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    Volca Nubass

    Aug 20, 2019 3 minutes
    By Si Truss

    Si is editor of Future Music and Electronic Musician magazines

    $280 korg.com

    Strengths

    + Great-sounding filter
    + Does a killer 303 impression
    + Accents, slides and transpose are great for inspiring riff ideas

    Limitations

    - We're not convinced the Nutube tech adds very much
    - Lacks the paraphonic sequencing and detune of the original Volca Bass
    - Drive and saturation are rather subtle

    or their price and size, Korg’s original trio of analog Volca instruments were all fairly revolutionary at the time. Six years on though, it’s

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