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1. HOW TO USE DEXED TO SEND DX7 PATCHES TO VOLCA FM MOD
2. HOW TO USE DEXED TO SEND DX7 PATCHES TO VOLCA FM UPDATE

HOW TO USE DEXED TO SEND DX7 PATCHES TO VOLCA FM MOD

I haven't explored the latter much because the Volca is still something I'm just playing with, but if and when I want to set it up for a performance it will be massively useful to be able to send a batch of CC messages from my main controller to change patch, sequencer pattern and mod wheel behaviour.Since then, five more Volcas have been launched - plus a mini mixer for those who own multiple models - bringing the likes of sampling and both FM and modular synthesis to the family.Įach Volca has the same form factor and there are some features that are common to all models other than the mix. Note that the Volca seems to benefit from a harder velocity curve than I'd usually choose but that might be just my controller, the patches I've experimented with or my playing style. So, obviously, I have all three of these permanently enabled. These can be changed by booting up the Volca while holding down Func, then turning the corresponding numbered lights on and off with the mini keyboard, then hitting "Rec" to save. For me, the highlights are the new global settings, all of which are off by default this leaves your Volca behaving the same way it did before the update.

But the potential here is pretty great for such a cheap little box. I would love to get involved, but I have no practical experience with assembler and don't have the time to learn it from the ground up.

HOW TO USE DEXED TO SEND DX7 PATCHES TO VOLCA FM UPDATE

Panjen's update is, in my opinion, well worth installing and I hope is leads to a community project to make hacking the FM a bit more accessible.

I debated whether to mirror them here, but this is a quickly-changing situation and I don't want my copies hanging around if they go stale and a better version comes out or an issue is discovered. At the time of writing the link posted on Reddit was down but the files are available at Ranzee's site.

As always, unsupported firmware made by a stranger on the internet is installed at your own risk, but so far reports have been positive and you should be able to go back to Korg's official version if you run into problems. Just start with the volume off and inch it up until it sounds right, as the headphone signal is of course a fair bit hotter than a guitar pedal usually expects. I've had no problem running the headphone out into a chain of guitar pedals, which can very dramatically buff up the sound.Īfter all, there's no onboard reverb or delay, the built-in chorus is weak and a LP filter can tame the Volca's tendency to make popping sounds. This already opens up the possibilities of its patches pretty radically, although in many cases they work best in a smaller range than that. Because it's just FM synthesis, it will play any pitch you like so it copes just fine with a seven-and-a-half-octave piano keyboard. The MIDI In port means that when you're not loading up new patches you can hook up a proper keyboard and stop poking at the tiny toy one on the Volca. Here's a video with instructions on loading Dexed patches into the Volca - you'll just need a computer running Dexed hooked up to the Volca via 5-pin MIDI. In theory the Volca is a cheap-ish solution that can run Dexed patches on hardware without fussing with a computer, but there are a few challenges. This is great, but it's a VSTi so you have to run it on a computer and I'm somewhat allergic to relying on computers on a gig. In my last post I talked about FM synthesis using Dexed.