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This thing packs a major groovy punch, if tuned correctly you can get those super grainy, grungy sounds, all the way to trance style smooth sounds. Super gutteral lows and squealing highs. Built in sequencer is great, the controls all have great action, just enough resistance for me. Everything about the whole Volca series is just outstanding in general in my opinion. This is a perfect lead for the DJ on a budget, and zZounds is a great place to get these guys on a pay plan if that's you. It's definitely possible to perform with them, but I'd say they're more for studio recording overall. If I had to make a complaint, the touch pads are so well responsive that it can almost become a fault. I have slightly larger fingers, I don't have problems with keyboards or guitars, but I tend to accidentally hit notes on this compact device quite often. To correct for this they've left midi / DIN input, so I can't really complain . 4.5/5, Would buy again!

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The Korg Volca Keys is a fantastic sounding analog poly synth even if it were more expensive. This can really get pretty fat too. I love the Volca Keys so much that I made a sample library with it using motion recording and doing two passes of each sound to give me stereo imagining of the LFO phase. If there's one thing that's greatest about it, it's the filter. Korg filters are the best and this filter, based on the miniKORG 700S, is no exception. The different oscillator modes give it a wide range of sounds and one of my favorite features of this is the pitch envelope. The pitch envelope just really sets it apart from synths lacking such control. I've used this with its sequencer and that’s totally fun for DAWless jams. I'm now also enjoying using it in sampled form. Every parameter is motion recordable except oscillator mode & resonance and you can motion record all other parameters without limit. I hope to always have a Volca Keys and I just know I’ll only ever get rid of it if Korg comes out with a Volca Keys 2.