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That is a monster setup my guy! Awesome! How do you like the Muse??

I like it! Cheers.

Oooh cool idea! I’ll def give a go!

Oh hell ya! Bonham is the man! We’re actually just putting the final finishing touches on a ‘final’ version of this track- taking it out of the song sketch lab and pushing it out to wider release. Should be dropping in the next week!

@@oaklandghosts0510 Looking forward to hearing your band play it.

Wow. Thanks man! 🙏 the learning curve can definitely be steep. Especially with the constant firmware updates that keep bringing more and more awesome features since it went open source! But I’d encourage you to stick with it. The deluge is crazy powerful! I’ve got some tutorial-y stuff in my songs from Scratch playlist and RSKT has a great deluge video manual series I highly recommend! As for my influences.. ya… they’re all over the place. Haha. I just go where the song takes me. lol. A lot of times I try to center a session around tying something new on a synth or learning a new technique and see where it goes. Especially when I was learning the deluge. Like I’d build a song around learning how to use the sampler for example. Would love to hear what you’re working on! Cheers!

Thank you. This one always brings me calm. Cheers 🙏

Aww thanks! 🙏 I was super happy with how the drums sequence came together on this one. Glad you dig it! Cheers.

😂 thanks dude! A boy can dream… 😂😂😂

Yes I have worked that out. And I kinda like ADSR1 working the way it does for the filter (or whatever I patch in) but I still find adsr 2 (or I guess both really) to be too sensitive. Might need to get my own external ones as well… The other thing I kinda hate is the way the attenuation works with the LFO on the waveshapers. I hate that even with only a little twist the oscillator basically goes silent at the low point of the LFO. I wish the low point of the LFO was just the spot I have the waveshapers set at and it modulates from there. Instead I feel like I need an attenuvertor for my attenuator to get the effect I’m after.

So I’ve got everything routed into a Tascam Model 12. It’s an awesome mixer that doubles as an audio interface and DAW controller with 10 ins and outs. So I’ve got all my synths on their own channels and the deluge coming in on a stereo channel. When I’m writing and arranging I use it as a live mixer in my DAWless set up, but when I’m ready to record all I have to do is open my DAW and hit record. Super clean and easy setup.

Check this vid out. I go into more detail in it. ua-cam.com/video/_xG7soNCeFo/v-deo.htmlsi=OXbozEclQmnIshTu

@@oaklandghosts0510 Awesome! I'll give it a watch! Thanks for the quick response. I was very curious. I'm deciding between getting a mixer/interface combo or a 8 to 12 in audio interface. They are very expensive though. How long have you had your Tascam?

@@alexandermontagnet3361I’ve had the tascam for about half a year now. They are expensive (tho not much more than any standalone audio interface with the same amount of inputs..)- but I got this one specifically cuz it doubles as a mixer and audio interface (or you can even record into it directly to mix master and/or stem everything out.) I would also note that I did use a standalone mixer before I bought the tascam (the Mackie Mix 8) and while it was fine for my DAWless set - when it came to record I was still limited by a stereo out going into however many audio inputs I had on my audio interface. I really wanted to be able to separate everything. Especially like the sound studio which is 3 units, but (to me) feels very dependent on performing them together. The magic happens when you play them all together but I still wanted the separation for mix down.

@@oaklandghosts0510 that's what I'm using haha! The Mackie Mix 8. Does the Tascam mix every input down to one stereo mix or does it do every input individually?

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I found that midi through (on synths) started to introduce latency, whereas a powered splitter kept everything in sync. Also, a lot of the analog semi modular synths don’t have midi through (booooooo) I’m def getting close to running out of channels on my mixer, or at least to the point I’ll have to swap things or use my secondary mixer as a sub mixer… the main thing for me is that since I still use my DAW for final mix I want everything on its own channel going into the daw when I perform it… I can’t get around that with the deluge since it’s only a stereo out, but at least with the other stuff I want it on its own track. What’s your reason for running everything out of the mixer and back into the deluge, then back out? Is it to utilize and unify FX using the deluge? Interesting…

@@oaklandghosts0510 I use this kind MIDI through: Radias->Crave->Crave->Crave->Lemondrop and honestly I don't see any significant delay. Anyway... soon I will have MIDI splitter so no worries about that. I have bigger issues with MIDI over usb and sometime devices don't see each other (I have to go through power-on-off cycle a few times until everything works) so I decided to go fully with 5 pin MIDI.

@@SmallWorldBigThingsya, USB midi seems to be notoriously finicky.

​​@@oaklandghosts0510 Sorry.. I didn't notice your question about running audio through Deluge. The answer is simple: I don't need anything to go to computer. I like to sample separate tracks directly in Deluge. That is why I want to have all my audio to be routed to Deluge. My workflow is a little bit strange: 1. Compose song using internal synth and a few external synths (through separate MIDI tracks in Deluge) 2. Record/resample each audio track separately to Deluge from each external instrument (a little bit of work with that) 3. Disabling all MIDI track and using only resampled tracks 4. Final polish of tracks using Deluge (additional effects/volume/compressor/filters/etc) BTW: Mixer is additionally connected through USB to PC so ADDITIONALLY I can record in PC each track separately at the same time (8 separate channels in audio over USB) but I don't do it very often (I don't want to use PC in my music experiments).

BTW: Why don't you have patchbay? It makes life so much easier! It is a discovery that changed whole my setup and how flexible it is now. In my opinion everyone who has a few instruments and some effect pedals definitely should have a patchbay.

Ya I can’t imagine working on the old 7seg display (although it looked rad aesthetically). I bought mine right after they switched to the OLED so I never had to deal with it. There are some things I’d like to see in a V2 (like more CPU, tho I hit that less now that I’m using more outboard stuff) but dang near all my major gripes have been fixed since they went open source firmware. Every release the community devs keep adding all kinds of awesome!

@@oaklandghosts0510 dude making it open source adds so much value to it I dont know why more companies dont do the same

@@HelicopterRidesForCommunists​​⁠prob because that makes it harder to sell the V2 hardware in a year that only adds the 3 new software features they added in firmware 😂😂😂

Haha. Or Reason V1! I think hybrid is the way to go. I’m not fully DAWless and don’t really see the point of fully abandoning a DAW. I just find I use it more as it was originally intended these days- as a recording studio basically. Still leaps and bounds better for final mix/master and adding instruments beyond my electronic stuff (like guitar, bass, drums, etc) but I do like the freedom of building tracks outside my DAW just goofing around on various instruments.

@@oaklandghosts0510 lol I started with Reason 3 which I was instantly fascinated with. Yeah DAWs are useful especially for constructing, mixing, and mastering songs/ albums, but for instant unleashing of creativity hardware is the simply undeniably the way to go.

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Indeed it is!

Thanks dude! Mixing and mastering was all done by Johnny (first guitarist in the colorful room in the video) in Logic Pro. He’s our resident producer and mix/master engineer. If you have Logic- the new AI Mastering assistant ain’t terrible in a pinch. Also check out emastered as another option!

@@oaklandghosts0510 The mixing and mastering sounded GREAT, listening on some Adam A5X's... I've been doing some ITB mastering experiments in Logic but haven't tried the AI tools yet, thanks for the tip!

I mean.. I’ll take free gear if someone sends it but Na, I was just making a joke cuz everyone on the Internet seems to think anyone who shares their passion for making music or playing with gear is an industry shill. lol I’m not tryna make this a career. I’ve got one. I spent most of my 20s and 30s in the industry as an artist and have no desire to swim in that pool again. I started making music again cuz I love it and for no other reason. I think I’d like to keep it that way. But I certainly don’t mind sharing my passion and hopefully inspiring people out there to make stuff! Props to anyone making their way in this cutthroat business! Love your channel btw. I started messing around in reason v1 when it first came out in the very olden days on one of those old ass first generation candy imacs. Made some really cool stuff back then… Cheers!

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Thank you 🙏

I think that’s a good way to describe it. Haha. I’ve had it for a couple months and gone back and forth on it. It was super frustrating at first to even get it to work. The waveshapers/wave folding can produce some really harsh sounds - which for me is not often to my liking. Treating them more like filters you can modulate is def a cool way to go instead. I’ve made some really great drones with it (3 oscillators and a low pass gate make that really fun!) and some really complex arpeggio sounds. Actually the latest patch I made on a current song I’m working might’ve kept me sold on it. Really cool pad with a complex timbre utilizing a pseudo-random shift register. My main problem with it is I don’t feel like I can quite get the sounds I’m after yet… I happy accident into some pretty rad stuff, but I don’t feel like I’ve ‘tamed the taiga’ but that’s not necessarily a bad thing…

@@oaklandghosts0510 Yes... wavefolding is little unpredictable if you didn't play with it more. I have it only on one of my synths (Korg Radias) but honestly I don't use it sooo often. Based on your video I see Taiga has quite nice filter... and super nice patchbay ;) BTW: Morphing oscillators would be also nice in this synth - I like this feature in Uno Synth Pro which (as I wrote you before) is my equivalent of your Taiga in aspect of "3 oscillators in analog synth" ;)

I can totally make that video! I’ll try to knock it out this week! Cheers!

I gotchu man! Here ya go - ua-cam.com/video/_xG7soNCeFo/v-deo.htmlsi=Qolz7o5OAnRX4wLa

Thanks! Watched it last night.

Totally! It’s really the only piece you need and the only piece I’ll never sell.

Nice! That’s a clean setup right there! Can’t wait to see what you’re cooking up! Def let me know when you’ve got stuff to share or if you have any questions! Cheers!

Thanks for the info! Ironically, the Stylophone Gen X-1 as a cheap synth totally pulls it off. As you said! Gotta check out the SonicCell. Cheers!

@@oaklandghosts0510 Sadly, the SonicCell is hopelessly outdated and is more of a performance module. But there are some really cool synths out there that have really nice filter drives, like Matrixbrute and some of the Novation's stuff.

Thank you 🙏 I think the most important thing is to build a setup that enables you to be at your best potential and inspires you. Whatever those pieces are, as long as they encourage you to make the kind of music you want to make as seamlessly as possible versus distracting or frustrating you… then they’re the right choices!

@@oaklandghosts0510 absolutely...👍🏻

I mean.. I do say right up front at the very beginning that MY ultimate setup is likely not YOUR ultimate setup 🤷‍♂️ What does your ultimate rig look like? I’d love to hear it!

Why what? Why go DAW-less? If that’s your question it’s a good one to ask yourself and I do ask/answer that right up front at 1:12

This times 1000! This is how I came up too. In bands with physical instruments working in a room In the moment. I started working in DAWs as soon as they were available (I’m talking Pro Tools 1!) but back then they were more for capturing sound. They were just slick alternatives to recording studios. Over time that changed as we all found clever and creative ways of using them as part of the creative and songwriting process, but I think I totally missed the magic of just being in the moment working with an instrument to actually just play. I think back to how rarely I had those happy mistakes working in a DAW to write vs how frequently it happens outside the box just turning knobs and entering weird patterns. It’s totally changed the type of music I make now and I feel so much more inspired everytime I turn something on.

There hapax is rad. Totally amazing sequencer. Probably the best for just that - but it overlaps too much with the Deluge so i don’t need both. The deluge is a pretty incredible sequencer as well but it’s also so much more. Of course, if you don’t need the extra stuff the deluge brings to the table.. the Hapax is a great choice!

@@oaklandghosts0510 i have owned both and hapax wins hands down. deluge is better at arrangement and has a pretty nice sampler. but if you want to truly animate your gear, hapax is unbeatable. its the best hardware sequencer ive bought in 35 years of buying hardware sequencers. including cirklon, oxi one, elektrons and mpcs. i did love jjos2xl tho!. theyre all pretty nice of course!

Aww thanks man! Def pick away if you’ve got any questions or wanna talk shop! I love this stuff!

Oh man. You have got some fun fun FUN toys to play with. Def wanna mess with the Waldorf! You’ve got yourself a tasty setup my friend! Agree that you’re likely to have some Overlap here and there and it’s not necessarily a bad thing, but still one of the first questions I ask myself when I’m deciding if I really NEED something.

@@oaklandghosts0510 I don't need anything from his list :) These instruments are just toys for me... I don't make money on these "toys" ;) For me music is just a pleasure and kind of relaxation.

@@SmallWorldBigThings​​⁠hell ya! Same same! I stopped working in the industry professionally after burning out big time. Didn’t touch music for way too many years and it wasn’t until I started working dawlessly and strictly for fun that I found my passion for it again. Now it’s just cuz I love it and I make whatever I’m feeling in the moment! That’s what it’s all about! If you have the means- big things! I just need a few guardrails up or I’ll buy all the things. 😂 also, I know me and I know I’ll buy something new before I figured out the full potential of something I already have so I’m trying to remedy that a bit. Learn the gear I have first before getting something new. It doesn’t always work out that way.. but I try. lol.

@@oaklandghosts0510 I have limited space for music equipment - and it stops me from buying more gear... but the temptation is always there. BTW: I thought you are in some band... good to know that now only passion left (that's the healthiest way to play with sounds and music).

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Thanks 🙏 hopefully there’s something helpful in there.

You're not wrong... it's an ever evolving thing, and as i mentioned at the beginning, everyone's UDR will be different. But for what i'm making at this moment in time, its most excellent!

🙏 thank you!

Nice! I’ve almost pulled the trigger on the model D a few times. Sound so so good! The Deluge is such a perfect gateway for anyone coming from ableton or any DAW really. I love that it’s simple im and intuitive on the surface so you can jump right in, but incredibly deep if you wanna go down the rabbit hole! Cheers!

Nice, I just bought the Hydrasynth Desktop and have owned the Deluge for years...😊

I Just found you're channel, excellent work, I so appreciate anyone who delves into the Deluge, I virtually have the same set up as you, except mixer, speakers I have a Vestax fader fox (fx on this machine are the best) and a spectralis 2, Shruthi XT. 🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑

@@suzannealdridge1404thank you! And welcome!! You’ve got some rad synths in the quiver.. the spectral is and the shruthi look awesome! How was the learning curve??

@@oaklandghosts0510 Spectralis is deep, and you have to put away a few days, just like the Deluge, to get you're head around it, it sounds amazing synth wize, from sweet ambient, to grinding hip hop, pro sounding, Phat, deep, 8 synth outs, ins, a Beast. Shruthi XT s instantly hands on, tons of great presets to jump off on, gritty, gnarly, slighty thinner digital sounding, more like a euro rack synth... I have a few smaller Struthis but without all the knobs of the Struthi XT, their a bit boring, bug I hook em all up by MIDI using the XT as the main controller, it's rip roaring, I have the SSL Six desk, Adam full spectrum speaker set up.

Dude I feel you. I don’t think I even realized how much I was feeling that distraction and just dislocation working on my computer. I do like using my DAW for FX on some things. Having a hybrid mixer that allows for that is awesome. And def still use the daw for final mix and master- although I quite like arranging on the deluge too. Heard a lot of great things about the virus. Would love to see how you have it set up! And the micro freak makes some amazing sounds! Cheers man!

Oooh the mod dwarf looks awesome! That wasn’t even on my radar. Very cool! And the Zoom R20 is a great and more affordable alternative to the Tascam Model 12. Especially with the built in synth engine…

Yup! Just finished an episode on the mother for this series/song. Should be up in a couple weeks! I’ve also got some other mother 32 vids on my channel, mostly using it to make ambient/semi-generative stuff.

@@oaklandghosts0510 Awesome! Thank you! Really enjoy your channel. You've made me very interested in the Deluge. Is it your only drum machine besides the DFAM?

@@alexandermontagnet3361ahh the deluge! LOVE the deluge. Yes. It’s my primary drum machine. You can write much longer sequences with more parts then the DFAM. It’s also a sampler, so a lot of times I’ll make sounds on the DFAM and sample it into a custom kit on the deluge to better sequence. But mostly I’ll use the deluge for the main drum patterns and then supplement them with percussive patterns and textures on the DFAM. The deluge is almost worth its weight in gold just as a sequencer. I use it to sequence the Mother often. It also has a pretty great synth engine, supports multisamples, and has a great song view and arranger. Between the deluge and the sound studio, you’d have a very complete DAWless set up with just that.

Here’s one for the mother! ua-cam.com/video/8v0VUkRAy-M/v-deo.htmlsi=eD124fbbU8cig4_w

😂 get back to it!

Thank you 🙏

Thank you 🙏

Oh thank you so much. I’m glad you dig it. I wasn’t totally sure about the drums when I was doing em. They’re on slightly off bar length to the rest of the song and have some weird randomization but they felt ‘right’ so I went with my gut!

No problem! Glad it’s helpful! Cheers!

Wow thank you! 🙏 glad it inspires! I hope you make something awesome - and we’d love to hear it!

Man this one was a while ago.. but I know this was all internal synth engine and samples I had on the deluge except for the guitars and omnichord which my band mates played and I sampled back into the deluge for arrangement. Oh and the vocal sample. Which was all mangled on the deluge as well.

Thanks man! Appreciate the support. Glad you dig it!

Ditto!!