Bad Gear - Korg Volca Drum

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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Korg Volca Drum. Is the third drum sound specialist of the Volca series (after the Beats and Kick) a worthy successor to the legendary Korg Electribe ER-1 drum machine? Can it step out of the Shadow of the Electribe and when will Korg release the long overdue Drumlogue?

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:54 Overview Korg Volca Drum
01:28 The OG Korg Electribe ER-1 drum machine
01:40 Synth engine (Oscillator)
01:52 Pitch modulation
02:04 Envelopes
02:35 Bit reduction, wave folding, overdrive
02:53 Layers (concept, kick & snare example)
03:23 Waveguide, physical modelling (effects section)
03:48 Hidden Menu (panning, pitch quantization, accent track, slice)
04:21 Improvements (pattern chaining, swing, saving kits and patterns)
04:38 Randomizer
04:46 Motion recording, parameter locks (Elektron-style)
05:12 Active Step (polyrhythms), Step Jump (fills)
05:33 Limitations, pricing
06:11 Hate
06:40 Jam 1
07:37 Jam 2
08:32 Finale
08:59 Verdict