My book "How Synthesizers Work - A Simple Guide by Tony Horgan" is available in print from Amazon and ebook formats from Apple Books and Google Play Books. Here's an Amazon link for the UK store.shorturl.at/csT07 If you're elsewhere you should use your local Amazon (eg .com .de etc) Also, my ebook "Korg Volca Keys - The Expert Guide" is available from Google Play Books and Apple Books. Thanks for your support!
Seriously the best demo of this little beast I've ever seen! I love the volca series, this one is last on my list. Every time I play them I'm blown away by how good they sound. J have a moog voyager and a dot com modular system that they play along with quite well.
Very nice! This is a great example of how a Volca box can be used for mainstream music-making. Cool that you let crousticroc do a remix - it sounds great!
When I saw this video, I knew I had to get the Volca Keys. I've had it a month now and already written several tracks with it. I really applaud how you've demonstrated here attenuating the amp/filter attack, decay/release, and sustain EG controls as well as the VCF controls really does a lot to introduce variation to patterns. What's funny to me about this video though is that the KP digital delay is a big part of the sound when the volca already comes with an excellent tempo-synced analog delay! I get that the digital delay is preferable for the sound you'er achieving here, but I think it would have been cool to also throw in some of the on-board delay as well, with its rounder sound. Thank you for putting this up, one of my favorite volca videos on youtube, imho one of the few that does a good job showing the power of its sequencer and realtime controls attenuating the sound during live sequencer playback. In other words, one of the few that shows the uniqueness of this instrument among the many analog synths and synth/sequencers out there.
Dave Daves There are two reasons I used a MiniKP2 instead of the internal delay for this. 1) The Volca Keys internal delay adds quite a lot of digital noise to the signal. 2) The Volca Keys internal delay is not quite at the end of the signal chain, so it doesn't give a true "delay" or "echo" effect. For example, the internal delay appears to be inserted into the signal path before the filter, so if you make a quick filter tweak, you don't get that repeated in the following delays. A true delay such as the MiniKP2 adds more depth and texture. And by the way, the delay on the Volca Keys is actually digital. It's a bit of signal processing handled by the main CPU. I interviewed the lead designer Tatsuya Takahashi some time ago and asked him about that... Tony: The Delay effect on the Keys: is that a digital delay, or how does that work? Tats: It's a digital delay but it's done on a microprocessor, not a DSP [digital signal processor]. We were able to squeeze out just enough processing power from it to do a delay. Currently that interview is online here: www.generalimprovement.co.uk/Interview.htm
Tony, thanks so much for the detailed reply and AWESOME interview, what a gem of volca info on the net. #1 WOW I've been living ignornantly, having read somewhere that the Volca Keys' delay was a true BBD affair - so I was shocked to read that Moog just halted production of their BBD-based delay pedal due to chip scarcity. and #2 Can't believe I didn't realize that the delay input is before the filter in the signal path - I suppose this ignorance persisted because I rarely move the filter about once set; early on I decided I don't care for filter sweeps on the VK, it's not the stepping that others bemoan, I just find it entirely underwhelming ( same with the LPF on the love of my life, my JX-8P, but turns out its not just me considering sweeps passe as I got a DSI Mopho yesterday and i'm sweeping compulsivley. And with the VK's delay, I almost always use it when not recording but with a super-short time to give notes a sculpted & less harsh release if that knob is tied up as the decay on a short note.
Gerry No Kaito at Discogs: www.discogs.com/artist/9239-Kaito If you like this, check out the albums Hundred Million Love Years, Less Time Until End, Trust Less and Special Love. Repetitive, ambient, electronic, hypnotic stuff.
Tony Horgan Ohhh, OK. Cool. I never heard of Kaito before. I've just been listening to Hundred Million Love Years. I like it. Thanks for the heads up. Good stuff. :-)
Good show man! It is quite interesting what you ve made. It changes from the technomania from most of these gear users. Thank you and keep on sharing stuff like that! Cheers!
I have to be very honest, this is very inspiring, and has inspired me to buy and try to create something, you can even feel words that fit with this piece pop into your head, but I must learn how to connect this and other item like a drum machine and maybe a korg volca bass thing, for me the difficulty is the connecting this and that then mixing, it reall is great
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My book "How Synthesizers Work - A Simple Guide by Tony Horgan" is available in print from Amazon and ebook formats from Apple Books and Google Play Books. Here's an Amazon link for the UK store.shorturl.at/csT07 If you're elsewhere you should use your local Amazon (eg .com .de etc) Also, my ebook "Korg Volca Keys - The Expert Guide" is available from Google Play Books and Apple Books. Thanks for your support!
I am a sucker for this type of ambient music. Thanks!
Wow , i need to get mine out been long time , been being lazy with ableton and headphones
Fantastic demo of volca keys. Really enjoyed the composition. You probably have sold a few hundred Volca Keys for Korg with this! Bravo.
hahaha))) Exactly! I bought one after this video)) Can not wait for my volca!))
I just bought one 😁. Can hardly wait......
Kept waiting for the 4-to-the-floor, but ended up being completely content with it never appearing :) beautiful!
This track is literally beautiful.
Just beautiful ✨
A small plastic box with the attitude of an old 70's analog monster. Great use of delays.
Realy Good!
fantastic! , as some1 said before .. probably the best v-keys demo on the web..
Seriously the best demo of this little beast I've ever seen! I love the volca series, this one is last on my list. Every time I play them I'm blown away by how good they sound. J have a moog voyager and a dot com modular system that they play along with quite well.
this sounds nice. really. I luv the sound of the volca series.🔊🎶🎶😎👍
Ohh man!! I'm just imagine drums and bass here and track would be sublime!! Well done!!
Nice. Great to see this little machine do so much 😀🙂🇬🇧
ART!
Tony good to see your videos. 🙌
I woould like this twice, but I can't Do It!
Very nice! This is a great example of how a Volca box can be used for mainstream music-making. Cool that you let crousticroc do a remix - it sounds great!
Can´t belive that came out of this little synth. Good job!
It's crazy what you can do with these joints!
A superb demonstration Tony one if the more worthwhile one's I have seen very measured indeed.
just ordered this w christmas giftcard money and im super excited
They're a lot of fun. The pattern used here is actually built-in so you can do this right out of the box.
Ahhhh... synth+delay. Such a lovely combination.
this is fantastic.
This is so dreamy. Wonderful how you can get such cosmic sound out of such a tiny device.
This is really impressive
beautiful.....have the keys in my set up but never used it really until now.
Pięknie opanowana umiejętność obsługi
Volki keys .. no i oczywiście . Brawa za wspaniałe i nastrojowe melodie
Amazing. Love it.
Gorgeous! Really well thought out.
Back here to listen again. Love the sequence
Phenomenal
Awesome!
Awesome work!
Goose Bumps! Magical
great sequence with beautiful sounding tweaking!
Beautiful ! ❤️
I bought a Volca bass a week ago and i felt in love with it ! But i want more, Volca keys is awesome, i want it now !
that was incredible. these little analog boxes can really make captivating sound scapes in the right hands!
"Tony Horgan knob games" : the original trademark! ;-)
great work Tony, always love your tracks, poly mode rules!
Wow.. great track. I really need this little synth now! :)
Well done man, great music. Best demo of the Keys on the Web ;-)
Hello,...very good sounds.
very nice :) love it
This is really beautiful.
That was sweet.
It's so beautiful. Reminds me of Chemical Brothers somehow. Big up man!
Very Cool !
Love this. Thank you 💛
Delay all the things! Super nice, man. Love it!
Quite good. I'm thinking of buying one.
Great melody , and beautiful full sound....I was happy to come across this...
very fabulous!
Vk is fantastic, I love this box (and read your excellent ebooks, lol). Thanks for this good jam 👍
super nice ambient its like a 90,s house melody
Very Nice
That is amazing! That's my kind of sound. Dreamy delayed sounds and such a warm vintage character... absolutely love it. And your track was dope.
wow! melodic, clean and powerfull man, really nice, keep in touch ciao
That was beautiful.
Wonderful track! Greetings.
Many Ozric Tentacles songs use this kind of ambience. Thanks again, this is awesome. :)
That's brilliant I'm still trying with mine to create something that beautiful
Have it & love it: value For money is incredible! Volcano + delay = budgetmodule🤔🤔😀😀
You made me think I'm going for it. Lovely sensual sound. Perfect companion to KP3+.
Beautiful.
what a lovely piece of music...
OMG this is actually super good
wow nice phaser on the mini kaoss , and lovely track, very um.. transfixing ;)
This gave me so many different emotions, beautifully done! 🙏🏽
Sounds like the music from FTL!
Dude. This. Is. Beautiful! Getting one myself tomorrow... I wish I can make something like this too! :)
excellent work, this video really makes me want to buy one. KORG should give you commission
Wow , this little box has an impressive Sound! Great Tune!
beautiful
Awesome track!!! I'm impressed!
Great Job!
Another great one!
Really nice.
When I saw this video, I knew I had to get the Volca Keys. I've had it a month now and already written several tracks with it. I really applaud how you've demonstrated here attenuating the amp/filter attack, decay/release, and sustain EG controls as well as the VCF controls really does a lot to introduce variation to patterns. What's funny to me about this video though is that the KP digital delay is a big part of the sound when the volca already comes with an excellent tempo-synced analog delay! I get that the digital delay is preferable for the sound you'er achieving here, but I think it would have been cool to also throw in some of the on-board delay as well, with its rounder sound. Thank you for putting this up, one of my favorite volca videos on youtube, imho one of the few that does a good job showing the power of its sequencer and realtime controls attenuating the sound during live sequencer playback. In other words, one of the few that shows the uniqueness of this instrument among the many analog synths and synth/sequencers out there.
Dave Daves There are two reasons I used a MiniKP2 instead of the internal delay for this. 1) The Volca Keys internal delay adds quite a lot of digital noise to the signal. 2) The Volca Keys internal delay is not quite at the end of the signal chain, so it doesn't give a true "delay" or "echo" effect. For example, the internal delay appears to be inserted into the signal path before the filter, so if you make a quick filter tweak, you don't get that repeated in the following delays. A true delay such as the MiniKP2 adds more depth and texture. And by the way, the delay on the Volca Keys is actually digital. It's a bit of signal processing handled by the main CPU. I interviewed the lead designer Tatsuya Takahashi some time ago and asked him about that...
Tony: The Delay effect on the Keys: is that a digital delay, or how does that work?
Tats: It's a digital delay but it's done on a microprocessor, not a DSP [digital signal processor]. We were able to squeeze out just enough processing power from it to do a delay.
Currently that interview is online here: www.generalimprovement.co.uk/Interview.htm
Tony, thanks so much for the detailed reply and AWESOME interview, what a gem of volca info on the net. #1 WOW I've been living ignornantly, having read somewhere that the Volca Keys' delay was a true BBD affair - so I was shocked to read that Moog just halted production of their BBD-based delay pedal due to chip scarcity. and #2 Can't believe I didn't realize that the delay input is before the filter in the signal path - I suppose this ignorance persisted because I rarely move the filter about once set; early on I decided I don't care for filter sweeps on the VK, it's not the stepping that others bemoan, I just find it entirely underwhelming ( same with the LPF on the love of my life, my JX-8P, but turns out its not just me considering sweeps passe as I got a DSI Mopho yesterday and i'm sweeping compulsivley. And with the VK's delay, I almost always use it when not recording but with a super-short time to give notes a sculpted & less harsh release if that knob is tied up as the decay on a short note.
Tony Horgan Tony, who/what is "Kaito"? (inspired by)
Gerry No Kaito at Discogs: www.discogs.com/artist/9239-Kaito If you like this, check out the albums Hundred Million Love Years, Less Time Until End, Trust Less and Special Love. Repetitive, ambient, electronic, hypnotic stuff.
Tony Horgan Ohhh, OK. Cool. I never heard of Kaito before. I've just been listening to Hundred Million Love Years. I like it. Thanks for the heads up. Good stuff. :-)
lovely Sound!
beautiful track
Holy shit snacks (yes, I do watch "Archer")! I really dig that sound. Proficient knobs fiddling, dude!
This is great
Brilliant.
Awesome
I love you Tony!!!!!
Beautiful!
Awesome sounding patch. Such a powerful machine at such a small price. Plus, every knob turn is masterful.
wonderful, thanks for posting
Good show man! It is quite interesting what you ve made. It changes from the technomania from most of these gear users. Thank you and keep on sharing stuff like that! Cheers!
This is really cool. Well done.
love this!!!
BRO, THAT WAS AWESOME!
Thank you. I’m glad to hear you enjoyed it!
Inspiring! Great work Tony!
I have to be very honest, this is very inspiring, and has inspired me to buy and try to create something, you can even feel words that fit with this piece pop into your head, but I must learn how to connect this and other item like a drum machine and maybe a korg volca bass thing, for me the difficulty is the connecting this and that then mixing, it reall is great
Great stuff Tony as per usual! Luv it!
Back for another listen... Great track Tony. :-)
ok i give. really beautiful track man. makes me envious when i try to do my own stuff. also inspiring.
i love this sound !!!!
really good stuff man, thanks for sharing!!!
I've had mine for a few weeks and have loved it. Nicely done!
Fantastic - I'm thinking of getting the Keys and a little mini Kaoss pad too and this has really inspired me! G
and will defo get the ebook too! G