disambiguation . this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . march 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message volko audio genre music technology founded 2004 founder volkan zy lmaz founder headquarters istanbul turkey products volko baglama volko alaturka drum website http www.volkoaudio.com volko audio is a music technology company located in turkey istanbul that produces virtual instruments and audio effects . it is the first company to produce virtual instruments in turkey and volko baglama is the first professional virtual turkish instrument in the world . contents 1 history 2 first baglama and turkish made virtual instrument 3 first middle eastern drummer as a virtual instrument 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded in august 2004 by volkan zy lmaz . its first name was volko and the first product was volko baglama which was released in 2005 . volko baglama is the first virtual professional baglama instrument . in july 2009 the firm started the second project the volko alaturka drum . company changed its name to be volko audio in may 2010 . the volko alaturka drum was released in january 2011 . first baglama and turkish made virtual instrument edit kvr audio is a reliable site which contains most of the audio firms released virtual instruments and audio effects in the world . according to kvr audio volko baglama was released on 31 may 2005 and there was no baglama instrument released earlier than the volko baglama . in 2005 july the turkish music technology magazine volume reviewed volko baglama and mentioned about it being the first virtual instrument in turkey . it was reviewed by orhan erol and cem sar o lu . the review highlights completely local made first vst plug in in the cover of magazine finally we have a vst in the cover of the article observing the lack of such a vst and knowing the interest of foreign musicians to turkish local instruments volkan zy lmaz is proud to make this doubtful journey real after receiving good feedback from international audience . cover of magazinefirst page of review second page of review first middle eastern drummer as a virtual instrument edit volko alaturka drum is the first virtual instrument drummer which can play middle eastern rhythms automatically . it was announced at 13 january 2011 kvr audio news item . it was reviewed by paolo tonelli on audio video music magazine in italy . review the review highlights a plug in which was created recently from a country of great cultural and historical importance famous with its natural beauties and which is a bridge between east and west . a complete plug in equipped with various styles colors imagination and music taste which is able to introduce us many new ideas . plug in which is dedicated to the traditional rhythms of middle east . in 2013 may audiofanzine website reviewed volko alaturka drum in the best virtual drums list . here is the words volko alaturka drum is quite special it allows you to incorporate rhythms from the middle east and north africa into your songs but with a somewhat western sound . specially noteworthy are the two gretsch kits 900 mb of samples with 10 velocity layers per sample as well as the drag n drop ability for sequencers the humanizing functions and the processing reverb limiter . and let s not forget that it is compatible with vst au and rtas under windows and os x. price 119 . references edit 1 . kvr audio link for volko baglama 2 . kvr audio news item for volko baglama at 31 may 2005 3 . volume magazine july 2005 cover turkish 4 . volume magazine july 2005 page 48 first page of review turkish 5 . volume magazine july 2005 page 49 second page of review turkish 6 . kvr audio link for volko alaturka drum 7 . kvr audio news item for volko alaturka drum at 13 january 2011 8 . review of volko alaturka drum by paolotonelli italian english translation turkish translation 9 . audio video music vol34 audio video music vol34 audio video music vol34 italian 10 . the best virtual drums list by audiofanzine external links edit volko alaturka drum volko baglama retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title volko audio & oldid 690670519 categories music equipment manufacturershidden categories use dmy dates from july 2015articles lacking reliable references from march 2012all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 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