Volca FM (original) - The Expert Guide

The officially licensed guide to the Korg Volca FM, created by the world’s leading Volca expert Tony Horgan. Across 155 pages, this practical and visual guide explains everything about the Volca FM, with easy-to-follow text, illustrations and photography.

Make rapid progress with the quick-start guides, then look deeper into the amazing Volca FM. Every control is covered in detail, FM synthesis is demystified, and all the parameters and algorithms are fully discussed and illustrated.

From the author of the universally acclaimed Korg Volca Expert Guide series, this is the perfect companion for all Volca FM user.

Tony Horgan

Tony Horgan is a fun-loving writer from London with a background in magazines. Since the start of his career in 1987, aged 16, Tony has been entertaining and informing his readers with concise, witty words and page designs across a wide range of subjects, from modern music to video games, and high-tech gadgets to classic puzzles. Tony was the Editor of the world's best-selling Amiga computer magazine, the Editor of Xbox World and Xbox Gamer magazines, and Reviews Editor at renowned gadget magazine Stuff. Tony has a boundless enthusiasm for creating books that are stimulating and accessible to everyone.

Contents

1. About this book
   
2. Quick-start guides
   
3. What is FM synthesis?
4. Slider controls
5. Program edit knobs
6. Program edit buttons
7. The arpeggiator
8. Tempo, sync, audio out, power
9. Play, record, memory and func.
10. Keyboard functions
11. MIDI
12. Parameters in brief
13. Parameters in detail
14. Algorithms, global parameters, updates