Ok good tips guys, keep 'em coming! Glad this topic came alive again.

I also have a few cool tricks for the Volca Bass:

1) You can get octaves with the LFO. You can sort of simulate an arpeggiator.
Set LFO to square. Then Set LFO int to about 2 o'clock, set rate to about 1 'o clock. And set LFO sync to 04 or 02. You can control the speeld with the tempo knob. You have to play long tones to hear the octaves. Now record a sequence.
2) You can make your own metronome. This makes real time recording much easier. Choose VCO group 2. Now record a high C on each quarter note beat with VCO 3. Choose a higher octave for the 'one'. Clear VCO 1 and 2 and save your pattern. Now this is your default pattern for real time recording. Never change this. Now you can start real time recording with VCO 1 and 2 and save it to another memory location.
3) Play a sequence or arpeggiator from an external synth and real time record that in the Volca Bass sequencer.
4) You can have accents: program a sequence with VCO 1. Now you can make accents by recording the same notes with VCO 2 on the steps you want accented.