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Volca Modular
The Volca Modular is an analogue synthesizer manufactured by the Japanese music technology company Korg. It is part of their popular Volca series of affordable electronic synthesizers and drum machines. Like other Volcas, it sports a 16-step sequencer and can be powered by batteries.
The Volca Modular is a semi-modular synthesizer, with patching being available to create new sounds. It was released in 2019 and is still in production, retailing for around £140.
Volca Modular was released ahead Winter NAMM in February 2019, although information and pictures were leaked in December 2018. The news spread throughout online forums throughout the time before the official release.
The Volca Modular was unique at its launch, filling a niche in the market as an affordable modular synthesizer. It was received quite highly by music technology reviewers but received criticism for its cramped interface due to size and easily damageable DuPont patch cables.
The Volca Modular was inspired by the "West Coast" design of synthesizers, produced by the likes of Don Buchla and Serge Tcherepnin in the 60s and 70s. West Coast synthesizers were based around the idea of adding harmonics to simple waveforms using complex oscillator cores and wavefolding, unlike the filtering of high harmonic waves used by the contemporary "East Coast" pioneer Robert Moog.
The Volca Modular's colour palette is also inspired by the Serge-Buchla synthesizers, with their iconic red, white and blue livery.
Of all the Serge-Buchla synthesizers, the Volca Modular is most similar to the Buchla Music Easel in terms of modules and capabilities. It features a triangle-wave based complex oscillator core, dual low pass gates, function generators and a source of uncertainty (Sample and hold).
Patching on the Volca Modular is done through DuPont jumper cables (of which 20 are supplied). There are 50 patch points available for use. Light coloured patch points are inputs and darker coloured patch points are outputs. Audio signals and voltages are interchangeable, with the Korg stating that the maximum voltage limits are -3.3V to +3.3V for bipolar sources and 0V to 3.3V for unipolar sources. However, independent research indicates that the Volca Modular is able to handle to 9V signals.
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Volca Modular
The Volca Modular is an analogue synthesizer manufactured by the Japanese music technology company Korg. It is part of their popular Volca series of affordable electronic synthesizers and drum machines. Like other Volcas, it sports a 16-step sequencer and can be powered by batteries.
The Volca Modular is a semi-modular synthesizer, with patching being available to create new sounds. It was released in 2019 and is still in production, retailing for around £140.
Volca Modular was released ahead Winter NAMM in February 2019, although information and pictures were leaked in December 2018. The news spread throughout online forums throughout the time before the official release.
The Volca Modular was unique at its launch, filling a niche in the market as an affordable modular synthesizer. It was received quite highly by music technology reviewers but received criticism for its cramped interface due to size and easily damageable DuPont patch cables.
The Volca Modular was inspired by the "West Coast" design of synthesizers, produced by the likes of Don Buchla and Serge Tcherepnin in the 60s and 70s. West Coast synthesizers were based around the idea of adding harmonics to simple waveforms using complex oscillator cores and wavefolding, unlike the filtering of high harmonic waves used by the contemporary "East Coast" pioneer Robert Moog.
The Volca Modular's colour palette is also inspired by the Serge-Buchla synthesizers, with their iconic red, white and blue livery.
Of all the Serge-Buchla synthesizers, the Volca Modular is most similar to the Buchla Music Easel in terms of modules and capabilities. It features a triangle-wave based complex oscillator core, dual low pass gates, function generators and a source of uncertainty (Sample and hold).
Patching on the Volca Modular is done through DuPont jumper cables (of which 20 are supplied). There are 50 patch points available for use. Light coloured patch points are inputs and darker coloured patch points are outputs. Audio signals and voltages are interchangeable, with the Korg stating that the maximum voltage limits are -3.3V to +3.3V for bipolar sources and 0V to 3.3V for unipolar sources. However, independent research indicates that the Volca Modular is able to handle to 9V signals.