Korg has announced the Volca Sample 2.
I owned one of these for a few months. It's definitely a fun, highly portable sampler, but it was missing a few features which it seems the Volca Sample 2 alleviates:
- The original's 4mb memory wasn't nearly enough.
- Getting new sounds on the device felt hokey in the face that they were transferred via the headphone jack.
NOW, that said, the Volca Sample 2 now has 8mb of memory and 200 banks (vs. 100 from the first model). My obvious, and is somewhat painful to ask.... is 8mb enough? In an age where you can buy a 32gb Mirco SD card for $2.50.... why only 8mb? On the first model, I was constantly struggling to get the samples I wanted on the device because of the cripplingly small amount of memory.
Which begs the other question, why don't they just add Micro SD card support?
I love the inclusion of the usb port, over-all super fun device. But jeez-louise, 8mb.