KORG Digital Percussion Synthesizer Volca Drum Rhythm Machine Built-in Speaker Compatible Headphones Compact Size for Anywhere

今年(昨年末？)は、立て続けに2機種がリリースされまして、【volca modular】と迷いましたが、KORGさんのホームページや、ユーザーさまのYouTubeなどの動画を参考に、とりあえず今欲しい音ということことで、本機を購入しました。 当方、volca シリーズのファンでコンプリートしていますので、【volca modular】も、いずれは購入予定でいます。 本機の感想として、一通りサンプルの音を鳴らしてみましたが、初代機に属する【volca beats】と精通するものがあり、サンプルで、重なるのは当たり前ですよね。 これは、割と新しい【volca kick】を購入した時にも、感じた印象でした。 その為、【volca kick】と重なった感想となりますが、【volca beats】では出せない、個々でかなり深いところまで追求、幅のある音が出せます。 また、かなり重厚な音が出せるので、音の鳴り方、迫力が違います。 電源供給の都合上、【volca beats】と本機を入れ替え、【volca kick】と合わせて、次世代のドラム系サンプルを色々製作し、楽しみたいと思います。

Volca Beatsがアナログ感に拘った四つ打ちテクノ向けのドラムマシンであるのに対し、 今回のVolca Drumはデジタルのドラムシンセということで、音作りの幅がかなり広いです。 またシーケンサーがかなり進化していて、各パートごとのActive Stepやスライス機能など トリッキーなフレーズも作りやすいです。IDM系の音楽にはかなり向いてそうですね。 見た目は小さいですが、使える機能が多く奥が深いマシンだと思いますね。 すでにBeatsを持ってる人にもおすすめです。 追記（2019年4月20日） あれからYoutubeにアップされてる様々なデモや演奏動画を見て Volca Drumに搭載されている様々な機能を勉強してみましたよ。 （公式のマニュアルがもう少しわかりやすいといいんですが…） 使い倒してみてわかりましたが、このマシンのポテンシャルは本当にすごいです。 STEPJUMP機能や音色のレイヤー/ステップパターンのランダマイズ機能。 ただ適当に打ち込んで音色やパターンに変化を与えて遊んでいるだけで 本当に楽しすぎてあっという間に時間が過ぎてしまいます。 ただ、いくら楽しいからといって無茶苦茶にFuncボタンを押しまくるのは フリーズを引き起こすことがあるので辞めましょう。（２回ほどやらかした）

本当にすばらしい。音を1から組み立てられる。リズムにはバスドラ、スネアがないといけないとかいう固定観念を外してくれる。もちろんそういう音も出るのだけど自由度が違う。この値段でよく作ったな。今後も語られるマシンだと思います。

メッチャ😱ＧＯＯＤ!

VolcaシリーズはModulerとこちらを初めて購入。 ドラム音に囚われない変態的な音作りが可能で触ってて楽しい。シーケンサーも良く出来てます。 ただ、AmazonのRockOnCompanyストアの値段が新品13800円になったり17800円になったりと謎。 （自分は13800円で購入）。 また17800円でも2700円もするアダプタ’付きで売ってるショップもあるので、買う時はご注意を。

スマホを手元に置いてvolca drumのYouTube動画をなんとなく視聴してましたが、 過去のエレドラタイプのリズムマシン（korgではER1等）とさほど出音のキャラクターや楽器としてのコンセプトは大差ないように感じ、まあ、こんなものかぐらいに思っていました。 しかし、楽器屋さんでたまたまヘッドホン直挿しで、volca drumを視聴&試奏してみたところ、ぶっ飛びです。 驚異的な重低音がでます。しかもシンセサイザーパーカッションとしての音色エデットの幅が広く、ソリッドでゴツいリズム体全体が、グニャグニャ可変できます。 普通の生楽器PCM的なドラム音源や、定番のビンテージリズムマシンをお望みの方には、 全く用途が合わない可能性がありますが、 アブストラクトな未知のリズムセクションを探している方には、バッチリ絶対おすすめです。 また、本機の音響的な特徴の一つに、 物理モデリング技術から発想を得た 「ウェーブガイド」なるDSP処理機構がついていますが、 これは弦やパイプなどの響きの構造をシンセパーカッションに付加するもので、 ディレイや、ショートリバーブに似ていますが、 普通のエフェクターより、もっと構造的な響きとでもいいましょうか、非常にカッコいいです。 これをかけると異次元の響きになり、 未知のサウンドの世界になります。 korg volca drumは、volcaシリーズでも異質な、デジタル系のハイパーな機種ですね。

はじめはとっつきにくく、狙った音が出せなかったが、一旦このドラムマシンの性格を知り、慎重に音を探り当てていくと、どんな好みの音でも作れることがわかるとなんと楽しいことか。 バスドラはバスドラ。 スネアにハイハットにクラップって感じで、大雑把に音を出したい人には不向きかも。私は出したかったバスドラにぶち当たって幸せです

Not a standout for composition, but fun for practice or jamming. It has a few limitations which stand out to me. The compact interface is always usable, but often awkward. Creating sounds is easy but adjusting them is tedious. Liberal use must be made of a hash in the LCD which marks the saved position of a setting, which is not trivial when using micro-potentiometers assigned to a resolution of 255 in a nested interface. This also obligates you to operate the controls deftly and save a kit after each adjustment to prevent your settings from drifting widely and mysteriously. You get 16 triggers/steps per pattern and 16 pattern slots, which feels claustrophobic. Patterns can be chained to create more complex progressions but with only 16 sets of 16 triggers and no data I/O, memory management is an issue. For instance, creating a 4-bar drum line with 16th-note resolution and a consistent fill on the 4th bar would generally use a quarter of the memory and require you to select the 4 bars sequentially each time you turn on the unit. Then, that memory is consumed until you delete the progression forever. Kits and patterns are marked only by their slot number. The gold-side "Send" physical modeling controls are impressive but are adjustable only per full kit, which in practice limits them to either trippy delays/reverbs and performance effects or to use on only one or a few drums. Time signature can be fudged, but only within extreme limits. This unit is mostly practical for us because it allows us to avoid computers in a few situations during jamming or practice. Far superior performance in every respect can be had from free or trivially cheap software on any phone, tablet, or PC; judged as a component of a modular setup and especially in the context of Volca as a system, I find it useful and likeable, but unwieldy. The sound generator is excellent only in its simplicity, and the sequencer is inflexible. Integrating this unit's stark limitations into a multi-hundred-dollar instrument could be fun but does not seem efficient or practical. However, we are very happy with it. We are not using it as a musical instrument, but as a configurable metronome / backing track. It feels more personal, predictable and charismatic than an automatic drummer, and less sterile than a metronome. The sound generator is a minimalist masterpiece, with only enough moving parts to create a wide array of convincing or pleasing drum sounds and effects. Probability and slicing controls push this Korg over the finish line between toy and tool, but no further.

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Korg Volcas are addictive, and this is the third one I've bought after modular and nu:bass - of the options for providing drums/beats, the Volca Drum is the most original and powerful, though the sample offers a lot of flexibility as well. It adheres to the standard Volca form factor and battery requirements, with the usual audio, sync and MIDI input. The pattern sequencer is also familiar, with 16 patterns of 16 steps for up to 256 steps in a song. There's no means of backing up the kits or storage, but you can get a third-party editor and VST which helps with that. What it does: Six-parts of synthesized drums consisting of two 'layers' each, each layer having its down sound character modified through the wave source, envelopes and other parameters accessed via the edit button. There's enough control to change sounds on the fly, and it's a VERY powerful drum synthesizer for the money, rivalling the likes of the Nord Drum 3P for sound and texture creation. Editing the six drum sounds is remarkably easy, though getting truly accurate or characterful original sounds can be tricky, it just needs a subtle touch. Bolstering the sound of the drums is a single resonator that affects all of them, which can be tuned and changed from tube to string, for bassy or reedy tones. This is really the only limitation of the sound generation, you can't have one part in a tube, and the other via string. It's intuitive to play basic beats, with 10 preset kits of straight electro/pop sounds with some wierd and wonderful squawks and breaks for good measure, but it rewards in-depth thoughtful programming. How does it sound? Remarkable. High-quality and clear, the bass can shake and the high pitches can ring with no aliasing or crudeness that you might expect of cheap PCM samples, this is true drum synthesis with rich harmonics and a lot of flexibility. It's at home in synthwave, garage, dubstep, grime or whatever, really, capable of being very solid or just plain bizarre. How vital is it to a Volca setup? This should be your second or third one alongside bassline and melody, but you could buy this for use alongside other synths and find it stands alone as an excellent drum machine. It's one of Korg's best yet and incredibly good value; I'm still finding more depth months into owning it. It's more enjoyable to program than the Nord 3P as well... Anything it benefits from? Effects of course - the Volca Mix has send/return, but I'd probably use this with a Kaoss KP3+ or kaoss pad for glitch, delay and grain effects if I weren't using the minikp2 for that via the mixer. It really suits that style of dynamic, effected playing and becomes a simple drum and bass machine if you take the time to program it. It also works well with the Volca Modular as an additive percussion synth for additional character. Think complex, shimmering and harsh metallic hits like early industrial music, backed by more 2000s-style heavy, long-decayed kicks from the Volca Drum. Any downsides? Not really, apart from the lack of sound bank/pattern backup. It stores them fine, but doesn't have much storage on board and there's no MIDI out or audio backup option. It would be nice if it would play an audio file of the memory contents for later restoration, in the same way that firmware updates are applied. You want it, basically. The Korg Volca Drum is one of the best Volcas yet; it's powerful, flexible and original - the sounds are versatile, and it could add something to any studio, not just a starter project or basic Volca layout. You could sample patterns from this until your fingers wear out.

I love it big thanks

Quite impressed with this drum machine. For such a compact size, it packs a punch. Very user friendly. You'll be writing drum programs in no time. Quite affordable as well.