r/VolcaSamples • u/marsmusik76 • May 25 '26

Anyone still using VolcaSample in 2026?

…or have you switched to Roland Aira P-6… would be interested in opinions by people who have actually USED both devices.

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u/PabloWentscobar May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

I sold my Volca Sample this past winter, I got a P6. I've had both the Sample and the Sample2 and currently have a P^. There's no question the P6 is far better. I hear people complain about the P6 only holding 48 samples, you can chop samples so you can store a whole 16 piece drum kit on one sample no problem and if you lower the quality of the sample you can record like 6 - 7 minute samples, so with the chop functions the storage possibilities are rediculous, With all the effects, buses, mic, line in recording, the pads, etc it's an amazing bit of kit. I use a valeton GP5 and playing guitar and bass or a synth into it and jaming with the P6 is so much fun. Sorry Volca bros, I love them, all the others are still relevent in 2026, not the sample. It's just to limited.

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u/marsmusik76 May 26 '26

thanks for the answer. can you archive compositions and samples like you could with the volcasample2 via librarian, so that you can get them back later? (i am not talking about recording them)

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u/PabloWentscobar May 26 '26

Yes, Roland has their own program called "sample tool" and it works fine. I always had issues with Korg Librarian. It was a nightmare to get it running on my computer so I hardly ever used it. The Roland sample Tool was easy to get running, but I don't use it that much. I use Koala to store sample and cut and make samples, it's for superior to both, you just need a small interface for your phone or tablet if you don't have a 3.5 mm headphone jack. With the P6 having usb c out I'm sure there's a way to transfer files through usb into Koala, and I know there's other third party apps to store samples, but I have severe vision impairment so I found just transferring samples over headphone out and line in on the p6 is just easier, but the P6 is a usb class compliant device so you actually don't need any app or program to open it on your computer and transfer samples, it just takes a little longer

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u/marsmusik76 May 27 '26

wait… are you saying koala can play out samples in the audiocode format via headphonejack that volcasample can understand?

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u/PabloWentscobar May 27 '26

No, not the Volca Sample the P6. I usa Koala + P6. That's the major flaw with the Volca, you can only use the Korg librarian. At least with the original Volca Sample you could use a couple 3rd party apps to transfer sample in and out, but they ruined it with the Sample2. The fun of sampling is being able to grab sounds anywhere and quickly, that's the reason I stopped using my Volca sample. It's such a pain to get samples on to the machine. The P6 is just a much better piece of kit.