How to replace a Volca FM 2 for free. | GAS Therapy #31
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2024
- Volca FM 2 reminds me of too much pain back in old days, when I found this free DX7, I immediately sold my Volca FM. Here’s the show, hope it’s helpful.
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0:00 Intro
0:30 Little Zelda tune
0:48 The updates
02:07 Alternative reveal
04:53 How to randomize preset for free
07:11 Beat demo
08:08 Conclusion
09:00 iOS/Android alternatives
09:22 Outro
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Just stumbled across your channel. You're doing us synth nerds a great service.
Fun video. Loving the style.
Much appreciated! Salute from a long term fan 🙌
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so glad i found this channel a while ago, we must protect this man at all costs! totally honest, totally accurate, with an edge of wittiness and clever humor. I'm broke and channels like these help me realize maybe I DONT need all that expensive hardware
Been using Dexed for a couple years. I love this VST.
Love your channel! The hero we need in the fight against GAS!
Can I just say how lovely your voice and accent is to listen to! It has a rythm that's so comforting that I'd watch these vids even if I wasn't suffering from GAS
Oh thanks for the kind words, I'm trying to get rid of my Chinglish accent but got no luck, it's a 30years burning 😆
@@playpmyour accent rocks.
Thank you for your opinion, your informations and for your performance!
Just discovered your channel, in only 2 videos, you saved me 1800$. THANKS!
Before I knew any better I bought Komplete in 2011 and learned FM8 but Dexed is sweet and very powerful. Great video
There is also a plug in called OPS7 from plogue music that has cycle accurate emulation for the old dx7, even better than arturia for 30 dollars
Love your work!!
Loving your work 👏🏾👏🏾
Thank you for the samplepack! And thank you for preaching fm synthesis to the masses :)
Thank you. Needed this one!
Very nice Michael! Thank u!
Absolutely great. Thanks a lot.
You have your priorities straight
Like you I found the Dexed to do all the FM-work I need. It’s an amazing soft synth. Thank you for the download link to all those patches! Keep up the good work!
No smooth manipulation though....
Hahaha my days I use both FM and Dexed and also own the DX7, it's my oldest synth. I so agree on this video you are simply a Star !
Great video, Thanks!
One of your best, thanks. Although I am much older than you you remind me of my father!
Can’t wait for this one👍
Thank you ,once again Michael for curing our GAS. thank you for expressing the truth so openly and for inspiring us to making music with our humble and cheap tools. lt would be nice if you could evaluate and review how good is each caustic 3 module,compared to the hardware it "replicates". Thank you again.
There are no same leaves in the world, hope there're software haters who are willing to prove this for you, I'd rather make more videos on how to make more interesting music ;)
@@playpm I like owning hardware and using it. Of course, it’s also about looking cool. However, option paralysis is a thing. The most complete music I’ve done was either in Garageband, Groovebox, the OP-Z and the OP-1. All of those are limited in one way or another. I make music as a hobby and I’ve used Ableton and Logic. I’m making progress with Ableton but the sheer amount of parameters, buttons and elements on the screen can be intimidating for me. Nevertheless your arguments are very strong and I’m more aware of the fact that sometimes buying hardware is not to make better music but maybe just to make me feel better. I now only try to buy hardware that actually has a purpose in my workflow.
Thanks a lot,bro!
Thanks for another great video!👍☺️
I love your videos!!
True: I sold my Volca FM MK1 and now used Dexed instead. Its better, I have more money in the bank and my desk looks less cluttered!
very nice beat demo track Michael, love to hear more of that : ]
Haha, that was awesome. Great job, Michael.
Dex can even be built from source on a $50 raspberry pi
fantastic video!
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Enjoyed the video, great stuff!
Appreciated, enjoy your emails and plugins too!
Awesome video 😆 subscribed!
Thanks great video👍🏼…. If you have a iPad and volca fm close by download Patch base and select volca Fm . You can program your volca fm faster, you can send new sound to your volca Fm and you have bigger screen to see what going on.
Great video, and for the most part I would agree that having the same tool (with more freedom) for free, makes it hard to justify the price of a Volca FM2. However there is something to be said about physical music gear and the way we interface with such devices, I myself enjoy the workflow and tactile nature of physical devices, not to mention a lot of the music I produce is made when away from my pc/daw, so having a tiny dx-7 that I can take anywhere, hooking it up to a PO-32 for a drum machine and a MPK mini makes for a nice on-the-go setup. This ends up been around a third of the price on an OP-1, which my GAS goes crazy when I see how much an OP-1 is right now. As for Dexed, I do use it for making new programs/param's when at my pc and then just send them over to the Volca FM2 once I'm happy with them. Thank you for an amazing video and as always, Have an awesome day.
Dexed has crap, glitchy realtime manipulation -- the FM2 is worth the money for the realtime controls
@@annother3350 Dexed is really only useful for making new patches, as a live interface it is honestly painful to use
You got a new subscribe from me. I watched the Syntakt video and while I still want to buy it (hahaha), I absolutely appreciate this series of videos.
Cheers!
Great video! You are right. Now I got dexed. And the presets. Subbed!
wooow awesome vid brother thank you!!
Today just found your Channel. Thanks for the great hints about avoid buying gear. You are so right: Everything you need to get creative is there without paying for it. But sometimes I love to touch knobs to control sound.
I don't think he expects us to go super minimalist, sell all of our gear, and use only a lap top. Rather just to try some of these things next time you get the itch to buy more gear.
For some people, they want tactility. But there will be those who are fine with GarageBand.
(currently learning how to use Logic Pro via free trial, which is more featured than GB)
Sick video man
Dig what you're saying and mainly agree. Your solution assumes a few things though: Ownership of an appropriate computer already, and a download connection. No time spent on OS, apps and updates getting in the way. Electricity consumption. No virus or security bothers. With all those things considered I reckon the Volcas have a lot of appeal. Unless your head is fully inserted into a digital lifestyle computing orifice already (which applies to most people). I like to get creative without those privacy invasions, timewastes or compromises. And when or if I'm done with the hardware I can sell it on. I use a calculator to do sums. I use a clock to tell the time. I make beats on a drum machine and I use a computer for admin. Separate devices for specific tasks. Goggle Aaple n Microsoft don't own my creative processes.
Cool stuff all the same. Love your humour. Subbed!
“Even the MOST PATIENT RUclipsR LOOPOP…” 😂😂😂😂😂😂 this made me LOL
Salute from Toronto, Canada. You are hilarious 😂
Great job, Michael! You made me give Dexed another try. The day I make using Dexed or any other VST mouse-free and thus tactile shall be the happiest day ever 🙈
I mean I think I'm some DAWs you can map the knobs on the keyboard to be dynamic, so in theory you could move it around the operators
I have compared the Volca FM 2 to OPS7 (another DX7 emulation) via an audio interface (MOTU M2) and Renoise. They sounded so close to each other that I sold the Volca FM 2. Also, KQ Dixie got an update that lets you turn off the LPF and delay, making it sound closer to a DX7.
Ok, this is fun. And true - Dexed is awesome. But the "randomise" feature is not just totally random. It actually produces pretty musical results almost all of the time. So there. :)
Thanks a lot, your videos are always inspiring, I enjoy the culture spread you do :)
thank you so cool you are
Great video, but it’s a simple argument that can apply to just about any hardware synth, sequencer, pedal, etc. At the end of the day, changing the context of how one makes music does inspire. And I’d go so far as to say that even using a different DAW will inspire different and unique sounds. Is it worth the money and time? I think it depends on the person. Sometimes it might just be if it results in a song that otherwise would not have been made.
I like to use Synthmata editor with Dexed. It makes the values easier to read out. Works pretty good
You are SYNTH god!
Interesting that you mentioned the Caustic Android app. I love that thing, despite it not being updated for five years. The little DX7-inspired synth built in, along with everything from a bass to a tiny modular rack emulsion. It even has the ability to export a series of samples of your synth creations, to be used on an external sample player. Amazing app.
Due to it not being updated it sadly doesn't work on newer phones due to the stupid file manager thing in Android
@@illford6921 just tried it here and I can still open projects. I'm on a pretty recent samsung s21 ultra.
SynprezFM is a good one too
yess yes dexed I already use it, it is gnu gpl software freedom go burr also I recommend you click the "parm" button and change engine resolution I prefer the {modern 24 bit} also for randomizing I like to right click random in a software called carla a host plugin
I have the sonicware liven xfm, it’s only 4 operator, like the dx100, dx21 etc, but it sounds great and has built in 4 track sequencer. There are lots of really good fm synths on ipad. Dexed, KQ Dixie which also supports dx7 patches, fm4 which is a four operator fm synth that’s really easy to use, Audiokits fm2, and BLEASS Omega being the top ones.
Compared to the Volcas, the XFM has got a lot more bang for the buck.
@@mrz80It's also nearly twice the price of the FM2 🤷🏻♂️
Beat was fire
I like the way you think. I like hardware more than vsts, though. The limitations of hardware isn't that big of a deal for me. I own about 10k in software, and I could probably make any sound ever heard with it, but I still get more inspired by hardware. I will agree that software is easier in most ways, but I hate using a mouse to scroll through folders etc. I would rather use knobs and buttons.
That's why I use a free sample manager, ADSR sample manager, to preview with keyboard all the way, I don't use mouse, only trackpad and keyboard.
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谢谢，共勉！
Intel Xeon workstations (tower computer) can be found for under $150 that will give you 3+ghz clocks and 16 gigs of ram for almost unlimited tracks and plugins. Combine that with a used Ableton push 1 that comes with a standard license for $ 200 for a amazing workflow. Audio interfaces are cheap used too and even if the drivers are buggy you can use asio4all and get down the latency under 10ms.
I don't know why, but your comment triggered my GAS more than Korg did.
Are you talking about “refurbished” used workstations? 💪
@@crnkmnky refurbished are a lot more expensive. I bought mine used on craigslist for $100 and refurbished it myself. This Dell T3600 has a 8 core 3.6ghz processor and 16 gigs of ram. I bought 2 more quad core Xeon workstations for my kids for gaming for $75 each.
Great video with very good recommendations. You also can make a video, comparing the yamaha reface dx with the free exakt lite vst
... and nice track, btw
Yeah software is the way to go. But a lot of people love to spend money on terrible complicated gear. I thought music making was about making music, not touching hardware for the sake of it. Everyone is different. Gréât vidéo. Thanks.
Thank you so much for your uploads, I thought it was just me (anything one of those boxes can do Me and my PC can do it better with FREE VST's). Keep telling the truth, sooner or later they will figure it out. LMAOOOO Thanks again.
I'll admit to spending a little bit of money for VSTs, but $30 each for Cherry's DSO-106 and EightVoice beats the living daylights out of $2k (last price I saw for a really cherry used Juno106, never mind how much a vanishingly rare Oberheim Eight Voice would cost!) Pretty much everything else around here that goes beep boop or woosh is a free plugin - Dexed, PG-8x, Tyrell N6, ExaktLite, DecentSampler, and the list goes on and on and on :D. For a guitarist with itchy fingers like me, a used MIDI controller keyboard and a linux box full of soft synth goodness beats the living daylights out of filling my home office/studio with racks of old synths.
I would also like you and everyone to know of the SynprezFM app. It's free, the guy developed it on his own out of pure love for the DX7 and it is very up to snuff. Might not be a sequencer, but we have solutions for that. It's a good free app that can really outshine the Volca.
I bought the volca fm 2 time sand sold two times. Twisting the knobs trying to get away from shrill or distorted noise was likening playing “operation” and fun… but dexed is so much more flexible and useable. What’s next a volca with 9 voices ? 128 patches?
I knew that it's gonna be Dexed even before watching the vid.. lol
I also have a volca fm and rarely use it, I'm thinking of selling it now
Hi Michael, thank you for the video. How do you put the sys preset files in dexed?
Click CART button beneath Dexed logo, then click show dir, then drag everything into this folder, done. Remember to reload Dexed to refresh these presets.
🤣🤣🤣you are a legend love it
KQ Dixie is great with loading DX7 patches... and it is as portable as Volca FM.
Do one about the volca drum! I own one but I'm tempted to recreate it with max for live so that I don't have to deal with it's horrible MIDI integration, and I think, even though volca drum is a very interesting drum machine, it could easily be replicated and improved in software and safe people money and headaches.
love the B&W white comedy, you would have been a big hit back before talkies.
Yeah I got free plug ins and paid plug ins, hardware synths and a tr8 which I am going to use. I am primarily using the computer for gigs now so my GAS IS triggered more by midi controllers. If you need a fm synth live and you don't want to use a computer then probably the volca is good compromise. However dexed is great on Mac.
Oke you convinced me, I will buy an Elektron Digitone 😋
Interesting. I bought an original Volca FM but really did not get much joy from it. I was tempted by the V2 release but I think you convinced me. Also interesting to think about how much more powerful GarageBand or reason or logic really is than any realistic dawless setup... I like the spirit of dawless but it does not seem to be the easy way of doing things.
Tbh, for me, using hardware is more for looking cool, and simple things right on hand. But when I really want to make something serious like a commercial project, I'll never go to an hardware, maybe a few sounds, but nothing more, they're not efficient.
I love hardware and free VST's but at the same time I don't like being manipulated by Apple and Microsoft. They keep updating, which means you have to keep updating, buying new PC's (Hardware) at the moment my PC is a second hand Macbook air but these wont be around for long.
Just program your Volca with Dexed. Sure, Dexed is free but realtime manipulation is glitchy. The Volca is smooth
Also don’t forget SynprezFM on Android OS, this is still the best sounding most accurate emulation on that particular OS, with full sysex bank and patch import / export 😍✌️🏝(to fully appreciate it’s capabilities, I recommend connecting it to a midi keyboard…personally I use my CS1x as a controller for tweaking and sculpting sounds, never rely on an app’s interface alone 😉) I also agree 100% KQ Dixie is the best ever DX7 emulation on iOS, which very few users will ever realize😎
Thanks for reminding, just tried it, but really don't enjoy its workflow design, but it's really good to know this free solution!
I really like SynprezFM and find its interface to be less overwhelming than Dexed. Although I’ve yet to put it into a workflow that was actually productive. 😒
This is fun to watch bit it is all just software vs hardware. If you have hardware GAS it won't be cured by a plugin alternative.
Dexed FTW!
"Now open your eyes." BAHAHAHAHA!
Yo even four Tet uses dexed craaazyyy!
Bro you r hilarious 😂
Korg is coming for you Michael!!🤣
"Leave me along! I do love your nano controllers!"
Man, run for World's President. I'll vote for you!
😂
Frankly, even if you do wind up getting an FM2, get Dexed anyway. Much more intuitive way to build patches.
Michael i do you feel about band lab on Andriod let me know thanks
I know it's powerful, but tbh I prefer offline doodling, it's the last corner where I can be totally alone.
whats the Dexed preset for the intro melody ? It's so beautiful!
Can't really remember, but I think it's one of the default presets in Dexed.
I agree with you entirely but there os one positive about hardware gear…it can be recorded with analog mic pre.
It can also trigger my girl friend 🙂
Just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate what you are doing.
Would you happen to have recommendations for free plugins that emulate a Prophet synth?
I was browsing your channel but couldn't find anything on that particular synth.
Thanks]!
Maybe in the future, I just bought a Beringer copy but never use it since arrive 😆
Thank you very much, :) does dexed run on silicon macs?
I'm not sure, maybe give it a try?
@@playpm yes, will do
@@playpm It works ;) y e a h
What were you using to manipulate the drum track?
GarageBand builtin auto drummer.
Sold my volca a long time ago cuz it def wasnt a good intro into hardware synths. I also appreciate hearing Zelda right off the bat.
Which keyboard is playpm using?
Mostly QWERTY one, but this one is M-audio keystation mini mk2, don't buy it cuz it's too thin for proper velocity trigger.
@@playpm Thank you 😁 Have a nice winter break
i am working at the screen daily for 8 hours. i do not have any motivation to sit next to a screen in my free time. that is why hardware synths make sense for me.
So you choose a smaller screen to stare at.
@@playpm haha, nice try :-). i do not have volca FM either.
Nice Zelda
HA I had this same idea!
I was thinking to build a new software front-end, just replicating the Volca FM, with dexed behind the scenes. People get very scared by all those parameters & boxes
Better leave 2 modes for user to choose from, if it's too Volca, it will be toooooooo much menu diving. But at least don't let me keep looking at the menu card board 😆
what patch did you use for the Zelda song? so pretty!
Can't remember, but it's just a preset comes with Dexed, you can find it.
@@playpm cool, thanks
I'm suffering from GAS, but I just love hardware. not tempted by volcas though, I have an expensive taste.
Nice and hilarious video Michel love it :D *(for the arpeggiator am using the nano key studio as midi controller (arp) and it's work fine
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I think TE is delivering their own version of GAS Therapy to the market 😆
@@playpm 😂
@@playpm 😅
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What about midi in?
You mean let an instrument make sound with midi note in? This is the most basic function of any DAW :)
After all, how many polyphonies does the Volca Fm 2 have? More than 6?
Nope, that'll be the Volca FM 3 after 5 years.
@@playpm Yes! Market stuff!
@@playpm But in your experience, is it possible to play Piano on Volca FM 2 without eating notes?
I don't have Volca FM 2, but tbh, 6 voices is enough for most cases, you don't need to play every note in a chord, like you can play any chord on a 6 string guitar. I'm just joking with Korg 😄 (I don't play piano)
Very nice video/channel. I’m myself best combating my G.A.S with an iPad, a Roland Go:Mixer Pro X and iOS apps, which are cheaper than their desktop counterparts when not free, can be interfaced to iPad DAWs and don’t take any footprint.
An iPad is as instant as hardware and provides touch. So it’s cool that you also suggested the iOS/iPadOS app alternatives.
The Roland Go:Mixer Pro X is very nice for putting the iPad into a setup, I only wish it had a full size pair of jacks as master output instead of a mini-jack. But still it is very convenient as it also serves as a stand. Yes it’s hardware so it’s itself a bit of G.A.S. But at least it is small and not too expensive.
For this case, the best I’ve found on iPadOS, KQ Dixie, which is basically a DX7 emulation with support for original presets. It does cost 5 bucks though.
You can upload sysex files from DX7 libraries and the like into KQ Dixie
By this logic a touch screen for desktop would be as instant as hardware ....doub it
@@bresk13 by instant I meant : to launch it. Many times it even takes less time to launch an app on the iPad than booting your synth/groovebox.
But yeah, nothing but hardware replaces actual touch and consistant feature mapping.