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title: "volca fm"
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# 9 arpeggiator modes (Rise, Fall, Random) 3-voice FM synth engine 16-step sequencer w/ WARP & chaining volca fm

**Brand:** korg
**Price:** HK$2212
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🎛️ Unlock timeless FM vibes with next-level sequencing — your sonic playground awaits!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** volca fm by korg
- **How much does it cost?** HK$2212 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hk](https://www.desertcart.hk/products/48287117-volca-fm)

## Best For

- korg enthusiasts

## Why This Product

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## Key Features

- • **Dynamic Sequencing Power:** 16-step sequencer with WARP ACTIVE STEP and PATTERN CHAIN lets you craft complex rhythms effortlessly.
- • **Versatile Arpeggiator Modes:** 9 arpeggiator types (Rise, Fall, Random) add evolving textures and movement to your soundscapes.
- • **Classic FM Sound, Modern Ease:** Authentically recreates iconic FM synthesis with an intuitive interface—no PhD required.
- • **Expressive Multi-Touch Keyboard:** Play and tweak sounds live with a responsive 16-key touch interface designed for on-the-fly creativity.
- • **Compact, Portable, and Battery-Powered:** Take your sonic experiments anywhere with lightweight design and 6 AAA battery operation.

## Overview

The Korg volca FM is a compact, battery-powered 3-voice digital FM synthesizer that faithfully reproduces classic FM synthesis sounds. Featuring a 16-step sequencer with advanced pattern chaining and warp functions, plus 9 arpeggiator modes and a multi-touch 16-key keyboard, it offers deep sound design and live performance flexibility in a portable form factor.

## Description

Korg - volca FM - Digital FM Synthesizer Module : desertcart.co.uk: Musical Instruments & DJ

Review: Amazing Sound..Infinite Possibilities...I’m hooked!! - I’m a complete newbie when it comes to synthesizers and especially FM synthesis but this beautiful little box is simply amazing! Within minutes (admittedly after a bit of research online/YouTube) I was producing some amazing sounds and loops. The sheer amount of tweaking you can do on the fly means you can produce long sequences and tunes even within the confines of the 16 step memory. I am amazed just how good this thing sounds. I had read that FM synthesis was complex and difficult and some have noted that working through the various parameters on the box itself is difficult. However I must say that I have found it to be incredibly intuitive and is an absolute joy to dial up different parameters and just play with them and discover the infinite possibilities that come out of it. In addition, I’m looking forward to getting a MIDI cable so that I can upload even more sounds via the PatchBase app on my iPad - opening up a vast array of DX7 sounds. I’m now getting started on hooking it up to GarageBand on my iPad so I can save my loops and sequence them. Just wish my budget could stretch to some of the other Volcas to add beats/ samples but looks like I can do this using my iPad and other apps till then!
Review: Brilliant piece of kit. - Took delivery of one of these a few hours ago and am totally impressed. I'd read about fm synthesis and how esoteric it can all be but this device is really quite user friendly. I'm a guitar player looking for something to bring a little variation to recordings and this fits the bill admirably. I've yet to get into deep editing of parameters so there are still aspects of this device that I've yet to discover. There are a few minor gripes such as there being midi in but no midi out. Genuine synth players will want to connect it to an external keyboard as the integral touch sensitive one is a tad fiddly. In general, however, it's just about as much fun as you can have without getting yourself locked up. Brilliant.

## Features

- The volca FM is a three-voice digital FM synthesizer that completely reproduces the sound engine of a classic FM synthesizer
- The unique volca interface makes it easy to manipulate distinctive FM sounds even if you're not familiar with the complexities of FM synthesis
- The 16-step sequencer that's one of volca's features provides new functions such as WARP ACTIVE STEP and PATTERN CHAIN that let you make even more powerful rhythm patterns
- Includes 9 Arpeggiator types (3 patterns of each: Rise, Fall and Random)
- Multi touch keyboard

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B01DAIVXHM |
| Batteries | 6 AAA batteries required. |
| Battery Type | Alkaline |
| Best Sellers Rank | 16,398 in Musical Instruments & DJ ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments & DJ ) 28 in Tabletop Synthesizers |
| Body material | Plastic |
| Compatible Devices | compatible with classic unit |
| Connector | USB |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (555) |
| Date First Available | 28 Mar. 2016 |
| Finish type | Lacquered |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 04959112121843 |
| Included components | alkaline batteries |
| Item Weight | 0.28 g |
| Item model number | VOLCAFM |
| Item weight | 0.01 Ounces |
| Manufacturer | KORG |
| Material Type | Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene |
| Number of Keyboard Keys | 16 |
| Power Source | Battery operated |
| Product Dimensions | 11.51 x 19.3 x 3.99 cm; 0.28 g |
| Scale Length | inches |
| Size | 193 × 115 × 40 mm |
| UPC | 714573528631 755756641082 |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** KORG
- **Colour:** MultiColored
- **Item dimensions L x W x H:** 11.5 x 19.3 x 4 centimetres
- **Material:** Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
- **Model name:** volca FM

## Images

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: How do you connect this up to a DAW (eg. Reason or Ableton) and control it (and the DAW) with a MIDI keyboard?**
A: In its stock form, there is only a MIDI input and a 3.5mm output jack. You first plug in your MIDI keyboard into your interface or computer via MIDI cable or USB respectively. Then use the MIDI output from your audio interface to connect to the volca, and configure your DAW to output to whichever MIDI channel you want.Connect a 3.5mm cable with an adaptor to one of your audio interface inputs, and if all is configured properly you can turn up the volume and hear your volca being played from your MIDI keyboard.

**Q: Can I sync this with my Roland TR 606 ?**
A: You can synch the midi out of a drum machine to the midi in of the Volca or use the trigger out from the 606 to the synch in of the Volca. I'm using a TR626 with my Volca Bass and it works fine. I just checked and saw there's no midi on the 606 but you can still use the trigger.

**Q: What sorts of ports does it have? USB?**
A: No USB. MIDI in, audio out, and sync in/out.

**Q: does the volca have built in adjustable tempo ? with a display of it?**
A: yes , every volca have its own tempo knob

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing Sound..Infinite Possibilities...I’m hooked!!
*by A***N on 3 March 2018*

I’m a complete newbie when it comes to synthesizers and especially FM synthesis but this beautiful little box is simply amazing! Within minutes (admittedly after a bit of research online/YouTube) I was producing some amazing sounds and loops. The sheer amount of tweaking you can do on the fly means you can produce long sequences and tunes even within the confines of the 16 step memory. I am amazed just how good this thing sounds. I had read that FM synthesis was complex and difficult and some have noted that working through the various parameters on the box itself is difficult. However I must say that I have found it to be incredibly intuitive and is an absolute joy to dial up different parameters and just play with them and discover the infinite possibilities that come out of it. In addition, I’m looking forward to getting a MIDI cable so that I can upload even more sounds via the PatchBase app on my iPad - opening up a vast array of DX7 sounds. I’m now getting started on hooking it up to GarageBand on my iPad so I can save my loops and sequence them. Just wish my budget could stretch to some of the other Volcas to add beats/ samples but looks like I can do this using my iPad and other apps till then!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brilliant piece of kit.
*by J***O on 13 April 2017*

Took delivery of one of these a few hours ago and am totally impressed. I'd read about fm synthesis and how esoteric it can all be but this device is really quite user friendly. I'm a guitar player looking for something to bring a little variation to recordings and this fits the bill admirably. I've yet to get into deep editing of parameters so there are still aspects of this device that I've yet to discover. There are a few minor gripes such as there being midi in but no midi out. Genuine synth players will want to connect it to an external keyboard as the integral touch sensitive one is a tad fiddly. In general, however, it's just about as much fun as you can have without getting yourself locked up. Brilliant.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Back to the 1980s
*by M***Y on 29 March 2022*

Amazon tends to smush the Volca reviews together, so for the record I'm talking about the Volca FM. It's a compact, three-voice sound module that puts the six-operator FM model of the mid-80s Yamaha DX7 into a small box with a sequencer. It's fun but slightly awkward. It doesn't work all that well as an FM sound module because it doesn't respond to velocity over MIDI and it only has three-voice polyphony. There doesn't seem to be a way to chain several of them together. On the positive side it's mostly compatible with DX7 patches, of which there are thousands on the internet, although you have to use a third-party utility (Dexed) to send the data to the Volca FM. On the negative side it's only compatible with the original six-operator-sine-waves-only model of the DX7/9/7II, not the four-operator-with-different-waves model of the later DX11/TX81Z, so it's not compatible with the famous Lately Bass patch (for example). As such it's a kind of FM groovebox, akin to the Elektron Digitone, but the sequencer is very limited. There are sixteen patterns that can be chained together, but not made into a song, unless it's a simple 1-2-3-4 arrangement. The sequencer has very limited live control, so I have the impression it's mostly intended to play static basslines. I use an Arturia BeatStep as a sequencer instead. As a kind of FM version of the TB-303 however it makes a lot of sense. The front panel controls respond in real time, and the built-in patches - which are surprisingly good - all have articulation, so you can have a lot of fun playing sequences through it while mimicking filter sweeps, but with clashing digital FM sounds. The presets are a neat cross-section of the DX7's most famous sounds. The pianos, bells, flute etc are all pretty good, although this sadly highlights its limitations as a sound module. In theory it doesn't make a lot of sense, because Dexed is free, but the front panel articulation is an advance over the original DX synths and it has a decent chorus effect, so if you think of it as a cheap bass-box it's not too bad. It's also half the price of the cheapest second-hand DX100 and it'll send sync pulses to the other Volcas, so if you have some of the more unusual Volcas - the Modular, example - it's handy as a "normal" synthesiser. You can edit the patches deeply, but good luck with that. Good luck with that.

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