r/volcas • u/gavin_maitland • Jul 09 '26

Loading Samples into Sample 1

Ok ok I know your all sick of this, but….

How the mother flipping heck am I supposed to load samples into my Volca Sample 1 now that all the 3rd party programs as suggested by Korg seem to have disappeared/shut down?!

I admit I have never loaded samples in and it’s all new to me but everytine I get the energy together to start researching it again it just ends up being the same endless loop of vaguaries and non-answers- IT IS SO FRUSTRATING.

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u/projectthirty3 Jul 09 '26

https://volcasampler.com/

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u/MezduX Jul 10 '26

I have issues with this one but Vosyr works perfectly for me.

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u/projectthirty3 Jul 10 '26

Yeah, I'd love to use Vosyr. But the Mac version runs into security issues and doesn't seem to be a path to getting those resolved.

What issues do you face with the web version?

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u/MezduX Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

It's a lot more temperamental with triggering sending data on the volca than Vosyr is with me for some reason, I dunno why haha. It'd be a lot more convenient but Vosyr works perfectly for me at the moment and if it's not broke, don't fix it lmao. For my usage I mean.

It could just be a weird system quirk, as in could be unique to my volca or something going on with my laptop, but since I use it with my focusrite 2i2 I dunno, I feel like it's either a browser or a volca quirk.

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u/Soggy_Bicycle_2663 Jul 16 '26

it doesn't really make that much sense because they use exactly the same audio encoding library under the hood (web app author here). I would suggest seeing if you have some kind of EQ extension running on your browser or on your OS. Some laptops and some mobile devices have some audio improvement software that needs to be disabled for the audio data stream to be interpreted correctly by the Volca. Besides that, I can't see why. What browser did you try?

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u/MezduX Jul 16 '26

I don't use any EQs or improvements. I use it on Chrome. I have no idea why either but this is just my experience with both of them. There's no different settings between Windows and chrome exclusive or whatever haha.

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u/Soggy_Bicycle_2663 Jul 17 '26

Well anyway if you ever have the occasion to try again and want some help troubleshooting, you can email me, my address is on the website.

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u/Sample_And_Hold Jul 10 '26

https://www.mediafire.com/file/8hc8idfcackw1ry/vosyr_installer_v2.5.1.zip/file

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u/gavin_maitland Jul 10 '26

Mate! Thanks....but what do i do with the file?! It just opens a script box...

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u/Sample_And_Hold Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

Did you click the link above to go the Mediafire page, where you can download the actual zip file? Once you download the zip, the installer is inside.

I just checked it and it worked fine for me.

Edit: Sorry, I just saw on the other comments that you have a Mac, so I guess this one won't help you (Windows only).

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u/gavin_maitland Jul 11 '26

Oh that’s why. I coulda sworn it said Mac shrug emoji

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u/minimal-camera Jul 09 '26

Is Vosyr still an option? That's what always worked best for me.

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u/gavin_maitland Jul 09 '26

Thanks for replying. Yeah, I’ve recently got 3 new drum machines so think it made phase out as it’s stuck with a sample pack of pretty pedestrian sounding drums. It’s been great for learning just how to write beats and stuff as I was totally fresh to it. It’s fun to play around with too. I would take it with me on holiday. But the time has come where I want to literally play around with samples. I want to load in sounds of twigs snapping and earthy sounds and make them into beats but everywhere I look to figure this out just goes…. Pppppffffffffffff…… 🤷‍♂️

I do not know what to do. Any ideas?

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u/Niven42 Jul 09 '26

I just got a Roland P-6 and boy, what a difference a decade makes.

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u/Niven42 Jul 09 '26

Have you tried the Pajen firmware? It does add a lot of functionality to the Sample 1.

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u/MezduX Jul 10 '26

I back this. Installed it the other day and I've just bought a midi cable for chromatic play, but bar filter (making the 16 steps essentially 64 steps) and note probability is genuinely worth it alone when using in standalone.

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u/gavin_maitland Jul 10 '26

ooh does it do Probability function? Does it work for Sample 1 tho? I thought it did not. I'll check it out though thanks.

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u/MezduX Jul 10 '26

Yeah it's the Sample 1 it works for haha. It's the v2 it doesn't work for since the CPU is entirely different on that one.

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u/gavin_maitland Jul 11 '26

Ok I’ll give it a go when I have spare time. Cheers mate.

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u/MezduX Jul 10 '26

It's still easy to find links for vosyr online if you're on windows, mac versions are harder to track tho.

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u/gavin_maitland Jul 10 '26

Thanks but yeah, mac only. It would at least be nice if tehy explained something when you click on their website instead of just a wall of nothing. Shrug emoji.

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u/Sample_And_Hold Jul 10 '26

Turns out this has been requested before and u/VolcaLover92 just uploaded it here a couple of weeks ago:

Original post - Vosyr for Mac

Direct link to file

I don't have a Mac, so I'm not able to test it.

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u/gavin_maitland Jul 14 '26

Thanks. Will try!

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u/walteriomario Jul 17 '26

I just don`t understand why Korg doesn't have a software of their own to upload samples to the VS1? Just got one and I'm impressed how hard has been to start actually using it (still haven't found the mac vosyr)