Axoloti/Volca (Question about Volca Bass)

#1

I was thinking of creating a little Axoloti/Volca setup, so that I could feed a Volca into the Axoloti and use it as a purpose-designed effects processor, maybe even with some recording/sampling abilities thrown in.

Question though; does anyone here have a KORG Volca Bass?

I was thinking of getting one but I can't find out something I need to know. To be honest, I initially dismissed the Volca Bass as a poinlessly crippled product due to them not giving it key sync on the LFO. But I read recently (and have seen videos) about an update that adds tempo sync to the LFO.

Clearly I wasn't the only one who thought it was pointlessly crippled, but it does beg the question, does this sync update extend to triggering a note manually as well?

What I mean is, if I manually trigger a note, either by MIDI or the on-board keys (without a pattern running) will it reset the LFO on each key press, or does the new sync work strictly only while a pattern is running?

I need it to have key sync on the LFO (like the Volca Keys does). I did register on korgforums.com last week, so that I could ask about it there, but I never got an activation email so cannot log-in and ask about it. I even sent an email to the webmaster, but no reply. It's as if my emails are being blocked.

#2

I have the Volca Bass, but can't find anything about an official firmware update for the Volca Bass. Maybe somebody did a mod or something.

The manual says that the square wave LFO is triggered at note on, the triangle wave LFO is not. Can't test it right now.

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#3

Thanks for the reply, I was just looking for the video to show you what I meant and come across another one where someone from KORG says there's sync stuff that's a hidden feature and was added after the manuals were printed.

Basically, I need the Triangle LFO to keysync. The manual you show says it doesn't, but he talks about this stuff being added after the manuals were printed. I read earlier that it was added in an update, so maybe they got it wrong. Either way, the LFO has to be able to key-sync using the Triangle wave or it would be a bit too limited for my needs. If the LFO could be keysynced on Triangle, it would act as a second Attack/Decay that could be used independently of the main one. So, one for pitch, one for filter - rather than combined. You would be able to do this on the Volca Keys due to the keysync, but I'm not so sure with the Volca Bass.

Unfortunately, a square LFO would be completely useless for that.

#4

UPDATE:

While I'm still interested to see if the Bass can do what I wanted of it, it doesn't really matter now. I think I'll be able to squeeze what I want onto a single Axoloti. And even if I can't, I think I'd be better-off investing in a second Axoloti which I can tailor to my needs, and just feed one into the other.

So, not important now, although I'm still curious.