Volca Bass Techno (*ravers raving*)

You can't use ALL your gear ALL the time. I already feel bad about some of my synths collecting dust. The only way out of this misery is: USE THEM. So I picked up my Volca Bass and created some sequences. This one I'm sharing with you is one I liked a lot. Instant RAVE!

But first: Let's look at the Patch

To archieve this sound, I created a simple patch on the Volca Bass. For all you nerds out there, here are the details:

In this patch I created a deep (oct 1) bassline on VCO1, a chirpy bird sound (oct 6) on VCO3 and a nice synth-layer in the middle (oct 4) on VCO2. VCO1 is doing all the heavy lifting from a notes and groove perspective. VCO 2 + 3 are more rhythmical. More drum-like. VCO3 is just one note held for half the bar. This creates an interesting effect as the Filter EG is triggerd by other notes of the sequence. The most important part of the sound is the LFO (connected to the Filter Cutoff) creating this FM-like / instable feeling. 

Another important part of the sound are the effects. I used the free (and amazing) VALHALLA SUPERMASSIVE as reverb and the trusted SOUNDTOYS ECHOBOY for a dotted eighths delay.

Here's a look at the patch:

I discovered this website VOLCASHARE.com. Pretty cool! You can look up my patch there via this link (or click on the picture above).

That escalated quickly. Let's hear what it acually sounds like:

No I'm curious. How do you like the Volca Bass? Do you have one? What's your favorite patch? Drop me a comment below 👇