5812]

There are other drum machines out there that are much closer to what you want, Arturia Drumbrute Impact comes to mind. A much older and not-so-popular machine is the Alesis SR18, which was very much designed to automate the drum portion of a band. It has dozens of built-in kits, sequences and bass lines with fills and other tricks for accompanying a live performance. I bought one with no knowledge of its capabilities, I don't play in a band so it's not for me, but just thought I'd give you that information. The Korg Volca Drum is awesome for creating interesting, often crazy sounds, but not that good when you want something that sounds like a typical kick, snare (really bad at snares), or cymbals sound. You can make them, but it is definitely hit-or-miss. I have a number of electronic music devices which I would put in the "toy" category, KVD is one of them. The real tipoff is there is no on-board way of saving your kits or programs to a computer or other memory, and going through every setting that was used to create your precious sound is *very* tedious. There are computer-based editors for this, but that kills the tactile creativity that made you buy the machine in the first place. Good luck!

[@voltijuice8576]

The Volca are intended more for hands-on "performance sequencing", rather than backing tracks.

[@ibrajimenez2098]

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