CONTENTS
1. About this book
2. Quick-start guides
- Main controls
- About the Volca FM
- Preset sounds
- New features
- Select and play a sound
- Select and play a pattern
- Select and play a pattern chain
- Record or edit a pattern
- Save a pattern
- Record a motion sequence
- Edit a sound
- Rename a sound
- Save a sound
- Clone sounds and patterns
- Import Yamaha DX7 sounds
- Synchronise timing
- Connect to headphones or a mixer
- Connect to an audio interface or sound card
2. What is FM synthesis?
- FM synthesis theory
3. Slider controls
- Transpose slider
- Velocity / Value slider
4. Program edit knobs
- Modulator & Carrier knobs (+ envelopes)
- LFO rate, LFO Pitch Depth
- Program
- Param knob
- Algorithm knob
5. Program edit buttons
- Octave / Operator buttons
- Save / Export button
- Edit button
6. The arpeggiator
- About the arpeggiator
- Arp type knob
- Arp type chart
- Arp Div knob
- Arp Division chart
7. Tempo, Sync, Audio Out, Power
- Tempo knob
- Volume knob
- Mains and battery power
- Auto Power Off
- What is Sync?
- Change Sync Step setting
- Change Sync polarity
8. Play, Record, Memory & Func
- Play / Active step button
- Record / Erase button
- Memory / Write button
- Func button
9. Keyboard functions
- Understanding the keyboard and LEDs
- Voice mode: Poly, Mono, Unison
- Chorus
- Reverb
- Arp On / Off key
- Program Random
- Tempo division
- Metronome
- Warp Active Step
- Transpose note
- Motion sequence keys
- Clear Active Step
- Clear All
12. MIDI
- MIDI: an overview
- Selecting the MIDI channel
- MIDI Control Change messages
- MIDI Control Change numbers
- MIDI RX Short Message
11. Parameters in brief
- Parameter list
- What are parameters?
- Understanding the LED panel
- Select and edit parameters
- Edit the parameter value
16. Parameters in detail
- Every parameter explained in detail
17. Algorithms, Global Parameters, updates
- Algorithms list
- What are algorithms?
- Full-page diagrams of every algorithm
- Global parameters
- System update
- Factory reset
- Further reading
- Index
- Algorithm chart
- Parameter List