Volca Retrowave / Synthwave Jam (2018-05-20 Part IV)

Live jam with 4 Volcas and a bunch of effects. The Volca FM as a bass machine!
Korg Volca Sample + Waldorf 2-Pole Analog Filter
Korg Volca FM + Zoom MS-50G
Korg Volca Bass + Strymon BigSky
Korg Volca Keys + GFI System Specular Reverb V2
Arturia Beatstep Pro
Arturia Keystep
Miditech MIDI Thru/Filter
Behringer XENYX UFX1204
Video recorded with iPhone 7. Audio recorded with UFX1204 in "standalone" mode, recording directly to USB HDD.
If you have questions about how everything (Volcas, effects, controllers) is connected (power, audio, MIDI), check out this video: • Our Volca Setup: How I...
This jam contains some awesome Volca FM bass patches by Oscillator Sink: / oscillatorsink
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[@adamntbk]

Volcawave

[@markotik75]

Love your videos- I spend hours sometimes, jotting down notes and diagrams of how you have things set-up. Brilliant mate, thanks.

[@SlenterendeBeer]

Markotik G : Thank you so much!! It’s great to hear we can inspire people like that! :)

[@jaromirdziewic]

Very atmospheric, super inspirational! THX Bro!

[@vicroberts3080]

Those extra arms are screwing with my mind

[@tomiidev]

beautiful stuff! first bit sounds like the intro to affirmative action by nas :)

[@tali813]

Clever use of the Volca Sample. With a good sequencer, the Volcas are impressive. Keep pumping out tracks. :D

[@SlenterendeBeer]

Thanks & will do! :)

[@WildernessMusic_GentleSerene]

You sure know the value of synth/effects. I believe that any synth is only half of the sound in the studio, the other half is processing; equalization, reverb, delay, chorus, compression, and more to obtain really big sound and separation in the stereo field as well as the frequency spectrum. Thank you for your contribution.

[@SlenterendeBeer]

Wilderness Music : Totally agree, that’s why we’ve spent a lot more on effects than actual synths. :)

[@InkyDaCaT]

Genius and genuinely made...enough said team

[@SlenterendeBeer]

Inky Blue : Thanks, Inky!! 😄

[@valdiskrebs566]

Nice jam!!!

[@UberSynth]

Nice set. Set the scale and you can't go wrong. It's great to see stuff played live on the fly instead of something where it's all pre programming and pattern change knob twiddling

[@OScillatorJams]

Great Jam! 👍

[@zicoskywalker]

Nice Jam guys

[@MuhammadAldienPranata]

OMG THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL!

[@SlenterendeBeer]

Steal the Sun : Thank you!! :)

[@arcsibo]

hell yeah, awesome live jam!

[@SlenterendeBeer]

arcsibo : Thankss!! :)

[@kikkirow]

Damn this is awesome

[@nickhaldin8674]

Wow. Excellent, guys! 👍🏼👍🏼 good to see a REAL demo of what these inexpensive beasts can do.

[@SlenterendeBeer]

Thank you so much!! :)

[@user-zi5rs1by7b]

I need a friend to jam with ☹

[@JakeG]

Excellent use of them Volcas, fellas

[@SlenterendeBeer]

Jake G : Thanks, Jake! :)

[@doobie-dave]

Such a rad jam!

[@SlenterendeBeer]

David Koberstein : Thanks, David! :)

[@spacey_jones]

AWESOME

[@johnborchardt9416]

That was great!

[@SlenterendeBeer]

John Borchardt : Thanks, John!! :)

[@lucasventura284]

killer track

[@Demon1090]

Man, i is a cooool, respect from Russia !!!

[@Timecop1983]

Heel vet! Heb jullie net ontdekt via synthforum.nl, heel cool! En jullie ook nog een Synthwave! Uit welke Volca komt die heerlijke drone pad?

[@SlenterendeBeer]

Tof! Die pad uit het begin? Dat is de Volca Keys + Specular Reverb. Die Specular maakt het zo dik hoor. :)

[@gilcorleto]

Fuck**g awesome!!!! Congratulations from Guatemala City 👌

[@SlenterendeBeer]

gilberto corleto : Thanks, Gilberto!!! :)

[@100tjl]

love to know your settings on that volca keys best I've heard it and I have one

[@SlenterendeBeer]

Tom Lyle, I think we used a little bit of the pitch LFO on its lowest rate, that gives a lot of atmosphere to chords. Also, try to keep the filter cutoff relatively low and add some resonance (“peak”) for a warmer sound. But of course a big element here is the reverb effect, that really makes the sound so huge.

[@100tjl]

thanks I'll play around when I can might just get it

[@sprungingforvoltage]

👍👍

[@TheInferno]

part of it sounds like Halo OST "A Walk in the Woods" 💙

[@SlenterendeBeer]

The Inferno : Yeah I can see how it reminds you of that. :)

[@ch8049]

XLNT...👍🏻

[@urzathehappy72]

Neat! I got a minilogue and subphattty. On my wish list is the beatstep pro, big sky, and behringer poly d. What do u recommend, fellow synth wizards?

[@SlenterendeBeer]

Roger [kirby] Waters : Well, we already have a Beatstep Pro and a Big Sky, and both are highly recommended. Just keep in mind that the BSP is a monophonic sequencer (so no chords) and it cannot sequence MIDI CC. I recently bought a Digitakt because it does support those two things, and it’s a great sampler. The Poly D sounds very nice indeed! In terms of poly-synths, my current wishlist contains the Prophet Rev2 and Hydrasynth. :)

[@HawkeyeFortune]

Question, if you had started again, would you buy the bigsky from the beginning or would you still buy the gsi reverb?

[@SlenterendeBeer]

Good question. I think I wouldn't have bought the Specular. I still love its sound, but the Big Sky can do so much more, and the Clouds mode is just bliss. :)

[@markotik75]

How is the Waldorf 2 pole? I have the rocket and the strings but never even checked 2-Pole out...

[@SlenterendeBeer]

Markotik G : We really like the 2-Pole. The filter and drive sound great, and you can do some interesting things with the LFO and envelope, especially when feeding it CV. Check this video (and description) for a fun example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKOvlGCpqqmioZo I only wish there was a stereo version of this unit! And it would have been cool to have other LFO shapes, but I’ve never really missed it. :)

[@Flying_Acehole]

I need jam to friend with

[@genepozniak]

Love it. Though I gotta say the two-finger Volka Keys solo is not sexy to watch. lol

[@SlenterendeBeer]

Gene Pozniak : Hahaha yeah I know what you mean!! ;)

[@florianderop2955]

goodsh it

[@ChaitanyaBhagwatChai]

hi, in a setup like this, what's the master clock?

[@frankstetka7206]

I was thinking it could just be careful settings but the Beatstep is my thought

[@UnitedPebbles]

Volca kick sure sounded nicer with mixer. Or maybe he used electro. But Roland drum or real live drum probably better if u r a drummer n got space?

[@blackphaser9956]

Bpm?

[@yng2yangaj]

track is nice, but the keystrokes are not consistent, if you don't look at the video and only listen to the audio you can feel it. good vibes though, no offence :P just productive criticism :)

[@SlenterendeBeer]

Iustin Alexandru : Thanks for the feedback. This recording is 20 minutes long, is there a specific part you’re talking about?