Volca Keys : Great little synth for its price

4 years ago

The volca keys is a nice little box of character. It has plenty of different flavours to choose from and can sound very lo-fi if you play around with its onboard delay and aggressive filter.

I like the fact that the volca keys is a one-knob-per-function synth without any hidden menus or settings. That way you can get really hands-on with it and makes it a great synth to learn synthesis as well.

The only quirk of this volca is that its sequencer starts skipping steps once you plug in a mono TS cable. When using regular stereo TRS cables, I get a really soft and noisy signal from the Headphone OUT. When using a mono TS, it's really loud and clean. But due some technical flaw in the keys, the sequencer might skip steps because of it.

Generally it's a great little box for the money and certainly works well when jamming with other volcas!

Image Korg Volca Keys

Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Korg
  • Released in 2013
  • Average price : $152
  • Dimensions (Wmm x Hmm x D): 193mm x 115mm x 45mm
  • Weight : 372g
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