The delay is mostly useful when you're running filters in parallel. All sorts of flanger or chorus type effects available.

It's super interesting to see you approach the plugin like - well like a mixing engineer, using an eq. Every sound designer, every synth guy would immediately look for some kind of movement: a lowpass sweep with some resonance, listening for stepping, listening for sweet spots, discovering that you can link several bands to modulate them simultaneously, aaalso just clicking through the presets (which in my opinion make much more sense conceptually with a plugin like this one than with a plugin that is aimed at mixing) to get an idea what crazy stuff you can squeeze out of this thing.

I'm not sure auto-gain makes sense on this type of plugin. It's intended to be more of an "instrument" or "creative tool" than an EQ right? For example if you want to automate a filter sweep, what does auto-gain mean in that scenario? Keep the volume the same throughout the sweep? Or just match the max volume? It might be too confusing, which is why I'm guessing they left it out.

i've never seen someone have anxiety over the lack of an auto-gain option... it's definitely... something.

someone needs to make a compilation of everytime he figures out the plugin he's using doesn't have autogain XD

There is a very obvious gain compensation running all the time, you can't turn it off. That's why there is no button. They don't want a "no auto gain" mode, and for a good reason. Playing with distorting filters like that could easily get you to very high levels, and they don't want to damage your gear/ears.

The Delay feature is very useful for creating stereo effects. You can really widen say, cymbals, by having Left/Right filters at slightly different frequencies and with very slight delay in one of the channels. Modulate the drive with envelopes for dynamic drive, too. It can be pretty useful for mixing tasks, even though it's primarily a creative tool. If you want to go ham, you can also chain filters with drive on them in serial.

I automatically compensate for my shit mixes by going to the gym and crying in the shower

Watching an engineer being confused by a creative plugin is priceless lol.. you really never have used Volcano before have you :)

I'm using Volcano 2 a lot. Especially on my lead and screech groups. To be fair, Volcano 2 has become my go-to filter. Using it with sidechain to create nice sounding plucks (Hardstyle) or just as a regular neutral sounding filter (clean algorythm). Pro Q doesn't have a modulation section (correct me if i'm wrong), Volcano does. Just a bit more quality of life also when comparing Volcano with Ableton's stock autofilter. I always wanted to have more nodes to play with to make some creative stuff. Honestly I'm very exited about the update and I can't wait to play around with the newly added features. I think I'll be making plenty of new racks in Ableton with this update.

No hate but this video reminds me of someone looking at a paint brush from every angle wondering where the art comes out.

i THINK there is no auto-gain

This is by far my favourite filter there isn’t really a bad fab filter plug-in

The modulation on the volcano 2 is really the strength of that plug and i use it for ages. it’s looks like they really pimp this up with a visual feedback and lots of new filters types. Really excited about that one and probably will use it constantly as all the fabfilter stuff I own

14:02 The moment when you first discover the CutOff button.

For the love of god go through some presets!

the problem with an auto-gain in a plugin like this is that of you add a moving filter peak somewhere for style, do you really want all the of the rest of the sound to be turned down?... dynamically? no i wouldn't want that. instead, my go-to here would be to add a limiter to that layer or sound.

Im not sure if I got this right, but I think the track name you're trying to say is Sandstorm by Darude?

Dan Worrall using Volcano 3 as a drum synth and resonator almost like my Cwejman Res4 sold me on this thing. I don't do mixing and mastering because I don't have the skills or the ears.

This is so much better than Volcano 2. Will be using this a lot now

I just tried some of the presets on my acoustic guitar. Exciting sounds. Dont know what its doing yet of course - but its exciting

Auto gain compensation does not make too much sense on a filter plugin.

I love how your first comment when you opened was "It looks like pro-q and Saturn"

That Interface is soooo good. It makes fun just watching it doing its thing

The SONG or the TRACK is from the artist is " Backseat driver "by Lupus Nocte

I didn't use Volcano 2 much but damn, this is too good to pass up. Also I'll have to try it first, but I'd hazard a guess that the different filter styles are much more different with the drive turned up.

Holy shit. I didn’t even know they were working on this. I’m using Volcano 2 constantly. It’s like a secret sound design weapon. I can’t wait to try this out.

FABFILTER! Get this man a copy!!

The drive knob has auto-gain, and it's the only knob that should have it.

Excellent video. Clearly explained all the basics to get started on soft soft. Thanks

Nice Overview Thanks :) It looks like a more striped down version of UVI's Shade EQ. In terms of Automation

used it to fatten up the low end on a thin sounding mix in parallel - it works very well

The LFO in that part of the song was PERFECT, man. Hahaha

Another great FabFilter plug in.They do it right,every time.NICE

The track is Backseat Rider by Lupud Nocte

Nice video man, clear and concise explanation! Thanks a lot!

Looks interesting for sound design. XY pad…. They sneaked a little “synth” into it.

If you look at the display when you did the comparison between Volcano and Pro-Q, the peaks of the filter aren't in the same spot in both plugins even though the frequency is the same, I did some testing in the plugin and if you move a low shelf vertically, the filter moves horizontally so that the peak stays centered with the filter frequency, something that Pro-Q doesn't do. Kind of odd behavior but it makes sense since the plugin is all about making sweeping filters

This is good and has many applications plus as usual it looks great! Fab Filter definitely get it right a lot 💯💫🔊

Thank you, because I have always wondered how to use volcano, and now I know how.

My favorite use for filters in the mixing context is actually parallel processing. Think about a synth sound with parallel pitch shifters at -12 and -24 semitones, you can use bandpass filters to pluck out the most interesting frequencies without drowning in mud. Or just using a 6db lowpass with an envelope follower to “oomph” something. Or, maybe my favorite, a notch filter on reverb that randomly sweeps around to accent different phasing effects and add movement.

I think it can be used not only like filter, but also like a vintage analogue EQ

Congrats! You are featured in the new Eventide Newsletter! Great work man!!!

mind blown.... heard about fab filtr but never really looked into it... thanks for the introduction....

those eq styles should be the ripple structure on the stop and pass band (to a slighter amount). i THINK!!! they are stronger on the LP/Bp/HP band. normal bell is likely to be an allpass (you could load a max demo and play with a filterdesign tool to learn about it). hm... that delay thing... if theres a L/R than maybe to widen the highs of a neurobass or distorted bass (so one side with 8 to 15 ms) with a high shelf.

I use it for additive and subtractive saturation. Works well!!! I use notch and other manipulating with saturation. Lots of options. I chose it over Wavesfactory Spectre

Speaking as someone who uses analog lot of analog filters, you really don’t want autogain compensation. Part of the sound of the filter is the way that the perceived gain changes when you change cutoff and resonance.

This looks like a creative EQ similar to Shade from UVI. Looks like you can do a few things different from Shade, but Shade might be better as far as modulation choices/routing - not sure. If you like this, you should check out Shade as well.

Really nice update to a already great plugin! However, I already use UVI Shade for everything filtering related and I haven't found a good reason to switch to Volcano 3. Not yet at least.

Just imagine that one day the track he will play will really be Sandstorm by Darude.

You mentioned you like the proximity effect of you mic. Which Lewitt microphone are you using? I have the Lewitt 441 Flex. Have you done a review on your microphone?

Try the filter frequency pan feature too. I haven’t seen that feature in other filter plugins. FF does another amazing job setting a new standard!

Please use this song everytime 🙏 what a banger !

I think at times you should try the presents to see what the plugin is capable of.

I made the XY Parametric EQ Parallel and Serial presets for this very purpose (check the 'Basic' preset folder). The EQ nodes sound AWESOME in Volcano.

plz make a vid about useful dynamic eq capabilities with the envelope modulation and stuff ...transient tinkering, dynamic tightening of loose bass frequencies etc if possible if not i hope pro q 4 is on its way with tons of extra features incl attack release controls on dynamic mode and things i mentioned above (crossing my fingers)

Can we pleaseeeee get a review of Decap’s KNOCK and Oversampled’s Pancz?? Or just a comparison of the two??

lol great video man. Very entertaining.

Via the ad hoc comparisons, Wytse, Volcano 3 has a smoother mastering EQ touch whereas Pro EQ.2 has a semi-dirtier saturation going on there albeit almost as clear as the Volcano 3 simulation side-by-side.

Ha ha loved the no auto gain reaction

LOL, I was headbanging with you when you turned on that Sandstorm by Darude track at first..

There are some phenomenal presets in Volcano too.

this plugin its for creative workflows more than mixing stuff, as an electronic music producer i love this to mess up my synths and fx

Thank goodness Daroud has recorded so many versions of sandstorm. They really milked it for all it’s worth!

it is basically a sound creation tool, you need to start with noise an and up with a complete track and design all with volcano, and if you bypass all it would be just noise ... curious if you finally get it after one year ?

I really hope fabfiler does some black friday sales. I'd love to get some of their products. Particularly this one or Q3

I fckn love you man. I learned so much thx to your vids, it's amazing

Anyone has any videos showing what this plugin can do in real sound design or post-audio? Like outside of music? Still waiting to see anyone using this for something cool.

More than once during this video I thought you were going to lose it. "No Auto Gain!" "What if I...Wow! WOW!"...et al. Great Video. Really nice product.

Where I can find this song or learn how to make it?

Hi Wietze, i have used Vulcan 2 . It is pretty complex. Version 3 is much more easier to inderstand. ps i agree, it has potential

I like how cute he looks while discovering all the modulation parameters on Volcano. So innocently unaware of it being on Saturn. This guy is how you make honest transparent KZfaq videos.

Does it have the frequency labels on the bottom? I didn't see any in your demo

Heh. ...What happens when a mixing engineer checks out a music-creation tool. It was actually fascinating to watch him treating a filter like an EQ! :D ...To his credit, he figured it out about 8 minutes in. ...mostly. :) (Just FTR: I did enjoy this video, I am not knocking it.)

This is great, thank you!

What is the usefulness of this? is it basically a ProQ3 but with color? So one would use it to clean and color at the same time a vocal instead of using Q3 and Saturn?

Excited to compare this to UVI's Shade

Em....when we finished to compose how to get it out ?

Waves is hitting me on your channel every time now with their ads. Priceless. 😂

Volcano looks amazing and sounds the same - wohah!

Am I the only one thinking these features should've been included in like Q4?

The disconnect on this one is very much so due to this being an effect plugin and not a mastering plugin. :D

Oh yup! That's definitely Sandstorm by Darude. I'd know it anywhere

A very visual plug in...love it

@6:00 "...'cause Tubes are Cool" 😂

How do you record your voice in these videos while the music is playing on your monitors?

Love this song!!!

I started headbangin too-- as a client once said to me "don't stop the tape when G's are noddin their heads" =)

I know that the joke is always that the track is Sandstorm, but this track is an actual banger. Could you share the tune?

I downloaded the program but everytNice tutorialng still says trial version on it??

You somehow picked the perfect source material to use this on. Imagine if you had used an acoustic singer-songwriter track 🤣

Seems pretty cool but I don't think I would use it for what I mix and master.

That's the biggest complement you can say about a plugin: "just a standard Fabfilter stuff"

just beca a subscriber keep up the good work Sir.

It’s a great warm filter but I LOOOVEE it as just a dirty eq using bands and shelves.

I think the track is "Snowstorm" by Dalrude. I may have that slightly wrong but that's the best I can do.

Yeah, Spectre is nice too :)) Btw, I've noticed the no auto-gain at the beginning of the video and I was reaaaaally wondering if you're gonna complain about it just because it's fab-filter. :)

looks like Wavesfactory Spectre, thats good because i love this plugin

I was thinking to myself what would be the point of using this but you changed my mind at 12:58.

I kinda don’t get this plug in: is it really just for adding ambient textures?