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Volca Bass Keys
Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 2:59 pm
by hedgemunkees
which notes on the Volca Bass do they actually correspond to on a scale? I cannot see on the unit or read in the manual exactly what notes I am playing.
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 5:29 am
by joeyluck
This is a bit confusing as the key colors are inverse of piano keys (not sure why they did it this way)... As if it wasn't hard enough already to look at a groovebox keyboard lol.
So, black piano keys are gold on the Volca Bass and white piano keys are black on the Volca Bass.
Starting from the left:
A ( black: M1 )
A# ( gold: M2 )
B ( black: M3 )
C ( black: M4 )
C# ( gold: M5 )
D ( black: M6 )
D# ( gold: M7 )
E ( black:M8 )
F ( black: 9 )
F# ( gold: 10 )
G ( black: 11 )
G# ( gold: 12 )
A ( black: 13 )
A# ( gold: 14 )
B ( black: 15 )
C ( black: 16 )
Hope that helps!
An idea for future versions
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 5:35 am
by joeyluck
Besides not making the key colors inverse...
Now that I'm looking at the touch strip, it seems there is room to have put the corresponding notes (above the numbers). That would have been a good compromise to having inverse key colors.
Maybe either or on future versions...
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 8:03 pm
by el_hombre
Awesome, thanks heaps for this! Was just about to google to try and find this information...
I"m thinking of getting one of thes eto have in my bass guitar case for gigs where I don't have enough space or time to set up my MS20 mini as well as my bass rig, or when I have to travel light...
I'm tossing up between getting a Volca Bass or an ipad and the MS20 app, but I'd rather stay analog not to mention I don't like the idea of playing an ipad on stage...
My only quibble was note being able to make sense of the keys from the pictures. I'm pretty sure I can get the VOlca to do pretty much every thing I need it to in a pinch.
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:09 am
by dswo
el_hombre wrote:I'm tossing up between getting a Volca Bass or an ipad and the MS20 app, but I'd rather stay analog not to mention I don't like the idea of playing an ipad on stage...
I've had the Volca Bass since October and like it a lot. But there are a LOT of fantastic synth apps for the iPad right now, beyond iMS-20. Check out some YouTube videos of Animoog, Nave, and Sunrizer. And if you do get a Bass, you can use the iPad to record and sequence it.
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:51 pm
by el_hombre
Cheers for the tips, I've been getting the feeling that I'm missing out on some pretty sweet software by not having an ipad. Definitely considering it-_-
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 8:19 pm
by el_hombre
Finally pulled the trigger on one of these on Monday, glad I bumped into this thread again, the key layout still kinda confuses me at first which is probably kinda stupid since I should be able to rationalise it out. I think if they'd gone with black and white I'd have been fine.
Gonna fire it up at practice tonight, looking forward to hearing it through a big amp, though I'm expecting some fudged notes due to not being tha tgreat with the key layout yet.