Making A Beat On The Korg Volca Sample 2
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- I really love the workflow and overall feel of the Volca Sample 2, so I thought I was long overdue to make a beat-making video on it. Will I ever escape from the allure of Mellotron flute samples? Probably not, but there are worse things I could get hung up. Let me know if you find this video helpful. Thanks so much for watching!
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...josh...no time to explain... I found a plain of existence where hi-hats CAN be closed and open at the same time...it's really weird!
Lemme get some of those non-euclidean hi-hats.
@@JoshIsMakingMusic ha! This was the best Sample demonstration I've seen. I really follow the workflow better when it is making a beat in real time versus just listing off the features of a device.
Hyperdimensional hi-hats. Sweet!
Thanks for making this video. Pitching down a loop to the right key seems so obvious now that you've said it, but seeing the exact process helps tremendously.
Glad to be of assistance!
Finally, a tutorial which explains the whole process rather than a quick 'Here's how you do a beat' vid that there are way too many out there, with editing that removes some of thre process!
Exactly, Good lookin out.
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Hi Josh, I have a question. I just bought the KORG Volca Sample 2. It arrived today & I'm figuring it out thanks to your video. I just wanted to ask you whether steps 11 to 16 are clickable in Live Mode. I mean they're working fine in Step Mode & I can assign samples to them. But they aren't clickable in Live Mode, like nothing happens when I touch them in Live Mode so I'm a bit worried. Could you please let me know soon? As I'll have to exchange the product with the store I bought it at if steps 11 to 16 usually are clickable in Live Mode. Thank you
Double-checked it with the manual, it says Live Mode just lets you use steps 1 through 10. Sounds like yours is working properly!
@@JoshIsMakingMusic Thank you for confirming! I was searching for this online for the past hour or so. Thanks a ton! Subscribed to your channel✌
Thanks! Good info. Mine is still on back order but this is great info.
Just a bit of what is hopefully constructive criticism. Ditch all the extra "stuff" on the table. Its distracting when someone is trying to focus on what you are trying to teach. If this was just a demo or you were sharing a creation it would be cool.
Apparently they've been on backorder for a while. But they're worth the wait! And thanks for the feedback. I'll try that with my next instructional video.
Hi great video, so how can you save that pattern that you create?
The Volca has a save button for the pattern that you use to write it to a memory slot!
Nice one! Cool to see your workflow on the volca.
Thanks! :)
sweet bionicles!
have you tried the Volca sample 1 with pajen firmware?
I dig the beat, the flute gave the beat space. Your video has convinced me to buy the Sample 2 over the PO-33, my concern was the lack of direct mic entry in the Sample, but clearly, as you have demonstrated, the functionality of the Sample far exceeds the PO-33. Do you know if there is an app (for an android cell) that can load in samples? I've really struggled to find info on how, or if it is possible, to use a cell phone to load samples into it via the mini usb. Thank you.
Thank you! It's a fun little box. Shame that its sample librarian doesn't work with Mac Big Sur at the moment. And I don't know of any Android apps for the Sample 2. There are apps for the original Volca Sample but I don't know if they work with the Sample 2 as well. Sorry I can't be more help!
@@JoshIsMakingMusic Thank you for your prompt response, Josh. I'm sure there are others like me interested in the answer. If I find it, I'll post the solution here. Re. Big Sur, that is odd given the original sample app was Apple exclusive, as i understand.
Thanks a lot Josh ! You are really clear, like your sounds!👍
Wow thank u for this video… new sub
Nice beat, man. I have a Volca Sample 1 sitting over here and didn't even realize there was a 2. Looks like they listened to the user base. These are great little boxes. They're basically an Akai S1000 in a smaller form factor.
Thanks! And yeah, the Sample 2 is great. It's a shame they ditched the song mode, though.
@@JoshIsMakingMusic one thing I really like about the song mode is that you can select a song pattern before the current measure ends and it doesn’t change until the next measure. That’s a lot easier when working with multiple devices and you aren’t able to hit the button right on beat 1.
Pajen firmware adds features to the Sample 1 which the Sample 2 cannot even achieve...
YESH!! you have Kopaka and Vakama!! 2 from my fave years of bionicle ^^
Gotta pay respect to two of the best Toa.
Very clear and easy to understand tutorial. Thanks! Are you using a commercially available sample pack, or is that one that you did yourself?
And to reply to myself with a further question, I just found the packs you do have. Did you use some of those? Again, thanks for taking the time to do this. I know that it is a ton of work to put together something so well thought out.
Super easy to follow, unlocked a lot of functionality for me! That function button is a gangster
Nice presentation. When I was using a computer to arrange samples I went through a mellotron-samples phase, too. Flute and strings.
I’ve never tried letting go of the step button while changing the speed with function. I’ll have to try that now. Thanks!
Thanks! And yeah, I found that when you're holding function, you can let go of the step button, which is nice... I used to do a lot of awkward finger yoga to change the settings I wanted, haha.
@@JoshIsMakingMusic that’s why I’ve primarily used mine as a drum machine or occasionally playing dialogue, but I may have to try more melodic parts now.
I just got mine and I'm trying to figure out how to sample into it. I prefer the usb way; How do you do yours please?
Same! I load in samples via USB, I don't think there's another way to go about it.
Welp, this just sold me on the Sample 2. Curses. Great stuff here though and I love the Kopaka/Vakama combo!
Heh heh heh 😈
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@@JoshIsMakingMusic can confirm- bionicle is so freaking badass!
Bionicles are cool
I just got the Sample 2. I downloaded "Librarian" and drag and dropped a wav file sample into an empty slot. I can preview it in the program so I save the changes and try to find it in the sample but it doesn't show up. Any suggestions on what I'm missing?
Did you click the button for transferring the samples? It's near the top of the window in the librarian.
@@JoshIsMakingMusic Awesome! I knew I was doing something wrong! Appreciate the help and keep the dope videos comin!
@@mthree7200 glad I could help, and thank you, I will!
Is the changing pitch on specific steps only available on the volca 2?
As far as I'm aware, both Volca Samples can handle parameter locks.
There's misleading info out there-- CDM reported months back that the Volca Sample 2 now has 16 parts / 16 samples. It's still 10. Current firmware is 1.0.2, right? Thx!
Very interesting thank you. Like the colour palette too.
Thank you! :)
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Cool, thanks for this vid!
Glad you liked it!
What's a little funny is how the volca sample has the colors of a NES controller. Kinda fits with the items you've put around it. :)
Not really? I don't see any gray, silver or the red and black. It's literally white with just LEDs
And that's how he found out he was colorblind
@@lou19 lol good one. I still don't see it
woah
nice, I just ordered one :)
Congrats, have fun!
Awesome video! question: how do you use this for odd time signatures?
hey Josh! great video :) @2:15 it seems like you were able to edit steps individually using that process.. on my volca sample 1 with motion sequence on it won't let me do the same unless hold the step + function + turn the wheel all a the same time which seems impossible. Are you able to not hold the step cause of something on the volca 2? or is there a setting im missing? thanks for your time!
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You are a fantastic teacher
Thank you!
Bionicles, heck yea 😎
Toa Mata for LIFE
Hi. Thanks for the great video! As far as I know, the Volca Sample 1 doesn't have the ability to change the note of single part chromatically per step as you did for your arpeggiated flute sample/part. Is this a feature exclusive to the Volca Sample 2, or do you have custom firmware? Thanks!
V1 can do it too. Make sure to turn on Motion Sequencer.
A sampler that doesn't sample audio... right. That's sort of a deal breaker for me.
Who told you it was a sampler?
Lovely tutorial, very well explained. How to you save your sequence once you already created and used all 10 chanels?
Hold function key then hold write, led shuld say Save, then choose a number from 1 to 16, to open that hold memorie key then choose number/channal you saved.
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Haha thank you!
Nice job! Easy to follow.
Thank you! :)
All I can see is black fingernails really distracting lol
It's just nail polish
Dude has his finger nails painted?.... I see many pauses in your future
Not sure what the problem is