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product_id: 231502229
title: "Volca Drum Physical Modeling Drum Synthesizer"
brand: "korg"
price: "S$455"
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reviews_count: 5
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# 16-step sequencer with parameter automation Waveguide resonator for rich resonances 6-part x 2-layer DSP synth engine Volca Drum Physical Modeling Drum Synthesizer

**Brand:** korg
**Price:** S$455
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🥁 Elevate your beats with the future of drum synthesis!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Volca Drum Physical Modeling Drum Synthesizer by korg
- **How much does it cost?** S$455 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- korg enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted korg brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
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## Key Features

- • **Compact Powerhouse:** Lightweight and portable design fits seamlessly into any studio or live setup, making professional-grade percussion accessible anywhere.
- • **Inspiration on Demand:** Two randomize functions spark endless creative possibilities, ensuring your beats stay fresh and ahead of the curve.
- • **Layered Sound Complexity:** Dual-layer structure lets you blend and sculpt multi-dimensional drum tones, elevating your productions beyond the ordinary.
- • **Sonic Innovation Unleashed:** Harness a cutting-edge DSP engine delivering uniquely rich, textured percussion sounds that redefine your rhythm game.
- • **Precision Sequencing Mastery:** Craft intricate beats effortlessly with a 16-step sequencer featuring deep parameter automation and slice functions for dynamic drum-rolls.

## Overview

The Korg Volca Drum is a compact digital percussion synthesizer featuring a unique 6-part x 2-layer DSP engine and a waveguide resonator that produces rich, resonant drum sounds. Its 16-step sequencer offers extensive parameter automation and slicing for complex rhythms, while dual randomize functions fuel creative exploration. Designed for portability and hands-on control, it’s perfect for millennial professionals seeking innovative sound design and dynamic performance tools.

## Description

The volca series is all about unique sound. Whether it's analog, PCM, or FM, the volca series puts unique sounds into an accessible platform. And now, the series is joined by a new rhythm machine that brings yet another sonic character. It's the volca drum digital percussion synthesizer. Based on a simple trigger waveform, wave folder and overdrive are used to add overtones and distortion, and then a waveguide resonator effect brings the sound to life. The six-part DSP synth engine was designed with a completely different philosophy than conventional drum machines, and generates a wide range of unexpectedly different sounds. And of course, you can play those sounds from the volca-style sequencer. Adding these distinctive sounds to your rhythms will revolutionarily transform your performances and productions.

Review: Great metronome - Not a standout for composition, but fun for practice or jamming. It has a few limitations which stand out to me. The compact interface is always usable, but often awkward. Creating sounds is easy but adjusting them is tedious. Liberal use must be made of a hash in the LCD which marks the saved position of a setting, which is not trivial when using micro-potentiometers assigned to a resolution of 255 in a nested interface. This also obligates you to operate the controls deftly and save a kit after each adjustment to prevent your settings from drifting widely and mysteriously. You get 16 triggers/steps per pattern and 16 pattern slots, which feels claustrophobic. Patterns can be chained to create more complex progressions but with only 16 sets of 16 triggers and no data I/O, memory management is an issue. For instance, creating a 4-bar drum line with 16th-note resolution and a consistent fill on the 4th bar would generally use a quarter of the memory and require you to select the 4 bars sequentially each time you turn on the unit. Then, that memory is consumed until you delete the progression forever. Kits and patterns are marked only by their slot number. The gold-side "Send" physical modeling controls are impressive but are adjustable only per full kit, which in practice limits them to either trippy delays/reverbs and performance effects or to use on only one or a few drums. Time signature can be fudged, but only within extreme limits. This unit is mostly practical for us because it allows us to avoid computers in a few situations during jamming or practice. Far superior performance in every respect can be had from free or trivially cheap software on any phone, tablet, or PC; judged as a component of a modular setup and especially in the context of Volca as a system, I find it useful and likeable, but unwieldy. The sound generator is excellent only in its simplicity, and the sequencer is inflexible. Integrating this unit's stark limitations into a multi-hundred-dollar instrument could be fun but does not seem efficient or practical. However, we are very happy with it. We are not using it as a musical instrument, but as a configurable metronome / backing track. It feels more personal, predictable and charismatic than an automatic drummer, and less sterile than a metronome. The sound generator is a minimalist masterpiece, with only enough moving parts to create a wide array of convincing or pleasing drum sounds and effects. Probability and slicing controls push this Korg over the finish line between toy and tool, but no further.
Review: 👍 - Alles bestens

## Features

- Digital percussion synth with a 6-part x 2-layer structure
- Distinctive sound from a newly developed DSP engine
- Waveguide resonator adds rich resonances
- 16-step sequencer with a wide range of parameter automation
- Slice function finely divides a step to allow drum-rolls
- Two randomize functions expand your inspiration

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B07MW4D7LG |
| Best Sellers Rank | #32,221 in Musical Instruments ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments ) #1,241 in Drums & Percussion Accessories |
| Body Material | Plastic |
| Brand | KORG |
| Brand Name | KORG |
| Colour | Black |
| Connector Type | Auxiliary |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 592 Reviews |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 04959112187375 |
| Included Components | Cymbal |
| Item Dimensions | 19.3 x 11.5 x 3.9 Centimeters |
| Item Height | 39 Millimeters |
| Item Type Name | Drum Machine |
| Item Weight | 0.37 Kilograms |
| Item dimensions L x W x H | 19.3 x 11.5 x 3.9 Centimeters |
| Manufacturer | KORG |
| Material | Korg |
| Material Type | Korg |
| Model Name | VOLCADRUM |
| Model Number | VOLCADRUM |
| Unit Count | 1.0 Count |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** KORG
- **Colour:** Black
- **Item dimensions L x W x H:** 19.3 x 11.5 x 3.9 Centimeters
- **Material:** Korg
- **Model Name:** VOLCADRUM

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great metronome
*by L***N on 24 October 2024*

Not a standout for composition, but fun for practice or jamming. It has a few limitations which stand out to me. The compact interface is always usable, but often awkward. Creating sounds is easy but adjusting them is tedious. Liberal use must be made of a hash in the LCD which marks the saved position of a setting, which is not trivial when using micro-potentiometers assigned to a resolution of 255 in a nested interface. This also obligates you to operate the controls deftly and save a kit after each adjustment to prevent your settings from drifting widely and mysteriously. You get 16 triggers/steps per pattern and 16 pattern slots, which feels claustrophobic. Patterns can be chained to create more complex progressions but with only 16 sets of 16 triggers and no data I/O, memory management is an issue. For instance, creating a 4-bar drum line with 16th-note resolution and a consistent fill on the 4th bar would generally use a quarter of the memory and require you to select the 4 bars sequentially each time you turn on the unit. Then, that memory is consumed until you delete the progression forever. Kits and patterns are marked only by their slot number. The gold-side "Send" physical modeling controls are impressive but are adjustable only per full kit, which in practice limits them to either trippy delays/reverbs and performance effects or to use on only one or a few drums. Time signature can be fudged, but only within extreme limits. This unit is mostly practical for us because it allows us to avoid computers in a few situations during jamming or practice. Far superior performance in every respect can be had from free or trivially cheap software on any phone, tablet, or PC; judged as a component of a modular setup and especially in the context of Volca as a system, I find it useful and likeable, but unwieldy. The sound generator is excellent only in its simplicity, and the sequencer is inflexible. Integrating this unit's stark limitations into a multi-hundred-dollar instrument could be fun but does not seem efficient or practical. However, we are very happy with it. We are not using it as a musical instrument, but as a configurable metronome / backing track. It feels more personal, predictable and charismatic than an automatic drummer, and less sterile than a metronome. The sound generator is a minimalist masterpiece, with only enough moving parts to create a wide array of convincing or pleasing drum sounds and effects. Probability and slicing controls push this Korg over the finish line between toy and tool, but no further.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 👍
*by B***C on 14 November 2025*

Alles bestens

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfecto
*by E***O on 19 June 2024*

Increíble sintetizador de batería. Muy fácil de usar. No tiene instrucciones pero existen muchos totorales en YouTube para aprenderlo a usar en menos de 10 minutos. Quizá podría mejorar que sólo tiene 16 pasos el secuenciador. Sólo se pueden guardar 16 secuencias diferentes y 16 kits de batería. Pero cada kit y cada sonido de batería se puede modificar infinitamente y la edición en vivo está increíble con efectos y simulador de bulbos.

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