Korg Volca Beats 5-stars Reviews

Great fun

I put it together with my Volca sampler 2 and my Novation circuit tracks,

there are no limitations on what you can do, even on its own you can make great beats quickly as its very easy to learn how to use.Perfect for machine for beginners .I have had it for two years now and its still going strong, and its survived some seriously crazy party's.I put four stars for the sound because for some reason its quieter than the other Volca series ,but easy fixed with mixer,I highly recommend it.

Great analog toy

Good one from this korg series. Seems basic at the beginning but the quality of all sounds is really great. I got kinda addicted to the kick and the toms, they are in every song i made!

Onboard speaker for convenience only

This is a fantastic little gizmo. It's pretty feature packed once you figure out how to use them all. The unit sounds way better with headphones or through a monitor, so do that right away after purchasing.

Build quality is excellent, and everything works exactly as designed. Would be nice to have a second set of sounds or a swing feature, but at this price point I cannot complain.

Great little drum machine

Lots of possibilities within this little box.

Tiny but Mighty

This little thing sounds really well. It is small almost like a toy and it is not very expensive, but it sounds really great and it is quite easy and intuitive to use. One of the best purchases I've made. The knobs a re a bit small and require a good grip. But it is beyond my expectations especially for the price.

The snare is a bit weak, you have to pair it up with the clap to work really well.

First drum machine

I gotta be honest. I'm a guitar player who's looking to experiment with some different stuff and didn't really know what to look for in a drum machine. So I did my research and my criteria was quite simple:

- Affordable

- Sounds ok

- Enough features to keep me interested, but not be overwhelmed

- Looks good (yeah, call me shallow, but the Volca Beats is now in my living room and my wife and I love the vibe!)

The Korg Volca Beats checked every box, so I decided to pull the trigger.

Sure, it's simple, the built-in speaker doesn't carry much weight (not sure if people expect something else from such a tiny speaker), and it's not filled with crazy sounds, but I'm impressed with the vibe I'm hearing out of it. From hip-hop to post-punk, it sounds great and I'm quite happy with the purchase!

Pros: Everything I mentioned before.

Cons: I honestly miss a speaker output to connect to a PA without having to deal with that tiny and flimsy headphone output; And I wish that the cables were connected from the back, not the top.

Still, solid 9/10 for the Korg Volca Beats!

Great value

For the price point, a great drum machine. The features are limited though and the live use is not so comfortable because of shift buttons etc. Nevertheless, it's a good entry-level drum machine and it's resale value is ok too.

This small drum machine is actually very powerful. I use mine linked with my other studio machines and works perfect. The kick is the best.

This module doesn`t occupy a lot of studio space so it`s great to have and to have fun with.

I strongly recommend it

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It is very portable, the built in speaker is not the best quality but if you connect it to a mixer or amplifier the sound quality is good. Quality is ok, for the price you cannot complain.

This product is ideal for those who want to hear the analogue sound of a drum machine. It never gave me problems, I have it for about two years.

Great little drum machine!

The Volca Beats is so much fun to play with and record. A nice, versatile set of sounds (bearing in mind their limitations) and a very easy to use interface make this a winner. The kick drum and clap sounds are particularly nice, along with the toms. The sequencer will accept MIDI notes for control from an external DAW, also MIDI sync is provided; I tested this with Logic and it was pretty solid! Also, if you have the Korg MS-20 Mini, it seems you can use the PSU to power the Volca, as they are rated the same (9v DC, centre-positive). As we have already seen from watching online videos, people have already been getting creative with mods and hacks - to be honest, though, I love this as it is. It really does feel quite solid and very nice to use. Thumbs up.

Brilliant

Great piece of equipment. Im a guitar player really but this little box has inspired me to check out more tech gear.

Got it with the Korg volcanic bass and together they are phenomenonal. On its own its brilliant.

Can't say enough about it.

volca takes some beating.....

the korg volca beats is a drum machine. you can sync it to other's in the volca range.

it has a 16 step sequencer and you can also program the volca beats on the fly to create magic, dynamic rythms.

it does not come with a power adaptor (which is a shame) but it does come with 6 batteries so you can have fun straight out the box.

it has 6 analog sounds that you can manipulate pitch and decay, including kick, snare and two toms, and 4 pcm sounds (clap, claves, agogo, and crash) that share a pitch control.

personally, i think the volcas are the best thing since sliced bread, and for value for money, at 100 quid, is outstanding.

you cant go wrong with this.

Excellent sounds with a really fair price. Great little machine to use at gigs or in studiosetup. Sync function with other Korg gear/ analog instruments adds nice opportunity to mixing sounds in while playing. I have played gig with drummer who played VB with electronic drumkit via midi and played solo gigs routing midisignal from TR-8 to VB and there syncin it forwards to electribe and other Korg gear. I would have loved to have midi out for adding more drum machines and electronic percussion to same set, but at this price can't have everything of course.

Built quality is really sturdy and my VB has survived exceptionally years in quite eccentric and heavy use.

Analog sounds are marvelous and i could just only listen and play with them for days and days. Pcm sounds sound bit dull at first but with bit of tuning and effects they work in my opinion just well.

Amazing quality for the money

The Korg Volca Beats is filled with features and great drum sounds - both analogue and digital. Some people say that the snare sound is poor. I'd say it's just different. It is not the typical 808-style snare what we have used to hear in analog machines. Volca Beats is a great addition to the both small and big setups. In this price category there just isn't a machine which would beat the Beats.

Volca Beats

Sounds absolutely huge despite it's small size. Those with bigger fingers may find tweaking the parameters difficult during a performance. All round great groove box.