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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Korg Volca Drum. Is the third drum sound specialist of the Volca series (after the Beats and Kick) a worthy successor to the legendary Korg Electribe ER-1 drum machine? Can it step out of the Shadow of the Electribe and when will Korg release the long overdue Drumlogue?
Chapters: 00:00 Intro tune 00:54 Overview Korg Volca Drum 01:28 The OG Korg Electribe ER-1 drum machine 01:40 Synth engine (Oscillator) 01:52 Pitch modulation 02:04 Envelopes 02:35 Bit reduction, wave folding, overdrive 02:53 Layers (concept, kick & snare example) 03:23 Waveguide, physical modelling (effects section) 03:48 Hidden Menu (panning, pitch quantization, accent track, slice) 04:21 Improvements (pattern chaining, swing, saving kits and patterns) 04:38 Randomizer 04:46 Motion recording, parameter locks (Elektron-style) 05:12 Active Step (polyrhythms), Step Jump (fills) 05:33 Limitations, pricing 06:11 Hate 06:40 Jam 1 07:37 Jam 2 08:32 Finale 08:59 Verdict"
"Small test with these two modules. NTO saw waveshape is going into the lovely wavefolding circuits from the Wave Multiplier. Some modulation from a Verbos Multi Envelope and Verbos Random Sampling.
Signal goes through 4MS Dual delay and Noise Engineering Desmodus Versio reverb."
"A new instrument from Moog is always a bit of an event and the most Youtubers hit the deadline - but not us :-)
Mavis is a single oscillator subtractive Moog voice with a the classic 24dB ladder filter and a semi modular layout. (patchbay on the left).
They said it is a DIY kit, but its more of a self-assembly - in that its a piece of cake to put together. its also possible to mount it in Eurorack but you'll need to find a 10 pin header cables. (not supplied)
The addition of a wave folder takes this into somewhat new territory for Moog and provides some more East Coast style complex waveforms. You also get to use the LFO as a 2nd VCO if you wish, though it doesn't track over the same range as the VCO its still handy.
Patch bay adds plenty of stuff to tinker with as well as a S&H circuit, two channel mixer, attenuator and mult. Priced at 329UK"
"ROLAND D-550/D-50 Sound Demo VOICE CRYSTAL 4 CARD (JONATHAN CAIN) JOURNEY/ BAD ENGLISH
ROLAND D-550 is the rack version of the classic Roland D-50.
This came out in 1987 and can be listened in many 80s artist recordings.
An absolutely gem."
"I’ve been battling home repairs lately and needed to do something simple and quick for my own sanity and to let all of you know I’m still alive! 🤓 Melody is played off camera on an Arturia Keystep but everything else is in view and from Synthesizers.com, Moon Modular, Synthetic Sound Labs, Grove Audio, Analog Craftsman, Laurentide Synth Works, and patched with the new Tendrils Cables 1/4” patch cords. 👍 #modularsynthesizer #electronicmusic"
Featuring a dual complex oscillator characterized by simple and clear operation and uncompromised sound
Designed as an instrument that can be built, exolored and learned
DO IT YOURSELF! EUPHORIA is only available as a DIY-project and was designed to be built by passionate builders. It consists of fourteen individual circuit boards that are mounted on one controller board
MAIN FEATURES
TWO ANALOG OSCILLATORS
Two Voltage Controlled Oscillators with classic waveforms, waveshapers, sub-octaves and a noise source. Convenient sliding potentiometers for volume control of the waveforms. Based on the famous CEM3340 chip and a newly developed wave-shaping tone generator.
TWO SEQUENCERS
Play notes with a 5-STEP trigger and CV sequencer and an additional 4-STEP CV sequencer. Transpose and change the length of a sequence, control the tempo via CV, add swing or sequence manually with the push of a button.
OSC MIX & VARI BOARDS
Seamlessly blend the oscillators manually or by CV. Insert external audio and pass it through the Filter or internal Reverb. VARI BOARDS are interchangeable boards, each offering a different functionality. Choose the VARI BOARD that meets your requirements.
DUAL LPG, VCA & ADSR
Each oscillator is processed by a filter-based low-pass gate (PLG) and both are optionally routed through an internal AC-coupled VCA. Use the internal ADSR envelope to shape and express your sounds.
MODULATION & TOOLS
Get your sounds moving with the internal CV-controllable LFO and the Buchla 281e-inspired function generator. Multiply, invert and amplify your signals with a buffered multiple and an additional DC-coupled VCA.
