Sorry, you asked that before and I never answered. This is for a studio setup. We aren't gonna be doing any live gigs just yet, but of course it can't hurt to grab some gear that's good for both. The cheapest I've seen a volca was $145, but then I haven't looked that hard. I found a used DarkStar f...

Sorry, you asked that before and I never answered. This is for a studio setup. We aren't gonna be doing any live gigs just yet, but of course it can't hurt to grab some gear that's good for both. The cheapest I've seen a volca was $145, but then I haven't looked that hard. I found a used DarkStar fo...

Yeah, I shoulda known I didn't know what I was talking about with the Moog comment. I've wandered across a couple of jams with Minimoogs and such but I didn't listen too hard, since that "retro monobass" sound I kept hearing wasn't really my cuppa tea. I compared the MicroBrute to a Moog s...

Yeah, I've heard that the Microbrute was good for dubstep sounds... I watched a couple of demos, though, and I wasn't impressed; it sounded a bit too Moogish for my tastes. It could be that the demos I saw didn't show off what the thing's really capable of, though. If I do decided to get a Volca, I'...

So I've been looking for an affordable hardware synth that can make some rough, dynamic sounds for a dubstep setup a friend and I are putting together. At first, Volca Bass seemed to fit the bill, but after a little more research, it seems there's not really much difference between the two. They see...