Tracks using Volca Series

carreg_cennen · Post by **carreg_cennen** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:57 am

Not sure if there is already a topic for this (I couldn't find one!) but how about posting links to any tracks you have made using the volca series
here's mine to kick it off :
https://soundcloud.com/bensell

Mr NOYJ · Post by **Mr NOYJ** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 11:38 am

OK, I'll take the plunge!

I'm working on ten sketches / pieces using the analogue Volcas (I have a Sample too and have recorded some ideas, but not used any in finished tracks yet). First three analogue ideas lurking here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWi01 ... ZIGhf4J55A

https://noyj.bandcamp.com/

pfontaine2 · Post by **pfontaine2** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 12:37 pm

Wow...awesome work from the two of you. A request though. Could you leave some information regarding how these were recorded. Where these recorded live or done as overdubs? Any external effects?

Mr NOYJ · Post by **Mr NOYJ** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 1:15 pm

Thanks pfontaine2. In my case, I'm not a live music-maker, so for these tracks I recorded individual patterns / sequences / notes either straight into my DAW (Pro-Tools) or into a digital recorder, then stitched them together / edited them, etc in Pro-Tools. There is minimal effect processing going on (bits of reverb, distortion, the odd reversing of a line or sound here and there), but nothing else. The vital thing for me in doing these Volca pieces is to have no other sound source than those provided by these great little machines. They're pretty much my first foray into hardware...

carreg_cennen · Post by **carreg_cennen** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:31 pm

My recording setup is pretty basic I'm using a Soundlab G105DA mixer (a bit noisy but only cost me £6) direct into the Pc which has Yamaha sw1000xg soundcard and XG-works as a sequencer / digital recorder. In most cases the only sequencing is done by the volcas and then recorded as one take , in other cases I have recorded a track at a time adding samples. the latest one (dance like you mean it) was just a single take recorded live from the volcas then the vocal samples added to a second track afterwards

The final mix is then recorded into audacity for compression, normalization and fades etc.

Audacity is pretty flexible for recording stuff and I'm going to use it to prepare some samples for loading into the volca sample which is proving to be better than expected!

carreg_cennen · Post by **carreg_cennen** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:37 pm

Mr NOYJ wrote:OK, I'll take the plunge!

I'm working on ten sketches / pieces using the analogue Volcas (I have a Sample too and have recorded some ideas, but not used any in finished tracks yet). First three analogue ideas lurking here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWi01 ... ZIGhf4J55A

https://noyj.bandcamp.com/

Some great stuff in there!

How are you finding the sample? - I'm really impressed with the flexibility of the sounds it can produce, although I have'nt used it much in recordings yet, I'm still undecided about getting the bass

Mr NOYJ · Post by **Mr NOYJ** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 5:47 pm

You don't have the Bass? What are you doing your lovely fat bass lines with - the Keys? I'd say you didn't need a Bass if so! The Bass was the first one I got - I was attracted by the polymetric possibilities and the fact that each oscillator can be tuned differently (all great, although you can't make each one sound different).

I'm loving the Sample - it's too tempting to try and build up entire tracks at the expense of using anything else though - I often build my music up to sound too muddy cos of all the detail in it at the best of times - so some self-restraint is needed! The scope of the thing is endless... (Unlike the Beats.) I'm currently making ambient patterns out of all manner of samples, including little loops I've made in Caustic that I don't know what else to do with. Eventually there'll be some Sample stuff uploaded

What are you doing with yours at the moment?

sjonp · Post by **sjonp** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 6:09 pm

Hi,

I recorded this track live last Halloween using the Volca Bass, Beats & Keys mixed with a Belkin Rock Star plugged into and recorded on a Kaoss Pad Mini KP2. I added ambient talking filter effects from the KP2 after recording.

https://soundcloud.com/sjon-pelletier/h ... orsemanwav

Best,

Sjon

carreg_cennen · Post by **carreg_cennen** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 7:08 pm

Mr NOYJ wrote:You don't have the Bass? What are you doing your lovely fat bass lines with - the Keys? I'd say you didn't need a Bass if so! The Bass was the first one I got - I was attracted by the polymetric possibilities and the fact that each oscillator can be tuned differently (all great, although you can't make each one sound different).

I'm loving the Sample - it's too tempting to try and build up entire tracks at the expense of using anything else though - I often build my music up to sound too muddy cos of all the detail in it at the best of times - so some self-restraint is needed! The scope of the thing is endless... (Unlike the Beats.) I'm currently making ambient patterns out of all manner of samples, including little loops I've made in Caustic that I don't know what else to do with. Eventually there'll be some Sample stuff uploaded

What are you doing with yours at the moment?

I'm using audacity for the sample editing - and yes the basslines were all with the keys which is why I'm undecided on the bass

carreg_cennen · Post by **carreg_cennen** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 7:48 pm

sjonp wrote:Hi,

I recorded this track live last Halloween using the Volca Bass, Beats & Keys mixed with a Belkin Rock Star plugged into and recorded on a Kaoss Pad Mini KP2. I added ambient talking filter effects from the KP2 after recording.

https://soundcloud.com/sjon-pelletier/h ... orsemanwav

Best,

Sjon

Great track

sjonp · Post by **sjonp** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 1:16 am

Thank you, carreg_cennen! I was just loving your Volca track, Hypnotic!

bretik · Post by **bretik** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 3:07 pm

My EP "rules of randomness" - recorded live with korg volca beats/bass/keys
Available here: http://bretikov.bandcamp.com

palsen · Post by **palsen** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 6:51 am

Here’s one without much further effects, https://soundcloud.com/johaneckerstrom/ ... f-missiles. Compared to a lot of other music made with these modules, this is less of an improvised jam and perhaps somewhat more structured, although minimal and short in length.

All instruments are sculpted on the volca bass and keys (drums from Roland TR-707). The tracks were made differently, i.e. recorded live, programmed in Step Mode, and then resampled.

carreg_cennen wrote:Not sure if there is already a topic for this (I couldn't find one!) but how about posting links to any tracks you have made using the volca series
here's mine to kick it off :
https://soundcloud.com/bensell

Mr NOYJ · Post by **Mr NOYJ** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 10:23 am

Here are the latest two instalments of NOYJ volcanalogue ear candy...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeexQzN22Ss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RzrEQ6n44I

https://noyj.bandcamp.com/music

Disc · Post by **Disc** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 10:22 am

https://soundcloud.com/slinkydisc/two-b ... into-a-bar

Still trying to get the cleanest recording out of audacity and still learning but I am happy with the results.

It does have moog in it but the volca is the star.

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