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I got a FM for christmas and got a Sample a month or two ago, both pretty powerful. Had the Beats for a while but found it got stale pretty quickly.

Still gotta delve into the Fm to figure out how it's sequencer works compared to the Sample/Beats one but I've already discovered some cool techniques for creating new sequences. Should be useful for getting out of a programming slump.

Do you find Sample much better than Beats? I'm considering swapping out my Beats for one because the drum sounds are a little limiting, but I do like the volca format.

Oh, easily . Sample has reverb, swing, mute, eq, and access to a whole lot of good drum sounds. You could even sample the Beats if you wanted those core sounds and then tweak them.

Was recording a track with my bandmate last night and he wasn't happy with the old drums on a new song, and it only took a couple minutes to dial in a completely different sounding kit. That was never really an option with the Beats. It's really only good for the one or two sounds it has. Which are fine sounds, it just makes the Sample a whole lot more valuable to me.

Just want to say again how amazing the FM is. I'll be getting the Sample next, eventually.

greyscales wrote:Oh, easily . Sample has reverb, swing, mute, eq, and access to a whole lot of good drum sounds. You could even sample the Beats if you wanted those core sounds and then tweak them.

Was recording a track with my bandmate last night and he wasn't happy with the old drums on a new song, and it only took a couple minutes to dial in a completely different sounding kit. That was never really an option with the Beats. It's really only good for the one or two sounds it has. Which are fine sounds, it just makes the Sample a whole lot more valuable to me.

Cheers for that! Definitely will look into it then...

I have all my volcas to my wife (beats, kick, FM) she then bought a Sample from our friend. She didn't jive with the beats and kick so much and opted to go for or a digitakt and keep the FM and sample as well.
I now have the kick and beats back and couldn't be happier. Kick is definitely my favorite and I missed when she had it in her set up haha
I nodded the beats with midi out and have been using it to sequence other drum machines, mainly my TR-09 and stacking the sounds, getting the beats to just barely peak out from under the TR-09. Brings all new life to the hats for sure. Then stuttering the beats beneath the main pattern. Features like step jump (especially holding a few steps at a time) make it so much more versatile than you'd expect.

This is why I love the Volca Kick:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9efHbPBskso[/youtube]

Curious, how does the internal sequencer on the volcas act once an external midi sequencer is plugged in? Is it bypassed completely?

kbit wrote:Curious, how does the internal sequencer on the volcas act once an external midi sequencer is plugged in? Is it bypassed completely?

Weirdly not, it will still work in parallel with the midi sequencer. this confused me a lot when I first plugged it in and couldn't understand why muting all the channels on my beatstep wasn't stopping all the sound!!

So I've set up a blank sequence on the volca for hooking up external sequencers!

Very interesting... Which volcas have you experienced that with?

I can vouche that it works that way for the Sample and FM?

Just beats for me. But if three are like this I guess they're probably all the same?

expected at NAMM--

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Honestly, a bit of a let down. The Volca lineup has 6 units, not 3... And no fx besides lo/hi cut? I guess if it's $50, whatever, but it's probably the standard Volca price of $150ish. The meter is nice I suppose.

colossus wrote:Honestly, a bit of a let down. The Volca lineup has 6 units, not 3... And no fx besides lo/hi cut? I guess if it's $50, whatever, but it's probably the standard Volca price of $150ish. The meter is nice I suppose.

Yep. Do away with the power bank (which is just a daisy chain anyway), add more channels, make them ALL stereo.

Also - RCA outputs? Seriously? Flashback to the late 90s.