TubularCorporation Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I'm highly tempted to get one of these, but then again DX7s keep coming up at my local secondhand instrument store.. I've always wanted a DX7 just as a keyboard to play Still my favorite synth-action keyboard I've ever played, I'd consider one just as a controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRiP Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 ...i got one Only tried it with one of my MIDI/USB devices, but couldnt get DEXED to use the MIDI ports, kept giving me an error along the lines of "cannot open ports"shall try it with my other MIDI sport and see heard other people using DEXED to create the carts then use C6 to transfer them overFalling in love with DX7 patch videos, so relaxing to listen to...shame the volcas only got the 3 voice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entorwellian Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I love that video. Sweet versatile fm. I've been giving a go at the advanced editing in the volca. It's still complex but I find it a bit easier in some respects to edit than the yamaha. The envelope generator rate settings for the operators take a bit of playing around to figure out the attacks and decay rates right (almost seem like they're logarithmic in their response time). Being able to change the algorithms around on the fly is so amazing. Its almost a cheat function to make crazy sounding stuff with automating that with "smooth motion sequence" turned on. If this wasn't limited to 3 voices this would be my favourite cheap synth. I almost want to have two of these and the volca sample and leave it at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepstakes Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Being able to change the algorithms around on the fly is so amazing. Its almost a cheat function to make crazy sounding stuff with automating that with "smooth motion sequence" turned on. Mmm, tasty... can you control the algorithm parameter over MIDI? Is it just sysex or can you assign a CC to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepstakes Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I've really cooled on my beats, and am not that excited at the bass or keys (except maybe the polyphonic ringmod...) but this and the sample are still looking pretty nice. I think I'll end up picking them both up, just not sure which I want first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entorwellian Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I've really cooled on my beats, and am not that excited at the bass or keys (except maybe the polyphonic ringmod...) but this and the sample are still looking pretty nice. I think I'll end up picking them both up, just not sure which I want first. Algorithm is MIDI mappable. CC# 30 I'd get the Volca FM if you have to choose between the two. It *is* a dx7, more or less, so if you want Boards of Canada's vibraphone, here you go! Even if you don't use it for synth leads and stuff it makes for one very good dedicated percussion instrument. It's good on its own with morphing the presets and its great at making drums once you get into the advanced editing. Volca Sample is a close second. I haven't tried the Volca Kick yet but I'll give that one a whirl next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepstakes Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Excellent! Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. I already have samplers coming out of my ears. The more the merrier though :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Sumbitches Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 That FM patches video is sweeeeet Also, not Volca-related but I ordered one of these off eBay, 50 squid, should make for some limited but fun FM antics: Should be arriving any day now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 hey the quadraverb is amazing in its own right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psn Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 https://youtu.be/S_LC1SqvlsE Lovely! Got more in that vein? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepstakes Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 https://youtu.be/S_LC1SqvlsE Lovely! Got more in that vein? Yes please, great drums indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Sumbitches Posted November 15, 2016 Author Share Posted November 15, 2016 That FM patches video is sweeeeet Also, not Volca-related but I ordered one of these off eBay, 50 squid, should make for some limited but fun FM antics: Should be arriving any day now... Oh my stars. I spent many an hour with the 570 as a teenager. I would love to be able to have one again. This track was all 570 with the exception of the noisy clicky portion. I still love the sound of the drums all these years laterhttps://youtu.be/S_LC1SqvlsE I picked up an FM today after watching that Japanese guy's video. Alesis Quadraverb is no Eventide but I want to explore like that all the same Aw man this is ace! The Amorphous Door is a superb name for a project btw. Loving the 570 so far, although I didn't get it for ages as it ended up floating in courier limbo somehow. Drums are limited but lots of fun, being able to apply the synth controls to the cheesy auto-bass function means you can make weird morphing bass freakouts that get very interesting at high tempos. Lovely FM tones, as you'd expect. Would definitely recommend keeping an eye on ebay for anyone who's interested, they (and the PSS470, 480, and 580, which only differ very slightly) don't seem that uncommon and generally don't cost a lot of money. Will try and post some demo/jam-y things at some stage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubularCorporation Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 ...i got one Only tried it with one of my MIDI/USB devices, but couldnt get DEXED to use the MIDI ports, kept giving me an error along the lines of "cannot open ports" shall try it with my other MIDI sport and see heard other people using DEXED to create the carts then use C6 to transfer them over Falling in love with DX7 patch videos, so relaxing to listen to...shame the volcas only got the 3 voice... I've never owned a DX7, just a DX21 and a TX802, but I always found it easier to edit from the front panel than to use an editor, anyway. Once you get a feel for how Yamaha handled envelopes it's pretty simple, even the 802 with just the numeric keypad (although the buttons on that can be fussy sometimes). The 21 (and the DX7's I've messed with) were great because you can do it all by ear so easily, just select a parameter and tweak it with the data slider while you play until t sounds the way you want it to. Almost as immediate as a -one-control-per-parameter interface once you get a feel for it. Software editors always make FM feel more complicated than it actually is, to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubularCorporation Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 That FM patches video is sweeeeet Also, not Volca-related but I ordered one of these off eBay, 50 squid, should make for some limited but fun FM antics: Should be arriving any day now... Oh my stars. I spent many an hour with the 570 as a teenager. I would love to be able to have one again. This track was all 570 with the exception of the noisy clicky portion. I still love the sound of the drums all these years laterhttps://youtu.be/S_LC1SqvlsE I picked up an FM today after watching that Japanese guy's video. Alesis Quadraverb is no Eventide but I want to explore like that all the same Aw man this is ace! The Amorphous Door is a superb name for a project btw. Loving the 570 so far, although I didn't get it for ages as it ended up floating in courier limbo somehow. Drums are limited but lots of fun, being able to apply the synth controls to the cheesy auto-bass function means you can make weird morphing bass freakouts that get very interesting at high tempos. Lovely FM tones, as you'd expect. Would definitely recommend keeping an eye on ebay for anyone who's interested, they (and the PSS470, 480, and 580, which only differ very slightly) don't seem that uncommon and generally don't cost a lot of money. Will try and post some demo/jam-y things at some stage... A friend of mine has a 570, thing is pretty great. EDIT: deleted UMR2 retrofit recommendation, I guess it's discontinued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polymershapes Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 grabbed a 570 from ebay because of this thread -- incredible toy. i just sat here for 90 minutes twiddling sliders at high bpm with the auto bass and chord accompaniment recording out into reaper. generated many useful bits to sample. i like how a few of the bass and chord combinations sound stereotypically rave-stabby. can do acidic techno loops easily. have gotten a few good kicks and hi hat sounds out of the FM section accidentally too as part of the accompaniment loop, have to chop those out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Sumbitches Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share Posted December 3, 2016 Woohoo! Welcome to 570 club :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRiP Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 apologies for the bump but wanted to share these vids somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRiP Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 also very tasty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotwang Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBro Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 I wanna get one off Gumtree. I think £80 might be good 2nd hand he he. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Volca FM is really great. Building patches for it is a world to get lost into in itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubularCorporation Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 It's no 570 but a couple weeks ago I got a text from my dad saying he found a discarded PSS-190. I'm going out to visit them this weekend, should be fun to mess with. Every 2-op Yamaha M toy keyboard seems to have something about it to like, from what I can tell the 190's strong points are voice layering, keyboard split an an onboard chorus. My plan is to see if I can ad an audio input so I can run other stuff through the chorus, unless it's not a chorus at all and is really just layering two identical voices and detuning them. Edit: it's also cool that the demo song isn't just Venus, it sounds like they were going for the original Shocking Blue version not the more famous cover that was big at the time. Good on them! (PSS-50 is the same keyboard with only one speaker and no finger-drum pads) Also the drums sound a lot different than the PSS-140 that was my first instrument as a tiny kid, and that I still use sometimes (mostly for the drums), so that's cool. I assumed they would be the same.Also Apparently all these old PSS series Yamahas have a pretty decent cult following in the Banda world for their tuba presets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sweepstakes Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Volca FM is really great. Building patches for it is a world to get lost into in itself.Do you build patches onboard with the slider and param select knob?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Just noticed the Volca FM is back in stock on Sweetwater, so I bought it. This is the last piece of the Volca Live Set puzzle. All that's left is to get one of those weird cables for the Sample (so it doesn't require one MIDI channel per sample ) and write a set in Ableton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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