--- product_id: 105542214 title: "Volca Drum" brand: "korg" price: "€ 278.83" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 category: "Korg" url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/105542214-volca-drum store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # Built-in speaker + headphone jack Battery or mains powered portability 6-part x 2-layer synth engine Volca Drum **Brand:** korg **Price:** € 278.83 **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > πŸ₯ Pocket powerhouse: synthesize beats anywhere, anytime! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Volca Drum by korg - **How much does it cost?** € 278.83 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/105542214-volca-drum) ## Best For - korg enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted korg brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Dual-layered sonic depth:** Two layers per part for rich, complex drum textures. - β€’ **Compact & portable design:** Lightweight with built-in speaker, perfect for on-the-go creativity. - β€’ **Waveguide resonator effect:** Unique resonator adds tube or string tonal character to all sounds. - β€’ **16-step sequencer with chaining:** Create, loop & chain patterns seamlessly for dynamic beats. - β€’ **Versatile oscillator & modulation:** 5 waveforms + 3 pitch modulations per layer for endless sound shaping. ## Overview The Korg volca Drum is a compact digital percussion synthesizer featuring a 6-part, dual-layer architecture powered by Korg’s advanced DSP analogue modeling engine. It offers 16 assignable kits, a 16-step sequencer with pattern chaining, and a unique waveguide resonator effect for rich tonal variety. Battery or mains powered with a built-in speaker and headphone output, it’s designed for portable, hands-on beat creation with professional-grade sound quality. ## Description Buy Korg - volca Drum - Digital Percussion Synthesizer. Free delivery and returns on eligible orders. Review: Synthetic beats in a pocket package, deceptively powerful - Korg Volcas are addictive, and this is the third one I've bought after modular and nu:bass - of the options for providing drums/beats, the Volca Drum is the most original and powerful, though the sample offers a lot of flexibility as well. It adheres to the standard Volca form factor and battery requirements, with the usual audio, sync and MIDI input. The pattern sequencer is also familiar, with 16 patterns of 16 steps for up to 256 steps in a song. There's no means of backing up the kits or storage, but you can get a third-party editor and VST which helps with that. What it does: Six-parts of synthesized drums consisting of two 'layers' each, each layer having its down sound character modified through the wave source, envelopes and other parameters accessed via the edit button. There's enough control to change sounds on the fly, and it's a VERY powerful drum synthesizer for the money, rivalling the likes of the Nord Drum 3P for sound and texture creation. Editing the six drum sounds is remarkably easy, though getting truly accurate or characterful original sounds can be tricky, it just needs a subtle touch. Bolstering the sound of the drums is a single resonator that affects all of them, which can be tuned and changed from tube to string, for bassy or reedy tones. This is really the only limitation of the sound generation, you can't have one part in a tube, and the other via string. It's intuitive to play basic beats, with 10 preset kits of straight electro/pop sounds with some wierd and wonderful squawks and breaks for good measure, but it rewards in-depth thoughtful programming. How does it sound? Remarkable. High-quality and clear, the bass can shake and the high pitches can ring with no aliasing or crudeness that you might expect of cheap PCM samples, this is true drum synthesis with rich harmonics and a lot of flexibility. It's at home in synthwave, garage, dubstep, grime or whatever, really, capable of being very solid or just plain bizarre. How vital is it to a Volca setup? This should be your second or third one alongside bassline and melody, but you could buy this for use alongside other synths and find it stands alone as an excellent drum machine. It's one of Korg's best yet and incredibly good value; I'm still finding more depth months into owning it. It's more enjoyable to program than the Nord 3P as well... Anything it benefits from? Effects of course - the Volca Mix has send/return, but I'd probably use this with a Kaoss KP3+ or kaoss pad for glitch, delay and grain effects if I weren't using the minikp2 for that via the mixer. It really suits that style of dynamic, effected playing and becomes a simple drum and bass machine if you take the time to program it. It also works well with the Volca Modular as an additive percussion synth for additional character. Think complex, shimmering and harsh metallic hits like early industrial music, backed by more 2000s-style heavy, long-decayed kicks from the Volca Drum. Any downsides? Not really, apart from the lack of sound bank/pattern backup. It stores them fine, but doesn't have much storage on board and there's no MIDI out or audio backup option. It would be nice if it would play an audio file of the memory contents for later restoration, in the same way that firmware updates are applied. You want it, basically. The Korg Volca Drum is one of the best Volcas yet; it's powerful, flexible and original - the sounds are versatile, and it could add something to any studio, not just a starter project or basic Volca layout. You could sample patterns from this until your fingers wear out. Review: Everything it does sounds like a Volca Drum! - Brilliant fun, fast and intuitive and now so cheap for what it does. It gives similar products (like the Sonic Potions LXR02) a real run for its money. I see no reason to spend more. However just like these similar products it has it's own unique sound and flavour and this may ultimately be it's downfall. There are great sounds ready to be created but in the end they all sound like a Volca Drum. For some reason there is just a limited colour pallet at hand. I found programming via the front panel a pain after about 30 mins and it was much easier via the editor program which really opened it up (there are two available). It made progamming a breeze and you could store all your sounds and kits instantly to computer. I preferred using the editor for the full experience and this finally made me decide not to keep the Volca Drum because I felt that I might as well go for a vst if I'm tied to the computer again. I enjoyed it for the few hours I had it (there were a few bugs but I didn't update the firmware) it was very immediate but unfortunetly so was the boredom that set in. Highly recommended if you want to tweak on the go and create edgier sounds. The sounds really PUNCH! It really is amazing for the price. Just not a keeper for me. ## Features - The KORG volca drum is a compact Digital percussion synth with assignable 6-part x 2-layer stucture and drum sounds created by KORG's new DSP analogue modelling engine - The assignable 16 x 6 part kits (plus 10 preloaded kits) gives you complete freedom to assign sounds plus use the waveguide resonator effect settings individualyl or simulaneously - For each layer you have 5 types of oscillator waveforms and 3 types of Pitch Modulation and amp EG to play with giving a vast array of sounds at your finger tips - Create and improvise drum patterns using the 16-step sequencer plus you can loop and chain sequence patterns with memorised knob operations - The Volca Drum is a compact unit that can be taken anywhere powered by battery or mains power with a built in speaker and headphone socket ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B07MW4D7LG | | Best Sellers Rank | 1,053 in Musical Instruments & DJ ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments & DJ ) 2 in Tabletop Synthesizers | | Body Material | Plastic | | Brand Name | KORG | | Colour | Blue | | Connector Type | 3.5 mm mini-jack | | Country of Origin | China | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (642) | | Finish Type | Glossy | | Global Trade Identification Number | 04959112187375 | | Included Components | Instruction leaflet, Sync cable | | Item Dimensions | 19.3 x 11.5 x 3.9 centimetres | | Item Type Name | Drum Machine | | Item Weight | 0.37 Kilograms | | Manufacturer | KORG | | Material | Plastic | | Model Name | Volca Drum | | Model Number | VOLCADRUM | | Part Number | VOLCA-DRUM | | Product Warranty | 1 year warranty. | | Sound Profile | Rich, diverse, and unique | | Unit Count | 1 count | ## Product Details - **Brand:** KORG - **Colour:** Blue - **Item dimensions L x W x H:** 19.3 x 11.5 x 3.9 centimetres - **Material:** Plastic - **Model name:** Volca Drum ## Images ![Volca Drum - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/8109H5EZzZL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Style** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Synthetic beats in a pocket package, deceptively powerful *by T***S on 24 June 2022* Korg Volcas are addictive, and this is the third one I've bought after modular and nu:bass - of the options for providing drums/beats, the Volca Drum is the most original and powerful, though the sample offers a lot of flexibility as well. It adheres to the standard Volca form factor and battery requirements, with the usual audio, sync and MIDI input. The pattern sequencer is also familiar, with 16 patterns of 16 steps for up to 256 steps in a song. There's no means of backing up the kits or storage, but you can get a third-party editor and VST which helps with that. What it does: Six-parts of synthesized drums consisting of two 'layers' each, each layer having its down sound character modified through the wave source, envelopes and other parameters accessed via the edit button. There's enough control to change sounds on the fly, and it's a VERY powerful drum synthesizer for the money, rivalling the likes of the Nord Drum 3P for sound and texture creation. Editing the six drum sounds is remarkably easy, though getting truly accurate or characterful original sounds can be tricky, it just needs a subtle touch. Bolstering the sound of the drums is a single resonator that affects all of them, which can be tuned and changed from tube to string, for bassy or reedy tones. This is really the only limitation of the sound generation, you can't have one part in a tube, and the other via string. It's intuitive to play basic beats, with 10 preset kits of straight electro/pop sounds with some wierd and wonderful squawks and breaks for good measure, but it rewards in-depth thoughtful programming. How does it sound? Remarkable. High-quality and clear, the bass can shake and the high pitches can ring with no aliasing or crudeness that you might expect of cheap PCM samples, this is true drum synthesis with rich harmonics and a lot of flexibility. It's at home in synthwave, garage, dubstep, grime or whatever, really, capable of being very solid or just plain bizarre. How vital is it to a Volca setup? This should be your second or third one alongside bassline and melody, but you could buy this for use alongside other synths and find it stands alone as an excellent drum machine. It's one of Korg's best yet and incredibly good value; I'm still finding more depth months into owning it. It's more enjoyable to program than the Nord 3P as well... Anything it benefits from? Effects of course - the Volca Mix has send/return, but I'd probably use this with a Kaoss KP3+ or kaoss pad for glitch, delay and grain effects if I weren't using the minikp2 for that via the mixer. It really suits that style of dynamic, effected playing and becomes a simple drum and bass machine if you take the time to program it. It also works well with the Volca Modular as an additive percussion synth for additional character. Think complex, shimmering and harsh metallic hits like early industrial music, backed by more 2000s-style heavy, long-decayed kicks from the Volca Drum. Any downsides? Not really, apart from the lack of sound bank/pattern backup. It stores them fine, but doesn't have much storage on board and there's no MIDI out or audio backup option. It would be nice if it would play an audio file of the memory contents for later restoration, in the same way that firmware updates are applied. You want it, basically. The Korg Volca Drum is one of the best Volcas yet; it's powerful, flexible and original - the sounds are versatile, and it could add something to any studio, not just a starter project or basic Volca layout. You could sample patterns from this until your fingers wear out. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Everything it does sounds like a Volca Drum! *by K***E on 9 April 2022* Brilliant fun, fast and intuitive and now so cheap for what it does. It gives similar products (like the Sonic Potions LXR02) a real run for its money. I see no reason to spend more. However just like these similar products it has it's own unique sound and flavour and this may ultimately be it's downfall. There are great sounds ready to be created but in the end they all sound like a Volca Drum. For some reason there is just a limited colour pallet at hand. I found programming via the front panel a pain after about 30 mins and it was much easier via the editor program which really opened it up (there are two available). It made progamming a breeze and you could store all your sounds and kits instantly to computer. I preferred using the editor for the full experience and this finally made me decide not to keep the Volca Drum because I felt that I might as well go for a vst if I'm tied to the computer again. I enjoyed it for the few hours I had it (there were a few bugs but I didn't update the firmware) it was very immediate but unfortunetly so was the boredom that set in. Highly recommended if you want to tweak on the go and create edgier sounds. The sounds really PUNCH! It really is amazing for the price. Just not a keeper for me. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great for new percussion sounds *by P***E on 6 April 2021* I have several Volcas, and this one is one of the best; the range of sounds available is excellent, and most are usable! I do wish Korg would make them easier to use with other equipment - you can trigger notes over Midi for instance but you have to stop the sequencer manually each time you start the master device or the Volca will do it's own thing! Overall however, they are a reasonably priced, fun and easy way to expand your sound making, and I would highly recommend to beginners who fancy having a go at making electronic music. This machine can generate some excellent grooves/ rhythm tracks and is very tweakable (all Volcas are!). It has made such good sounds I have samples to put into my main drum machine to get around the problem above; you lose the live playability but is much easier in the studio. This may not be the best 1st drum machine (it could be, it depends what you want to do!), but is a worthwhile addition to any set up to add some variations/ fills etc. and help with ideas. Paired with the Volca Bass it could do your rhythm section.; then Volca Keys for chords, Volca FM for melody, chords or more bass, you may get hooked..... ## Frequently Bought Together - Korg Volca Drum Digital Percussion Synthesizer w/ 16-step Sequencer and Active Step - [UL Listed] KFD 9V AC Adapter Switching Power Supply Cord Charger for Korg Volca Syth Bass, Beats Rhythm, Keys Loop Synthesizer - Mellbree MIDI Cable, 2-Pack 3-Feet Male to Male 5-Pin MIDI Cable Compatible with MIDI Keyboard, Keyboard Synth, Rack Synth, Sampler, External Sound Card, Sound Source and Other Music Gear --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.be/products/105542214-volca-drum](https://www.desertcart.be/products/105542214-volca-drum) --- *Product available on Desertcart Belgium* *Store origin: BE* *Last updated: 2026-05-13*