Korg’s compact, DX7-inspired Volca FM first landed six years ago and it remains one of our favourite mini synths to this day. Now, like the Volca Sample before it, the FM is getting a ...

We picked out Korg’s new Volca FM as one of eight stunning products to be unveiled at the NAMM showcase in January, impressed by the amount of functionality packed into the miniature machine. Now full ...

Due to the nature of FM synthesis, however, for many sounds the velocity slider has the effect of acting almost like a low-pass filter cutoff: brightening and adding presence to sounds as the value is ...

Korg can't seem to stop itself putting squelchy analog sounds into portable synths, and its latest grab-and-geek-out playthings are the Korg Volca Series. A trio of true-analog synthesizers – the ...

Synths are great. You push a key, turn a few knobs and suddenly you're making "music." So when keyboard maker Korg realized it had a hit with its low-cost, entry-level Monotron series, it was only ...

Korg has revealed a new addition to its Volca range of modular, iPhone and iPad-friendly electronic instruments, with the Korg Volca Sampler promising easier real-time recording and tweaking of sound ...

Now, to be clear, I'm not new to the world of synths. I own a few (including a couple of Volcas) and understand the principles at work. But I'm far more familiar with East Coast, or subtractive ...

Korg has created a new vacuum tube synthesiser in the form of the Korg Volca Nubass offering a powerful bass synthesiser with the sound source based around a vacuum tube oscillator. “The acid bass ...

FM synths have had something of a revival over the past decade. Electronic musicians are now spoiled for choice when it comes to hardware FM, with the likes of Elektron’s Digitone, Korg’s Volca FM and ...

Three years ago, Korg announced an affordable polyphonic analog synthesizer called the minilogue. Now, ahead of the NAMM 2019 music industry expo, the company has revealed the next generation model – ...