Blade Runner Drone tutorial for Korg volca bass and NTS-1 effects / no talking / Dune drone

Here's how I like to play with drones on the Korg volca bass. NTS-1 effects by @hammondeggsmusic for the best dark shimmer, Haze HD - link below in the tutorial script.

🎧 for best experience

Decided to make this no talking, so here's the script for those who like to translate:

Start with a neutral Korg volca bass Setup:

VCF: Peak 0, Cutoff 5
LFO: Rate 0, Int 0
VCO: All pitches at 5 (off)
Volume: 11

EG Attack, Decay, Amp Int, Amp EG and Sustain settings have no effect on drone sound.

Drone 1:

Clear a track, select 3 Oscillator Unison mode (Func + M3)

Enter Active Step mode, press Func + Active Step
Turn off all but first step (M1), exit mode by pressing Func again.

Enter Step Record, press Func + Step Rec (record)
Play upper A note (13), exit record by pressing Func

Enter Slide Edit - turn on slide for step one - Exit slide edit, press Func

Press play and start adjusting VCF and LFO:

Adjust LFO Rate and Int, then VCF Peak and Cutoff
Adjust LFO Rate again

Adjust VCO Pitches
VCO 2: 22c
VCO 3: -12n

Enjoy!

Note swapping while playing:

Start record, press and hold new note
while holding note, enter slide edit mode
release note and tap slide on active note quickly
Exit slide mode by pressing Func

Drone 2:

Restart volca bass in Global Settings mode: hold Func while power on
Set setting 5 (M5) to on: tP.FL, Tempo Full = 10-600 bpm. Light should be lit on M5. Press record to save setting.

Turn Tempo to 10
Reset volca bass to neutral settings (see above)

Step Record A 8 steps, E 4 steps, F 4 steps, exit record
Switch to Slide Edit, activate slide on all steps
Play
Adjust LFO, VCF and VCO settings to similar as Drone 1

Enjoy!

More complex drone:

Switch to single osc mode - Func + M1,
Select VCO 3
Active Step Edit
Turn off all steps except first 4 A steps (1-4)

Select to VCO 2
Active Step Edit
Turn off all but E steps (9-12)

Play with VCO 2 and VCO 3 pitches
Adjust VCF Peak and Cutoff and maybe VCO

Bladerunner Drone:

Add Haze HD effects from Korg NTS-1
https://hammondeggsmusic.ca/logueplug...
Set Reverb Dryness to about 50 (Reverb + turn B to D50)
Adjust A and B for optimal effect depth

no post effects were used on the final recording

⚡⚡⚡ Power On that KVB and have some fun with drones! ⚡⚡⚡

0:00 Introduction
0:52 neutral volca bass settings
1:18 Drone 1 setup
3:04 note swapping
3:45 full tempo range setup
4:15 Drone 2 setup
6:20 VCO 2 and 3 active steps
10:15 Haze HD NTS-1 reverb
10:50 Bladerunner drone

Thanks for watching! 🌿







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