the real question is are all serious instruments ultimately just toys?

@droptherapy2085

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly that's a really good point. People seem to take music way too seriously.

@mattdeese298

2 жыл бұрын

Good point. I think that applies to alot of things. I bought a small 400 cc motorcycle years ago. I would get comments like why do you go get a real bike like a Harley and get rid of that toy.

@lenonel3286

Жыл бұрын

That's why we call it "playing" music

@stuartdavid8493

Жыл бұрын

As Paul McCartney says “We play music, we don’t “work” music.”

@parasiteunit

Жыл бұрын

Actually, if you think about it - the actual question is "when does the musical toy become an instrument"? I would put forward the conjecture that as you said, all instruments are toys. It is how they are used... You can turn 10k of Vintage Fairlight sampler into a toy by sampling farting noises... However you can also turn an old 8 bit RZ 1 drum machine into an ambient drone machine by tapping in a series of 16th notes and Turing up the BPM to the 270 mark... It's the use that defines the perception. Look at some of the music made with the old Korg Monotron for example 🙂

Really like these guys laughing and having a good time that’s what music is about.

@R---66---R

4 жыл бұрын

And that's exc what KORG gives you!

@Neil-Aspinall

3 жыл бұрын

I find it totally annoying and unprofessional.

@davefx7949

3 жыл бұрын

@@Neil-Aspinall Pisss off you old fart!!! Go be a kill joy somewhere else.

@SpeccyMan

Ай бұрын

@@Neil-Aspinall I recommend a good laxative.

@Neil-Aspinall

Ай бұрын

@@SpeccyMan Depending on your age Spexy I'd say it's time for your bowel investigation.

The TB-303 was considered "just a toy" until someone picked it up and made acid out of it, just remember that before you judge

@parasiteunit

Жыл бұрын

It was even worse than that... The 303 was originally released to provide a backing bass tone for folks who literally just had a guitar, played pubs and such.... It was a terribly misplaced product. Roland had to slash the prices of them considerably. Then a few years later, folks started getting them to do what they weren't designed for. As you said - the rest of the history we know

@brooklynboy1000

10 ай бұрын

so many people over analyse all these boxes. just use whats good about it and get on with making songs not being scientists. yeah thats right all you ambient twats

It's nice having someone like jack who is legitimately interested in learning from the guys they have in

@annother3350

4 жыл бұрын

I hear he's known as Unbalanced Jack... 😂

@kikaizuki

3 жыл бұрын

I think he’s legitimately high.

@Uffoeh

3 жыл бұрын

@@kikaizuki kololol

@New_Zealand_Music

3 жыл бұрын

@@annother3350 lol lol. Awesome joke thank you for making me smile.

@mastah2494

Жыл бұрын

@@kikaizuki me 2

You can't fake having fun with these guys! Really great seeing two gents playing with music gear and having a good time. That's the essence of live performance, enjoying the creative flow and power at your fingertips!

@finonomastropiero4261

3 жыл бұрын

i think they overreact a bit.

Every toy can turn into an instrument in the hands of a serious musician.

@lalolanda2239

Жыл бұрын

serious is your mother

Jack and Luke - my favourite duo out there! :D Great demonstration!

It would be so cool if they made a poly volca similar to the keys but with more than one wave shape. Call it a volca duo or trio or something.

Came to learn about Korg Volcas. Stayed for the laughs and camaraderie!!

That glassy sound on the FM , 😎

Such a good vibe from this video and hearing them all working together really shows them off so well

The energy in this video was great and got me excited about synths again. Thank you guys

Jack's excitement is infectious!

I've just bought a Volca Keys and it's awesome! I can plug it into my MIDI keyboard but I am just learning how to use it standalone first to experiment with the sounds and having great fun with its many useful features. But thanks guys for the great and in-depth review of the others models in the Volca series. I don't think I need another one but it was great to see what they all do as it's an amazing product range. Respect!

Man i did't know these toys exist. I'm here just because of stage piano and I cant stop watching these two. I'm discovering whole new world. .

I can’t believe I’ve just discovered this channel. These videos are extremely entertaining, informative, and well- put together

Korg has really been knocking it out of the park with making quality stuff that is accessible for lower price point. They also have some killer ipad apps that I love.

ive been looking around for ages, this video cleared a lot up stuff up for me, thanks a lot!

I really enjoyed this demonstration! Thank you!

I love how happy these two get whenever they're together. =D

they always have so much fun - makes it great to watch

it is nice to see 8 of them all hooked together like that. i love the case. there is a glorious little empty space in there!

What a fun demo to watch!!!

That guy on the right is good, I saw him do a demo on the FM and he was doing the kenny logins danger zone riff

Man, what a great video. The mood was unbeatable

What an awesome idea for a video. Nice!

Such great energy, brother. Keep being.

I love the enthusiasm.

I think they need to get together for another Volca session!! This is too great!! ❤

Bloody awesome.....! Cheers....love it!

YES, thanks for the reupload

Jacks face😂😂😂 at 28.08 brilliant lol

Excellent!!!Very Good. Thank you!!

That Volca Kick would be a great electric drum for bass guitar training. It keeps the beat and bass players can learn to play in odd times with loops of course.

I just recently got the volca bass and I'm completely sold on it. I need the entire setup now.

That guy was so excited, and so am I. I need me some of those.

Damn Luke making some kickass techno there. Great fun by the lads.

It's christmas everytime you two make a video together!

Been waiting on my Beats to arrive for a month now, looks so fun!

People might find Jacks continual delight with each product to be somewhat disingeneous. But that is what i love about watching him. The excitement of ALL of this great gear we have access to these days! Really, if you dont have alot of money, you can still outfit your studio with beautiful gear like this volca stuff. More money wont get you better music making. Different, maybe. But not better. Jack's enthusiasm is the perhaps the most honest and legitimate part of the videos.

korg needs to add a Volca Looper, with inputs and outputs to add live instruments

I love all the funny guys on your channel! just great! ;D

theyre both i used to take my fm eveywhwere and since it was fm i could kill soo much time just setting up paramaers for patches lol i reallhy fell in love with it and made me appreciate just making sound design sessions insted of rushing thorugh one or looking for simmilar patches to start on or get inspired by. i really loved the sitting down w the only goal was to make at lest 1 or 2 patches to use for my next cook or sit down and get a song that needs one or something and just design a sound to correct or fill or just finish a something

You guys are the best!

looove the Keys.. the sound is proper lush (and phrase ive only even used once in my entire life...)

Korg guy did a great job. I almost regret buying the minilogue Xd. I could have bought 4 volcas.

I would have liked to see how he works 2 Volca mixers in that setup

Did you mixed the room hall together with the line signal ? 'Cause it sounds so nice !

Nice guys, massive toys!

Great vid!

Jack is hilarious. Top demonstration

My Xmas present is the FM , looking forward to doing some 80s AOR ,rock on it

So the volcas , with quality leads into a decent mixing desk are good enough quality on a final mixdown ? Also are you combining the drum volcas into 1 channel with a splitter and same with 2 other volcas split into ch2 likewise? Cheers

Cool!

Great video.

room mic sounds better than sound from board

@JasonWalpole

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah! Why switch?

@junktrunk5333

5 жыл бұрын

it sounds better because its putting the music into a space rather than being fully 'dry' which sounds alot more natural. they switch to the fully dry audio so you can hear what the synth sounds like unnaffected, aka what you will hear when you record it into your daw.

@moosgummi4480

4 жыл бұрын

@@junktrunk5333 Yeah, but they could have shown that by switching to line twice or so in the beginning of each instrument. Doing it every time there´s nobody talkig is very technical.

Why is the bass cutting out so much when you bring in that one sound (snare/hat?) on the Beats? Also, the Sampler needs microSD ability.

How could you fail to mention the three sequencing lines and VCO combos in the Bass? That's the killer feature that makes it the best Volca! How could you miss going totally granular on the Sample! .BTW Sample is ~32KHz not 44.1, hence the yummy crunchiness. FM does a lovely job of making FM groovable, but still don't understand why they didn't provide velocity response over MIDI (could easily have been combined with the slider value), that greatly reduces its utility as a sound module. #volcaFanBoi

@HazeAnderson

5 жыл бұрын

I have a RetroKits RK-004 that provides velocity for the FM and honestly, I find the velocity feature to be overrated. It's nice but not a necessity. There are SO many amazing DX7 patches available from over the years for the FM anyway. Now then ... the RK-004 config for the Volca Sample however is a MUST HAVE if you need to free up those 10 MIDI channels. Every Volca has a quirk about it.

@leftmono1016

5 жыл бұрын

TheRealWinsletFan - I agree, the VBass sequencer is immense! Three sequencing lines with independent lengths, very creative.

@hunterfoxen

5 жыл бұрын

totally agree man the volcas are awesome. i have them all except mix cuz that one is dumb imo but i cannot wait for my nubass. vbass is underrated

@annother3350

4 жыл бұрын

He didn't ready show off the bass! Apparently the fm has a velocity firmware update now

@shabbee

4 жыл бұрын

That's the conundrum, how would you determine priority, slider position or MIDI velocity value

"i know the internet hates me now" nah, im right there rocking right the hell out as well. 15:40 , 27:37 it really just doubles down on my wanting a whole slew of volcas.

Which of the Korg Volca products would pair best with a Novation Circuit? I want one of these but need to just buy one. Thank you.

The mixer also has a stereo wide knob and quite a good compressor.

I'd like to know where you got that awesome carrying case for those modules? If I get several modules, I would want this to keep all of them hooked up without having to unhook and rehook all those cables. I'd like to be able to power them off, pop the lid on them, and carry to my next gig.

Jack and Luke forever!!!

i can use the the korg volka sampler to trigger samples with my volume hand on my moog etherwave pluss theremin. i do not know anything else that can do that.

that chromatic line when he showed the vbass was actually pretty sick

Sounds like Bernard Szajner's Some Deaths Take Forever. That's a good thing!

Would I be correct in thinking these can be triggered off the midi on an MS-3?

9:40h Man, thats actually solid. What scale fits in? :D

Why was that start/stop sync function not added to the SQ64?

There is a solder less midi out mod on eBay too, in the form of a piggyback pub and a midi din pigtail

I have a criticism of the Volca range - well maybe it's more a criticism of Korg but it regards the Volcas. I LOVE the FM, Drum and Beats but where do I go from here? If the Volcas are a taster menu, Korg has forgotten to cooke the main course versions. Where's a Korg FM synth with greater polyphony for £300-400? Where's a drum synth with more oscillators/sound source types and greater connectivity for £300-500? Where's an actual Korg Sampler for £300? It seems to me that Korg are missing a trick by not providing a product range that is one step up from the Volcas. At present, there's a massive leap in price between the Volcas and the next level of instruments.

@3piece598

3 жыл бұрын

Genius comment. Couldnt agree more.

@strangefields5992

3 жыл бұрын

The sampler especially. Sampler sequencer with some cool connectivity by korg for 400 bucks take my money. Doesn’t have to be crazy inovative. Just make it happen lol.

@dinogoldie9716

3 жыл бұрын

​@@nopenullify8947 Why so angry old sport?

@DarkShroom

3 жыл бұрын

maybe you're asking too much from hardware, you may as well use your computer if you are worried about these things... so this product targets a different niche of users yah personally i'd rather just use ableton

@Yuzuki1337

3 жыл бұрын

Korg Electribe?

I have a couple of Volca’s and I have the Volca mix as well, there is a slight problem though: I can’t seem to lead more then 3 volca’s to my mix because it just has 3 inputs... any ideas how to solve this?

@valley_robot

4 жыл бұрын

cheap headphone spliiter from the dollar/pound store ? its how i do it

It's POSH! cool setup.

Volca Fairlight CMI , with Trevor horn patches

What's the unit in the bottom right slot of the case?

Does anyone know of a site that has the Volca Release Dates listed? The best I can find is a list of all Korg Products on Wikipedia. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Korg_products# I cut and pasted to make the below list, but I wish it had exact release dates. 2013 - Volca Keys. 2013 - Volca Bass. 2013 - Volca Beats. 2014 - Volca Sample. 2016 - Volca FM. 2016 - Volca Kick. 2018 - Volca Drum. 2018 - Volca Modular. 2018 - Volca Mix. 2019 - Volca Nubass. Before this I couldn’t even find a simple release order list randomly on a site. I just liked the idea of buying them in release order. I wish there was a site that had all products from all companies listed in sets with full photos etc. Like a quick visual reference guide, and each photo opens up to a page about each product. Like a visual (less wordy) version of Wikipedia for gear. I mean Equipboard and Gearslutz are great, but I mean just a really clearly visually laid out breakdown of series/families/brands/types of gear etc. 🗂🎹📻📟🎤🔈📅

I want all of these freaking things.

on the bottom right of the kase theres a thing it has LEDs what is that thing?

What is the module on the bottom right that isn't listed or spoken about with all the lights shaped like dyslexic tetris pieces?

@SpeccyMan

Ай бұрын

That isn't a module. It is the algorithm cheat sheet for the Volca FM.

I’m listening to this on an iPhone. This must sound incredible through a decent pair of speakers.

Jack is definitely on something

Finally figured out what that beat reminded me of NightRider cool.

Can someone suggest some priority in which order to buy Volcas if I wan't to start building a rack based on them? I would first like to buy one or two and get most versatile/essential pieces first and look after that which ones to aquire.

@Sineidal

5 жыл бұрын

Ruuvari123 well if you must start with one, I’d say the volca sample as you can do both beats and music groove with just that one box. Even if you get other volcas later on, the sample is still very useful as you can load samples into it to keep your tracks fresh and interesting. After that go with the fm and then the beats.

@ruuvari123

5 жыл бұрын

@@Sineidal thanks, I already got myself sample and keys. They happened to be available second hand at the neighbourhood. I think FM would be also quite versatile as you can download settings for huge variety of different sounds.

@CB19087

5 жыл бұрын

@@ruuvari123 i got sample, then FM and getting bass next :) FM is very good and so much fun

SI QUISIERA COMPRAR SU PRIMER VOLCA CUAL MODELO SELECCIONARIA ?

Heard "Luke from Korg" and knew where this was going.

Did I once sport a spectacular pair of face-irons that could envisage the future?! :S

Nice to see someone that's actually interested on the products asking the questions. Cheers!

Wow, how come it took so long to release this video? Joss was still at Andertons when this was filmed.

@tiffanydriessen

5 жыл бұрын

It is a re-up load of an existing video. So this is literally a year old video.

I have a Sample2, they really missed the boat with not being able to record samples right into it. Having a 3.5 mm audio in/mic jack would make the Sample so insanely good. I've had both the sample 1 & 2 and they're both kind of a pain to get samples in. The librarian software is kind of glitchy.

I’m hoping the Cubasis app is on sale over Xmas , I missed the half price Black Friday

so this 15/16 active step = all volca can be playing diffrent step aka polyrytme nice? can imagine hos cool and crasy this can be :D

you know its not a cash grab when jack keeps bringing up other brands like TC electronic and teenage engineering.

Jack & Luke, show N tell us all about more KORG goodness!!! Yeah. Hey there Mr. Santa Claus, hint, hint.

Those samples on the sampler sound just like some one shots from the XFER Records sample pack...

just bougth some of the volca series and im f...... hooked def gotta ovn all p.s welcome to years of no social life

This is all I want.

One of the best Volca demos on YT. Even with Behringer getting into the compact and budget space with the Crave and whatever else they come up with, the Volcas will be incredibly relevant. I mean throwing a Crave into their mix would rock. Why doesn’t every Synth beginner just start with (built over time) the Minilogue plus all the Volcas, an SQ-1, a Keystep and then branch out from there.

@nickhaldin8674

5 жыл бұрын

MyVideoMix I agree, Behringer is doing incredible things for the synth scene. So is Korg. They are both incredibly innovating and bringing the sounds that were once only the gods’ to us mere mortals who can’t afford 3-10k dollars for a synth. I’ve got a Minilogue, a Behringer model D, and plan on adding a few Volcas to my setup along with the prologue and behringer’s new string machine. There is no shortage of analog goodness both companies are cranking out.

What you have expected Korg employee to say :D ...

did anyone hear who made the custom case

wait ,did I miss the bit where they answered the question? lol