Korg Volcakick Analog Kick Generator

Description

The Korg Volca Kick is all aboutmassive kicks, toms, and basses, according to the company. It starts with a true analog oscillator and offers drive and MS-20resonator circuits to shape earth-shattering sounds that can be playedand sequencedchromatically.

As opposed to generating sounds using a typical sine wave, the Volca Kick starts with thesound of anoscillating filter from the original MS-20. The filter of the MS-20 self-oscillates whenresonance is increased to the maximum, and this is used to produce powerful kick sounds,ranging from solid kick drums to crisp kick basses with complex overtones.

The Volca Kicks 16-step sequencer has a new Touch FX feature, which provides one-touch sequencer variations and time division, to introduce more live performance potential.

Thepatternchain function letsyouconnect multiple sequence patterns for successive playback, making it possible to construct large-scale productionsof 32, 64, or even 256 steps, by joining up to 16sequences.

Like allvolcas, kick has a personality all its own, and combining it with other volcas or any otherhardware adds unique character to users setups, says Korgs James Sajeva. The familiar Audio Syncconnection means itplays exceptionallywell with other volcas, minilogue, electribeandSQ-1, and the MIDI IN jacklets you use the volca kick as a sound moduleviaDAWorMIDI controller.

With its compact size, battery operation, and built-in speaker, the volca kick can be taken anywhere.