MATRIXSYNTH: Bad Gear - Korg Volca Modular


Friday, September 16, 2022

Bad Gear - Korg Volca Modular


video upload by AudioPilz

"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Korg Volca Modular. Is this compact modular system the ideal introduction to West Coast - style modular synthesis? Would Don Buchla approve? Modular - not even once!!!

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:57 Overview Korg Volca Modular
01:17 WTH is West Coast Synthesis??? Moog vs. Buchla
02:30 Source (oscillator section), FM, Waveshaping
02:58 Dual LPG (Low Pass Gate 1 & 2)
03:16 Space Out (Reverb)
03:32 Functions (AHR & Rise/Fall Envelope)
03:51 Turn Function 2 into an LFO, Inverted Output, End of Cycle
04:12 Utility (+/-/x)
04:23 Woggle (Sample & Hold), Stepped/Unstepped
04:35 Split (Multiple)
04:38 Sequencer (Bounce, Stochastic,...)
04:57 Scales, Microtuning
05:14 Sequencer Gates, Tempo Modulation
05:31 Limitations, Connectivity, Use it with an external CV source
05:55 What else???
06:08 Hate
06:34 Jam 1
07:34 Jam 2
08:22 Finale
08:52 Verdict"

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