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ranger3 · Post by **ranger3** » Sun Dec 21, 2014 6:35 pm

Thenx

do_androids_dream · Post by **do_androids_dream** » Sun Dec 21, 2014 6:42 pm

You really won't get the sound of the volca synths from software! I have one and, trust me, it's about as raw and growly as analog gets - although at the same time with a slightly soft Korg edge (as opposed to, say, Doepfer oscillators which have a harder edged sound).

Lol - just realised it's you Greg! Loz here

ranger3 · Post by **ranger3** » Sun Dec 21, 2014 6:52 pm

Hey Loz,

Fancy that u answering my post...
Is that a volca bass in your website pic?

Cheers,
Greg

toine6 · Post by **toine6** » Sun Dec 21, 2014 7:21 pm

Equivalent? No. In the same ballpark? Yes.

Try one of the many TB-303 clones. It will kind of be like the Korg Volca.

Maybe. http://www.audiorealism.se/abl/abl2_announcement.htm

or

http://www.d16.pl/phoscyon

etc...

D-Fusion · Post by **D-Fusion** » Sun Dec 21, 2014 7:28 pm

toine6 wrote:Equivalent? No. In the same ballpark? Yes.

Try one of the many TB-303 clones. It will kind of be like the Korg Volca.

Maybe. http://www.audiorealism.se/abl/abl2_announcement.htm

or

http://www.d16.pl/phoscyon

etc...

Nope no tb-303 clone has 3 oscillators or sound like the Volca.

The closest i have seen and heard is FXPansion Tres but that is a Reason instrument only.

do_androids_dream · Post by **do_androids_dream** » Sun Dec 21, 2014 7:34 pm

ranger3 wrote:Hey Loz,

Fancy that u answering my post...
Is that a volca bass in your website pic?

Cheers,
Greg

Hey

That's a Keys in the pic although it sounds very similar. I would actually recommend getting a keys over the bass as it covers much of the same ground and adds a hell of a lot more flexibility.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Sun Dec 21, 2014 7:40 pm

As a Volca bass is priced at the same point as VSTs, might as well go for the hardware:

http://www.amazon.com/Korg-VOLCABASS-An ... B00CAKQCHS

BTW: The Volcas haven't got that same noisy OSC's as the Monotrons ?

toine6 · Post by **toine6** » Sun Dec 21, 2014 7:43 pm

D-Fusion wrote:
toine6 wrote:Equivalent? No. In the same ballpark? Yes.

Try one of the many TB-303 clones. It will kind of be like the Korg Volca.

Maybe. http://www.audiorealism.se/abl/abl2_announcement.htm

or

http://www.d16.pl/phoscyon

etc...
Nope no tb-303 clone has 3 oscillators or sound like the Volca....

We'll have to agree to disagree. I think the Volca sounds a lot like a 303, I'm not saying it's exact, but "in the ballpark". I have The Volca, Beats, and Keys. The Volca can do a 303ish kind of job.

This guy says they are not the same, but the Volca can kind of fake a 303.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaedv-QeiUY

D-Fusion · Post by **D-Fusion** » Sun Dec 21, 2014 8:23 pm

I don't disagree with you on the 303 part but if he is after the 303 part of the synth only you are right

To be honest i find Phoscyon way cooler than the Volca when used as a 303.
But it is hard to replace when using it as a 3 oscillators analogue synth.

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Sun Dec 21, 2014 8:26 pm

http://www.audiorealism.se/ablpro/index.htm

do_androids_dream · Post by **do_androids_dream** » Sun Dec 21, 2014 8:49 pm

That video is really stretching it to say it sounds like a 303. It has some of the sequencer functionality of a 303 but does it actually sound like a 303? Not at all.

toine6 · Post by **toine6** » Sun Dec 21, 2014 9:28 pm

do_androids_dream wrote:That video is really stretching it to say it sounds like a 303. It has some of the sequencer functionality of a 303 but does it actually sound like a 303? Not at all.

I thought that video was a bad example actually. But it's the only video I could find that compared them directly. Is it stretching it? Sure. But I think much of the Volca sound is from it's filter, and it's filter reminds me of the TB-303 filter (like it's cousin), a filter some software does pretty well.

You say you won't get the sound of the Volca in software. While I agree that there is nothing in software quite the same as the Volca, I do think there are other synths that could imitate it to some degree. The OP didn't specify that he had to have a 1:1 emulation, so I figured the TB 303 filter would get them part way there.

This is a little better example.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vey_iT5ah08

bayouland · Post by **bayouland** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 11:22 pm

Working on it!

David

SampleScience · Post by **SampleScience** » Tue Mar 21, 2017 11:01 am

do_androids_dream wrote:That video is really stretching it to say it sounds like a 303. It has some of the sequencer functionality of a 303 but does it actually sound like a 303? Not at all.

Exactly, the Volca Bass has its own sound. There's really no VST equivalent on the market and I would be surprised if there would be one.

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Tue Mar 21, 2017 11:40 am

I never used a Volca Bass myself but i found this about the filter:

FILTER a 2-poles resonant lowpass analog filter with glide option. According to Korg it is derived from the one on classic vintage synthesizer MiniKORG 700S but is sounds more like recent Mini-Ms20.

So anyone compared it to the MS-20 modules in U-He Diva yet?
In Diva those are Dual VCO Eco, HPF BITE and VCF BITE modules where for both filters there are two revisions.

Is there a windows Vst equivalent of the korg Volca bass synth ?