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Why would anyone hate anyone’s workflow. Crazy. Thank you for your perspective on the Deluge. Massive fan that we don’t have to use every single function a piece of gear offers. The manual doesn’t say you have to. Stay safe.
Ah man bummed I missed this one live. I'm with you, the community firmware definitely renewed my interest in the Deluge and I've been loving it lately.
Great video Matt! 11:20 How to get out of a 4 bar loop, creating the next corresponding loops and transition into other loops. You mention copy paste, rearrange drums etc. A streaming vid with examples of how you do this with a live set in mind, would be a great addition for all of us! thanks for the great content :)
Would be nice if you bring in one of the Deluge Wizards, like you did for other instruments, and do a proper live stream/episode on all features of Deluge. And you can pick up some stuff along the way. Try using arp on Deluge for fun, also polymeters for each key/row in synth
While watching your video on Deluge, my mind kept wondering to Octatrak, a device which I have bought twice, and sold twice. Both times I made the mistake of taking on the Octatrack all at once. That experience is probably why I have avoided getting a Deluge. Your video has me rethinking both, but there are not many resources that really break either device down to basic tracks of use.
This is a pretty neat way to fit the Deluge into an existing setup. I alternate between an MPC and a Deluge for sequencing, the MPC's great for orchestrating a ton of gear and doing more formal tracks with fixed patterns while the Deluge really invites experimentation and generative music. As for breaking out of a loop, I take pretty much the same approach you recommended for an Elektron box, take a clip and make a copy that you tweak. With the community firmware's Grid View each track has its own column so it's quick to flip between variations of one track while keeping the drums or bass for consistency.
Super nice video! However I want to point out you can do glitchy non melodic music on the deluge too as it is also a sampler and you can resample and slice the loops, and given all the cool new features that it offers for sampling and sequencing, you can go wild
Agree that it makes an excellent 'second' box or 'support device' rather than a main brain. The fact that it can do just about anything makes it perfect for filling in whaever is missing from the rest of your setup. But, as a primary device it becomes too easy to bump into the CPU limit, which is why I love it as a 'hole filler' Whatever is missing from your setup, there is a good chance the Deluge will plug that hole
Deluge still sounds substandard in 2025. No thanks. I've had it for two years, and it's likely one of the most overhyped pieces of hardware. Its CPU is weak, making all these community firmware "improvements" half-pointless (even if you remember all Street Fighter-like combos to access them). Even the sequencer isn't that great. If you want a great sequencer, get HAPAX or Oxi One.
Lately I've been putting the deli thru the digitone mk2. That way I can use the elektron compressor as its more musical to me. Sure it's global. But have been using deluge to sequence the dn2. This enables me to rope in my nord drum as the drum synth and from the deluge I'm able to send retrigs via midi to the nord. Seems the dn2 can't send retrigs out on midi 😢
For more generative sequences of different lengths for me the deli is far quicker. The fact that each note row can be a different length and play direction... Different clips of different bars... Far more pictorial ways of doing odd time signatures. I vibe with that more than the elektron sequencer but running trigless trigs on the dn2 with the deli as master clock.. Mmmm
My other fav feature at the moment is using a midi clip as a transpose clip. Change the root of your other clips including ext midi. With probability etc involved. Or have that transpose clip assigned to a midi keyboard ❤
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Support this channel by joining the Patreon : www.patreon.com/ezbot
Help me buy groceries, buy a Digitone II here → www.zzounds.com/a--3989204/item--ELKDIGITONEII
Hi there, Boards of Deluge creator here, thank you for using these sounds. I'm a huge fan of your channel, skills and music. Big up! :)
Why would anyone hate anyone’s workflow. Crazy.
Thank you for your perspective on the Deluge. Massive fan that we don’t have to use every single function a piece of gear offers. The manual doesn’t say you have to.
Stay safe.
Ah man bummed I missed this one live. I'm with you, the community firmware definitely renewed my interest in the Deluge and I've been loving it lately.
I love this video concept! I exactly have the issue described here.
Great video Matt! 11:20 How to get out of a 4 bar loop, creating the next corresponding loops and transition into other loops. You mention copy paste, rearrange drums etc. A streaming vid with examples of how you do this with a live set in mind, would be a great addition for all of us! thanks for the great content :)
The automation lane is also available on the Squarp Hapax. I think the are "inspired" by each other...
These vids are a great source of inspiraysh!
Awesome video Matt ❤
Would be nice if you bring in one of the Deluge Wizards, like you did for other instruments, and do a proper live stream/episode on all features of Deluge. And you can pick up some stuff along the way. Try using arp on Deluge for fun, also polymeters for each key/row in synth
While watching your video on Deluge, my mind kept wondering to Octatrak, a device which I have bought twice, and sold twice. Both times I made the mistake of taking on the Octatrack all at once. That experience is probably why I have avoided getting a Deluge. Your video has me rethinking both, but there are not many resources that really break either device down to basic tracks of use.
This is a pretty neat way to fit the Deluge into an existing setup.
I alternate between an MPC and a Deluge for sequencing, the MPC's great for orchestrating a ton of gear and doing more formal tracks with fixed patterns while the Deluge really invites experimentation and generative music.
As for breaking out of a loop, I take pretty much the same approach you recommended for an Elektron box, take a clip and make a copy that you tweak. With the community firmware's Grid View each track has its own column so it's quick to flip between variations of one track while keeping the drums or bass for consistency.
Wish I had got a chance to catch this live. Would you say that (synths not included) that you would put this over an Oxi One as a live set sequencer?
currently testing the “4 LFOs per track build” and IT’S INSANE.
La croix is a catholic journal in France :D
Super nice video! However I want to point out you can do glitchy non melodic music on the deluge too as it is also a sampler and you can resample and slice the loops, and given all the cool new features that it offers for sampling and sequencing, you can go wild
Agree that it makes an excellent 'second' box or 'support device' rather than a main brain. The fact that it can do just about anything makes it perfect for filling in whaever is missing from the rest of your setup. But, as a primary device it becomes too easy to bump into the CPU limit, which is why I love it as a 'hole filler'
Whatever is missing from your setup, there is a good chance the Deluge will plug that hole
Absolutely!
It's absolutely my main brain. I choose The Delige over any of the Elektron boxes I've owned, every time.
@@dotsmusichicago Glad it works for you. I hit glitches and drop outs too often to use it as the main device
Flip it round !Try using the Deluge as master clock midi out & sequence your Elektron gear 🙂
The was the topic, why not to do that ❤ haha but yeah, that’s what most people do with the deluge
Deluge still sounds substandard in 2025. No thanks. I've had it for two years, and it's likely one of the most overhyped pieces of hardware. Its CPU is weak, making all these community firmware "improvements" half-pointless (even if you remember all Street Fighter-like combos to access them). Even the sequencer isn't that great. If you want a great sequencer, get HAPAX or Oxi One.
Lately I've been putting the deli thru the digitone mk2. That way I can use the elektron compressor as its more musical to me. Sure it's global.
But have been using deluge to sequence the dn2. This enables me to rope in my nord drum as the drum synth and from the deluge I'm able to send retrigs via midi to the nord.
Seems the dn2 can't send retrigs out on midi 😢
For more generative sequences of different lengths for me the deli is far quicker. The fact that each note row can be a different length and play direction... Different clips of different bars... Far more pictorial ways of doing odd time signatures.
I vibe with that more than the elektron sequencer but running trigless trigs on the dn2 with the deli as master clock.. Mmmm
To be clear they all have plus and minus.
I'll also use the deli for long form stereo samples
My other fav feature at the moment is using a midi clip as a transpose clip. Change the root of your other clips including ext midi. With probability etc involved. Or have that transpose clip assigned to a midi keyboard ❤
Whats that sweet looking keyboard to your right? Kinda looks like a Jupiter X, but not the top panel?
Melbourne Delia ❤
It's SynthStorm De Luge, at least in my mind.