OKGO Volca Sample keys 9 & 10 won't play simultaneously

genepoz · Post by **genepoz** » Tue Feb 27, 2018 2:25 am

Purchased about summer 2017. Keys 1-8 will each play all the way through when any other key is pressed, including 9 or 10. But 9 and 10 cut each other off. Is this a known bug? Is there a fix?
Thanks

mesoboy · Post by **mesoboy** » Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:17 am

It's normal...9 and 10 choke each other

genepoz · Post by **genepoz** » Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:48 pm

Thanks Mesoboy. Yeah, that appears to be the case. Someone mentioned that this "feature" is "great for closed and open hi-hat sounds." Guess we'll see.

jeftones · Post by **jeftones** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 4:44 pm

This "feature" as you call it is clearly marked on the sequencer itself. Steps 9 & ten have the word alt in between them.

choking is a common feature of the mpc workflow. The sample is a spiritual throwback to the mpc, hence the color scheme on the original volca sample.

ShoNuff · Post by **ShoNuff** » Sun Jul 22, 2018 6:09 pm

well, any drum machine, for the hihats.
closed and open can't play at the same time.

megamarkd · Post by **megamarkd** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 1:22 am

ShoNuff wrote:well, any drum machine, for the hihats.
closed and open can't play at the same time.

Ahh, yes in general, but not all. The most annoying thing about the Circuit is that you need to program the choke or your closed hat will not shut an open hat. Same with the Ry-30 but not as annoying. With that machine you assigned 'exclusives'. Instruments on exclusive 1 would choke each other etc. Same as the R-70. Hmm, gotta set the same sort of thing on my MV-8000. Thinking about it, any drum machine without set kits permanently assigned to particular positions on the notemap has to use exclusives due to the fact two kits may not have the same instrument layout on the note map. Not good for the kick to choke a snare, for example.