Bad Gear - Korg Volca Nubass - The Noobass

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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Korg Volca Nubass. Does this Roland TB-303 - like analog synth based on Korg's Nutube technology bring anything new to the table or is it just another monophonic acid synth. Are Nutubes real Tubes/Valves? Is Korg aware of all the Volca memes - you know, Noobass (LOLZ, ROFL,...;)???

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:13 Overview Korg Volca Nubass
01:40 WTF are Nutubes???
02:50 Ladder Filter
03:03 Envelope, LFO
03:29 Drive
03:48 Sequencer, Accents, Slides, Additional Features, Pattern Chaining
04:34 What else??? Pricing
04:52 Hate
05:16 Jam 1 (Volca Setup)
06:06 Jam 2 (Mixed Setup)
06:58 Finale (Non 303-Sounds)
07:27 Verdict
08:17 Patreon Vocoder Shoutout

[stabngab]

That's it! the final nail in the coffin. You've now covered every piece of gear I have lol!

[d.townzen]

This channel brings me great joy. Thank you.

[wheelieflip]

You put a ton of work into these videos, keep it up legend!

[Beatdrop]

LOVED seeing the Volca Kick getting some action. That thing is seriously one of the best in the entire line. So flexible and just absolutely MONSTROUS sounding.

[brucebennett]

I assembled a little volca rig for fun (modular, drum, nubass, keys, and the mixer). They are pretty little toys that let a classically trained musician like me pretend to know how to make techno (i'm not much of a step-sequencing kinda guy, i typically just play what i want to hear on keys, but this little rig is helping me learn the ropes.

[Luap-lsix]

"I think I have a favorite Volca, and it's not the nu-bass." 😂😂

[Yuzuki]

God damn the jams were absolutely off the deep end today! Dirty techno, acid and lots of mud I'll never grow tired of! :D

[TheSciHi]

As a proud owner of two famous "Bad Gear" labelled acid boxes, I just wanna say that the presence of NuBass just makes me appreciate TB-3 even more.

[fjfrancois]

One of the best channel of YouTube thank you AudioPilz🎉

[searchiemusic]

you are seriously so consistent it blows my mind, you're serious proof that any piece of equipment has its use if you're willing to look for it and i think that's what really sets apart someone with extreme skill

[ekkoflok]

Guess the real tb-303 would make a great candidate for a bad gear episode, too. Thanks for the great videos!

[HorologicRannygazoo]

I can't believe you got that thing to actually make listenable sounds. I bow to the King of Bad Gear!

[vaderbase]

klingt beeindruckend. Noch beeindruckender sind die unzähligen Einblendungen, Memes und Clips hier. Wow. Das war viel Arbeit.

[rorz]

I'm surprised to see so little love for the nubass in the comments. I love mine! As an acid box, it offers something different from the 303 in terms of its sound, and it's also a lot easier to program. And you can get some cool results with the LFO!

[robjanssen]

I recognize the Prosoniq Orange vocoder anywhere ;) Thanks again for making my favorite Friday evening show!

[Zoiex]

"welcome to the dark side of the mono-synth disco-funk wub & roll" (proceeds to show FNAF dancing action figures)
i don't know where you found this sort of madness, but it is GLORIOUS, and im down for it. :D

[conk]

damn the jams went crazy in this one. nice work!

[Gutarst]

Every time I want to buy something, I come to YouTube for reviews, and Bad Gear has it covered. It’s become a predictable thing. At first I felt dismayed, then I laughed, now I just accept that it’s a fact of life that you can’t please everyone.
Thanks Florian. You make YouTube a better place.

[therealOXOC]

Everytime a treat. Thanks for being awesome!

[alexwestconsulting]

I've hardly touched mine, but the NuBass is a nice addition to the volca lineup in isolation. The tube is a gimmick though. It does actually sound nice, different character than the other clones I have. Really it's the volca footprint that sells it though. It's doesn't play particularly nice with the Keys/Bass IMO, but it's great in combo w Kick and Drum. Actually really highlights the Kick since the Kick also always felt like it didn't belong. Now it has a friend. I'm keeping it.