New Volca FM 6-Voice

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Love the original. Ordered!

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I was considering a second original one to make a 6-voice at one pointā€¦ lol

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I will definitely buy this, only thing that kept me from buying the original was the 3 voice limitation.

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Nice, I had and very much enjoyed the original and sold it to get a DN. This addresses all the gripes I had with the original and it would be an instant buy for me if I wouldnā€™t have a DN

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Oh yeah excellent, lack of velocity response and voices were the two things that stopped me getting the first version

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Looking to get one as well; i prefer the old DX7 style FM over the Digitoneā€™s FM for some reason.

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Does this mean the Other Volcas are going to be upgraded? Hope so.

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This makes it a lean mean tiny machine!

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ā€œArctic. Power off.ā€

:pensive:

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Volca FM2
Good

  • ā€œProgram Randomā€ - permutes the current patch with randomization
  • 64 patches (previously 32)
  • 1/8" MIDI in/out (previously DIN in only)
  • Reverb (previously metronome)
  • 6 voices of polyphony (previously 3)
  • Sample & Hold LFO glitch bug fixed, should be more compatible with OG DX7 patches
  • DX7 SYSEX compatibility improved: all operators turned on when loading OG DX7 patches.

Less Good

  • Arp isnā€™t transmitted out the MIDI out
  • No DIN MIDI adapters included
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WOW. Thatā€™s all I can say. Day 1 buy from me.

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Seems like a decent update but the idea of youtubers having to make excited day one videos about what is essentially a polyphony updateā€¦ well I hope they are getting paid.

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pajen firmware likely wont work on the v2, and that makes me sad.

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I wonder if this is a reaction to Behringer taking on the Volca Range and pretty much besting them.

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I doubt it, mostly just seems like a fairly sensible update to fix some pretty annoying hardware shortcomings.

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Good news, but also typical Korg, nothing radical in V2 :slight_smile:

I did not have a chance to play a lot the original DX7, bu people often talk about some ā€˜magicā€™ in the original FM, and for me Volca has the same thing. Maybe differently, maybe with that strange ā€˜plasticā€™ color of Volca DACs, but still there is something really pleasant in Volcaā€™s sound. Be it a sound illusion or not.

Unfortunately no changes in controls and for me it was the biggest stopper. Itā€™s just pain to program anything usefulā€¦

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Yeah, the lack of polyphony was a bummer for me, so I sold the first one. FM is meant to be played with proper keys to enjoy its full potential. Thankfully they added velocity sensitivity as well, so I will probably be getting this one as wellā€¦

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