BCM Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 bcm, it's a phase problem positive and negative are cancelling each other out, resulting in shitty sound i guess left and right are in inverted phase you need a stereo 1/8inch to dual mono 1/4inch y~cable cheers, I'll try that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bitroast Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 It sounds like the joystick is tweaking all the different filter settings that are processing the Volca. I'm pretty sure there issn't anything different from the keys and regular A4 besides the keys and joystick. They use the same OS I believe. Yeah sweet figured as much but it was cool seeing utilise the stick as part of their performance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chunky Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 volca sample has a 1 bar sequencer or...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Anyone in Canada get their Volca Sample? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattern recognition Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 man the sound of the analog four/keys makes me feel good all over, so lush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Isn't the sample quality dependent on your phones microphone for recording? At least on ios the app does the work right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bitroast Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 what about recording a line in from another piece of gear? is that at all possible with the iphone app? or is the live sampling more for grabbing audio from the mic, and to insert samples you need to do it via dropping samples on iphone app via computer and then onto volca via iphone to volca connection? I'm a wee bit interested in the thing but only to sample other gear on the fly , and I don't think this is suited for that at all, which means I don't think i'm in interested in the thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 The vids I've seen just show them sampling real world sounds, or human voices which seems like a big waste if it can't do line in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 cmon someone has already written some third-party software for it.. so you no longer need an iphone to load samples: http://createdigitalmusic.com/2014/12/theres-already-free-sample-editor-volca-sample-barely-shipping/ Not designed for 'on the fly' sampling, but it's still pretty alright. I'll probably pick one up eventually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bitroast Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 yeah. playing with machinedrum, theres the option to load samples via computer and it takes just a wee bit of time to set it up and get the samples on there (not overly long but long enough that I hardly bother doing it), where recording via line in is a lot more spontaneous and makes for a better work flow I find. the volca honestly looks sweet and desirable but lack of line in is putting me on the fence am afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Have you guys done anything cool with this since the SDK? I'm really on the verge, but it mostly seems aimed at 4/4 based music, or hip hop. Are all the triggers and effects beat based, or could you twiddle up something ambient, or more freeform? Videos please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psn Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 It ain't a sampler if it can't sample. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 must be why it's called Sample instead of Sampler. btw a read-only Twitter would be called Twitte. *drowns* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skibby Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 haven't they even heard of USB or SD cards yet? wtf Korg you must be trolling. its like they made the volca line saying "just hurry they will buy anything, we make mk2 later, just hurry" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 I'm sure it's to keep the price/size down. They're not making any extra money from the software so it's not some marketing ploy. Are there even any other samplers available for the same price with similar features? If you want live sampling there's always the new electribe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skibby Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 well, i just want a cheap drum machine that i can load with my own samples and build kits, out of the box. with a step sequencer. i am actually considering building one out of an arduino cause fuck it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 let me know how that goes and how much it costs, I'm legitimately interested. .. also if you can get it to do chromatic sampling from MIDI input I'd most certainly look into making one Or, you know, you could just go for one of the old Electribes like the ES-1, which you can probably get on ebay for around the same price as the volca (maybe a little more) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokn Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Or, you know, you could just go for one of the old Electribes like the ES-1, which you can probably get on ebay for around the same price as the volca (maybe a little more) this is what i did. instead of getting the volca beats i got an electribe er-1. way more fun and versatile for a tiny bit more money, like 64 steps and 4 x 64 patterns and inputs, though not analog. i love it so much that i want the es-1 too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 let me know how that goes and how much it costs, I'm legitimately interested. .. also if you can get it to do chromatic sampling from MIDI input I'd most certainly look into making one Or, you know, you could just go for one of the old Electribes like the ES-1, which you can probably get on ebay for around the same price as the volca (maybe a little more) Just make sure you know if you're buying the SD card version, or the old mega memory cards that held jack shit. I have like half a dozen just to hold my old projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 I've got the smartmedia version and it honestly doesn't bother me. It doesn't play the samples directly from the card anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 But it will load them from an SD slot right? Isn't that the point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 It can load them but it ultimately stores samples and pattern data in onboard memory. The only use for the card that I've found is to transfer pre-recorded samples from a PC. Loading samples from the card in a live situation isn't very practical! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Well yeah, those smart media adapters weren't too sexy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th555 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Question for those who've used this thing: seems like it's possible to have the pitch snap to semitones, and dial in melodies, correct? Is it doable to make chords also, or would you need multiple channels for that? Does it do looping samples (with loop points)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I don't imagine it's easy to get melodies out of it. This is what I consider to be a major limitation of most compact samplers on the market. Why are they all so geared towards rhythm or loops? Surely it's not difficult to include a feature that will allow incoming MIDI notes to affect the pitch of a sample? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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