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oisin · Joined: 26 Sep 2011 Posts: 4

hi all

i got my volca beats in the mail today. turned it on immediately and it sounded great.

turned it on a couple hours later and tried out the sync port and wanted to record some sounds into my audio interface - but i noticed:

- strange grounding issues; sequences exploded into max tempo whenever touching the top of the volca or any screws on the unit.

- bad sound! all drums sound a bit flat and none of the decays work on any of the voices.

is there a factory reset i can try? (aside from the seq. reset listed in the manual?).

any other ideas?

DrHoo · Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 1:54 pm Post subject:

Are you serious ? Send it back, sounds broken from your description. There's plenty more volcas out there, get a fully working one.
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oisin · Joined: 26 Sep 2011 Posts: 4

oops - i realized i forgot to turn the stutter depth back down .. had it stuck at 100 %. what a strange effect!

but the grounding issue is still there.. anyone else getting this?

Re-Member · Platinum Member Joined: 15 Feb 2008 Posts: 657

If you are having a grounding problem, make sure to check if you using the appropriate power supply. Also, although I don't have the Volcas yet, I do have the Korg Monotribe and the sequencer often has problems when the unit is left in hot and humid conditions. That might also be a factor worth looking into.
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oisin · Joined: 26 Sep 2011 Posts: 4

DrHoo · Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 10:32 pm Post subject:

Philipsstep · Joined: 25 Oct 2013 Posts: 6 Location: Widnes uk

Hi i bought the korg volka beats, bass and keys and thought wow they are wicked, battery driven analogue babies, wow i was made up, after about an hour of anologue mayhem, the batterys started to dwindle so i thought, ill go and buy 3 dc adaptors to run them at the cost of £40 , i thought once ive got them, ive got them, took the batterys out of all of them and plugged the 9v dc, they come on nicely i was buzzing , i started to play about again and in the middle of creating a wicked bass the bass went off! I thought wow whats happened? Checked the plug, all fine switched it back on and hey presto it sprung into life again, i touched the wire again and off it went, i tried the other two and hey presto it happened on those aswell, basically its batterys or your naffed, gutted, they dont run properly off the 9v dcs because if you move the wire on the 9v dc it just goes off, sort it out korg!!! Im gutted its took me a month to get them in the country and they are faulty out the box! Shocking!

analoguekid · Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 7:10 pm Post subject: Re: Korg volca series

analoguekid · Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 7:11 pm Post subject: Re: Korg volca series

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DrHoo · Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 8:00 pm Post subject:

That just doesn't sound right about them not working properly. On all 3 you say ? Nah , it sounds more like a user error, the wrong size tip on the adapter or something. Maybe the wrong psu.
I run my beats from an unregulated multi adapter, @ 9v, 3a with no issues. Nobody else has reported this that iv'e seen. Check your psu specs.
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Philipsstep · Joined: 25 Oct 2013 Posts: 6 Location: Widnes uk

Ive bought 3 different type of multi dc plugs, the voltage set to 9v , the polarity set to dc - to + as it should be, they come on, play fine but you touch the lead once and off they go, on all 3 too so obviously theres something wrong, ive even plugged the 9v dcs in other things, and they have worked no problem, so it must be the volkas, im gutted mate, i didnt expect this, i carnt afford to be getting new batteries every 10 hours of usage, regards steve

DrHoo · Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 10:46 pm Post subject:

What's the amp rating of your new psu's ?
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Philipsstep · Joined: 25 Oct 2013 Posts: 6 Location: Widnes uk

Hi ive got 300ma unregulated ac/dc adapter primary 220-240v50hz
Secondry 3-12v 300 ma they work with the volcas but if you touch the wire going into the volca it goes off, this happends on them all, its the right one ive just got faulty ones

brambos · Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 6:33 am Post subject: Re: Korg volcas

Philipsstep · Joined: 25 Oct 2013 Posts: 6 Location: Widnes uk

I wish i could post a video of this happening lol ive been told to go and get a ka-35 power adapter as this is the one korg recommend , i will try but cannot see much changing to be honest ill keep you posted regards steve