I’m going to put this and the editor for Roland’s D-05 (D-50 boutique reissue) as MVPs here – the D-05 because then you can get away from those well-known presets and take the synthesis engine in other directions.
#VOLCA FM EDITOR DASHBOARD FOR MAC#
U$6.90 / 5,90EUR for Mac (VST, AU, standalone) and Windows (32- and 64-bit VST). Since you can save presets, this also solves a key issue with the volca fm, which is managing all that variability live and in production.Īnd yeah, you can give your fingers a rest from those tiny knobs … and have fun playing with the touch strip and sound instead. Rather than full random (which would result in unusable patches 90 percent of the time) Synthmata’s Randomizer has a number of parameters to help the user guide Synthmata into the right ‘ballpark’ before generating a new patch. However, when you import a patch from the DX7, some operators may be turned off this is a result of a slight difference between the DX7 and the Volca FM. This process works the same as importing any other patch file into Patch Base. Adding Momo’s plugin lets you integrate your volca with your DAW and get precise control of those settings – plus automate and recall them. Oscillator Sink has updated Synthmata, a free, browser-based editor which works with the Korg Volca FM and the DX7, adding an automatic/random patch generator. FM synthesis was a major turning point when it was popularized in the 1980s, and now its back in a small but powerful form: volca fm. The Volca FM can directly import sysex files that contain patches from the Yamaha DX7. Of all the volcas, the volca fm might be the one that wants this the most – FM synthesis by definition gets some wild results from tiny tweaks.
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Momo Müller keeps putting out superb unofficial editors for popular gear – and the latest to get the treatment is KORG’s pint-sized FM synthesizer.
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Manage all that FM sound depth of your KORG volca – or dust it off, if you need – with this handy editor for one of the most unique little instruments from the past years.