#volca modular

[culturebending]

[businesscontrolled]

(via BusinessControlled @ The Old Hairdressers tonight....)

[sunshinesesequencing]

The Volca Modular was the inspiration for the text based sequencing. I played around getting out various sounds but drew a mental blank on what music to actually make. The Volca Modular has a sequencer but no MIDI in so notes had to be addd manually.

A text based system was devised as it was easiest the create and could be applied to other synth sequencers in my collection.

[synaesmedia]

La Monte Young type Spiritual Drone (No talking)

[horribledisciplinarian]

i spent all my rockerboy points on performance instead of production

[trevlad-sounds]

Invisible Waves 42

20.10.2024

Intro 00:00 citron citron–Ruines 00:13 Theremin Rhodes piano Korg Poly 61 Korg MS-20 EMS Synthi A Chapter 1 05:43 shn shn–we could always start over 09:45 Hiro Ama–Metal Wires (ft. Keeley Forsyth) 15:11 Suzuki Waraku Chapter 2 18:00 Hawksmoor–Traumzeit 21:06 Ebow Gaudi Kosmisches Trio–Owa Owa Owa 25:11 Chapter 3 30:24 Group Listening–Hills End 34:12 Yamaoka-Presto II 38:52 KORG Volca modular Chapter 4 42:55 Marius Leicht–Weltmaschine 47:51 release trip for Weltmaschine Sign up for the new release trip for Oberheim ROLAND Juno 60 Minimoog Rhodes piano Mellotron

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Presence // Volca Modular+Volca Keys

[synthtv]

KORG Volca Modular Tutorial

[trash-slvt]

this is such a vibe. l love how much care was put into drawing all of this iconic gear too. i wanted to list all of the gear here but i ran out of steam maybe someone else could do it. here are my quick notes monitors - krk rokit piano - fender rhodes (mk2?)

on top of rhodes: rack - looks like dual audio interfaces. i swear ive seen thse before but i cant remember. maybe old presonus firewire interfaces? not sure whats above from the left Modular synth with macbook on top - i think i could make our some of the modules with a bit of work not sure whats under it synth with red cheek - i cant place this and its killing me some blue pedals - idk by foot - roland sp404 mk2 some kind of field recorder - looks like a zoom but it doesnt have the crossed mics so not sure akai mpc 2000xl - the classic the blue one - cant place this off top of head either but i should be able to korg volca (beats or fm maybe?) turntable mixer amp and mic (with Shure SM57 on the amp)

[rudeteens]

My babies favorite toy is the korg volca 2. She also loves when you jingle keys in front of the modular synth

[inner--islands]

In Conversation with Inner Travels and Sunmoonstar (December 2017)

Sunmoonstar and Inner Travels released new albums back in September on Inner Islands, Rainbow Springs and Sea of Leaves (respectively). I, Sean of Inner Islands, got to chat with Natasha Home (of Sunmoonstar) and Steve Targo (of Inner Travels) about their lives and musical work.

Inner Islands: What have you two been inspired by lately?

Natasha Home: Hi! Well we just had a big storm here in Florida. Some time off was inspiring, and I spent one night playing with modular synths listening to the storm outside. I kept thinking the power would go off then it didn’t, and i guess that I was worried I’d lose everything I was creating, or maybe just accepting that it could be lost. We were very lucky with the storm, there’s allot to be grateful for this week!

Steve Targo: Hi, everyone! Glad you’re OK, Tash!! Probably the biggest sources of inspiration for me lately are the Yamaha CP, Korg Volca FM, William Allaudin Mathieu’s albums Streaming Wisdom & In The Wind, Scott Fitzgerald’s Bamboo Waterfall, the “Relaxation & Meditation with Music & Nature” series entries by David Miles Huber (thanks for the tip, Kyle Landstra!) and the book Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, by Shunryu Suzuki.

II: Yes, I’m really glad you’re ok too, Tash! And it’s interesting what happens to a creative practice when there is something on the line or there are these very present factors that are outside of one’s control. Embracing, or at least try to work with, the chaos…

NH: thank you! Ah Steve that all sounds like so much fun to have those instruments! I recently started playing with the Prophet ‘08 :)

II: Do either of you feel like the particularity of your synths guide your hands at all during the creative process? Like you might feel more inclined to play one sort of melody on one synth than on another?

ST: That's a good question, Sean. Until recently, I was a one-synth-at-a-time person. One synth, one song. With a Blofeld, that’s not really an issue, but it can be a challenge with the Volca FM. Such challenges can be rewarding. But I tend to forget that each synth can be used as an instrument in an orchestra, and how assigning each one a certain role in a session can really expand my ideas. How do you like the Prophet '08, Tash? Did you use it on Rainbow Springs?

NH: I am loving the Prophet 08! I started recording with it recently and am drawn to the sequencing processes, I love playing with the mathematics and the randomness and being able to let go of the composition. Actually for Rainbow Springs I focused myself away from sequencing, I practiced parts before I recorded them, chords and melodies on a yamaha synth, the SY35, two sequencers, the qy70 and qy100 with my Alesis Micron to write patterns and craft my own sounds as accompaniment. So I’m finding that if I let the machine write the melody my experience of intuitive memory is discovering emotion outside of myself that I can relate with. Lately and especially in Rainbow Springs I’m enjoying writing parts challenging myself to perform intuitively written pieces rather than push buttons and turn knobs to find out what will happen. I can’t say which process has more feeling, I’m interested in modular experimentation now too, so I’d say I’m inclined to work with emotion, everything else is open =)

II: Do you think either of you would be able to translate your albums, Rainbow Springs or Sea of Leaves, into a live setting?

ST: I’ve never played a live show, but I would assume I could perform Sea of Leaves. At the moment, my focus with music is on making and releasing recordings.

NH: This may be my ideal (Steve you are really living the dream!), to eventually be able to just focus on recordings alone, as I am currently writing a live set and wondering if practicing will ever be as interesting and as fun as improvising. In previous albums I did allot of sculpting in the mixing process to write songs. In Rainbow Springs I had live performance in mind, also the album is inspired by a particular place, and I’d like to play the songs there. We’ll see!

II: Well, I would love to see both of your albums performed live! Tash, what makes live performance interesting and engaging for you?

NH: I love improvisation, also I love pop so something inbetween which probably just comes out as ambient happens when I play live, and I also DJ regularly and love the live performance aspect of mixing, maybe this love for random creative moments comes through in my music too. Community and good times are probably my favorite things about playing out, especially conversations and after parties. Ever since I moved to Gainesville and started working with Elestial Sound I’ve been loving the live music experience even more. Gainesville inspired the songs and album title because we have a great community here and are surrounded by wonderful nature. For me live performance can be engaging with the community and listening to nature or recording, everything just kind of feels live to me about art. Meeting friends online and sharing our music is also a live performance vibe in a way sometimes ;)

II: When did you two start writing longer pieces (10+ minutes)? And how do you feel your way into the duration of a piece?

NH: I started recording long pieces early on for experimentation, also I listened to albums when I was starting to get into recording that have continuous tracks and some kind of theme, like Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells, White Noise An Electric Storm, Water Bearer by Sally Oldfield, also I was really into techno and experimental electronic music early on from going to dance parties.

ST: The first song on Nourish is almost 12 minutes long. It was recorded while I was making Garden Music, and I believe that’s the first time I had a song longer than 10 minutes on an album. Ultimately, I play or just let the synths go as long as I continue to feel something, or until my instinct tells me it should stop.

II: What can we look forward to from you two in the new year? And what are you two looking forward to yourselves?

NH: I’m saving for a fretless bass for my next album :)

ST: A new album, Yonder, will be released in the next few months. The album is dedicated to my mother, Christine, who died in February. She loved our vacations in northern Wisconsin and Canada, and over the years, she took many beautiful photos during those trips. Some of them appear on the Yonder cover, which I’m excited for people to see. And there are lots of sounds on the album I haven’t worked with before which I’m excited for people to hear! What I’m looking forward to most next year is hearing new music from you two. Rainbow Springs and Faces of Love are two of my favorite albums right now, and I can’t wait to hear what you both create next.

[keriszafir]

Korg Volca Modular Mini-Synth MIDI Input Mod

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the rumors are true: korg volca modular and drum are coming

[mysynthfetish]

Triple-C & Volca Power DIY

Hello kiddies. Been a bit busy here in wackoland. I saw a TC Electronic Triple-C Stereo Channel on the old auction for cheap, but the listing said it had weird issues. Something like “...seems the backup battery is weak or dying so to get it to work you have to plug it in, leave it sit for a few days, unplug it for an hour, plug it in and turn it on and then it works.” Say what? I thought yeah yeah I’ll just replace the battery, and bid on it, and won. As soon as it arrived I opened it up and lo and behold NO BATTERY! I mean, nope, nu-uh, nada, not even. Whaaaaaaaat?!?! Crazy shit, my brethren (and what would the feminine equivalent of that be, sistren? weird). Anyway. Google snooping revealed the memory system works in a weird way, and that most times a power supply cap has shat itself and replacing it will fix the problem. Ok let’s have a look.

Hmmm. There’s one in the center there bulging suspiciously at the top. Let’s desolder that bastard and see what gives.

Well ain’t that purdy? Jeeesh. That one really shat itself. Ok so maybe a general recap is in order then. Not a problem.

Yay, all new Nichicon caps. The moment of truth...

YES!!!!!! IT’S ALIVE!!!! But there was still another issue to fix: jumpy encoder. That was also detailed in the item description on the auction. Jumpy encoders are easy enough to fix though. Cleaning/refurbishing or outright replacement, no big deal. In this case, the central encoder is a push-button type, and I didn’t feel like searching for half an hour to find a drop-in compatible replacement so I just said fuck it and took it apart and cleaned it, raised the little leggie-thingies that ride along the track inside the encoder, put it back together, and then did the same for the big ass outer encoder thing too. That one was a pain. They both work perfectly now though. Here:

In other news, I’ve used the Volca Modular for exactly a week now and the batteries that came with it died yesterday already. I don’t really wanna go buy shitloads of batteries all the time so I thought maybe I could buy a power supply for the two Volcas I have, maybe one with three or four outputs just in case I decide to pick up another Volca in the future. Hmmmmm. Nothing really tickled my fancy so I thought fuck it I’ll just build one. NJM7809A regulator, two electrolytic caps, a wee bit of soldering and drilling holes in a plastic mini project box, and that was that. Here’s some photos:

Wee project box. Cost like a buck or something.

Regulator, strip board, caps, wiring, that was it. Took maybe fifteen minutes. Works fine. I think the total cost was under five bucks for this. Ah but the Volcas don’t use 2.5mm power plugs, and they’re center positive, so that was a pain or else you could just use a power brick for pedals. Bad dog, Korg! Bad! But yay DIY!!!