Thanks you! Thanks for watching.

My pleasure! Thanks for watching!

Hella! ❤

Ahhh that’s awesome. Haha. Thanks man! Cheers 🙏

Great question! For me, I’m coming from a more traditional band/studio background, so the workflow on the deluge feels very natural to me in that it’s very similar to a DAW/piano roll type interface that I was already used to. The thing I was struggling with in my DAW was too many options when staring at a blank screen. Will I record something fresh? Will I endlessly scroll my sample Library? Will I give up and endlessly scroll social media because it’s a tab away? The deluge is intended only to make music, and gets me off the screen and into the moment. A big thing for me was it really opened me up to the world of synthesis. I’m still learning my way around synths, but the deluge and its immediacy made it more accessible to me. Admittedly, the deluge is a bit complicated (with no screen) and it can take some time to learn your way around. And with the endless innovation of the community devs that list never ends… one thing I did from the start was watch RSKT video manual series. Discovering new (to me) or how to use certain features inevitably led to something inspiring I would chase down. When I was first learning my way around the deluge I would often center a session around learning a new feature and seeing how I could integrate it into my workflow. Maybe that meant making a song centered around creating all my own synths and kits from scratch. Or focusing on building a track entirely around the Deluges sampling features, etc. In this way I not only learned more about the deluge but also on which features mattered and inspired me most. I’m sorry to hear you’re struggling with inspiration as to me the deluge is itself an inspiration machine. More often then not, I don’t have a plan when I start up a session. Maybe I just find a loop I like and build on it. Maybe a particular synth sound peaks my interest and I chase it. Maybe a random press of keys in the sequencer turns out to be a really cool melody. Who knows! It sounds to me like you’re probably not suffering so much from lack or Inspiration as much as still struggling to see if a workflow on the deluge works for you. I think maybe you’re still holding on to how you could do things better or faster on gear you’re already familiar with. I’d encourage you to stick with it though! It’s an awesome piece of gear when you get your head around it! Maybe try to incorporate your other gear. The deluge plays nice with other gear. I have a bunch of songs from scratch videos in a playlist that kind of documents how I come up with stuff and what inspires me. Maybe give them a browse! Or my song sketch series. The earlier videos are all entirely made on the deluge. Best of luck and don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions! Cheers.

time for you to learn how to program a synth, if you dont like the stock deluge sounds.... or buy some presets, the deluge boards of canada presets are really good.

@@xisotopex💯 the Boards of Deluge patches are fantastic. So are Rephazer’s multisample packs.

Ok - that helps (a 3rd way through) to conceptualise Song View as a scratch pad for themes and variations & details and then the Arranger as described where one moves these parts around on a canvas in a more linear Left to Right manner. Yay! I'm wondering if the fact I've never used a grid/cell format has put me off... 👌🏾

I do have a couple vids in my song from scratch playlist that are a little more ‘blow by blow’ style for arranging on the deluge (I’ll see if I can find some links) I was gonna (and may do) another but the truth is every song is pretty different. And they’re a lot of work cuz I spread out the arrangement process usually over a few days and it’s ALOT of listening back for the start to test things 😂

Try this one! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qn3Mo3VqgqiSgZosi=yHg3dJwfawtpLRDO

@@oaklandghosts0510 Understood. I presume everyone works differently too but it's so hard to get to a post-4 bar loop practice for me as I'm not a digital musician. Thanks!

@@oaklandghosts0510 Will watch now: great stuff.

@@brutallyremastered4255I hear ya! My background is all coming from more traditional indie/rock band writing and productions techniques so it was a jump for me too. It’s all about trying to adapt those same techniques in non traditional ways!

Good tip! Oftentimes starting an arrangement will reveal what you’re still missing. It’s interesting in the loop stacking stage, there’s no hard rule for when it’s enough but I can usually *feel when I’ve hit that point. But as you said, it’s very common that I realize I need that extra melody or lead after I’ve started arranging. Cheers!

Thank you! I agree! I think it’s easy to get caught up in limitations (real or perceived) but I find that’s where a lot of the creativity lies. Cheers!

🙏 glad you found it useful!

Haha. Yup. I used to manually vary velocity before. You could also modulate master volume (or oscillator level) with random (don’t know why you can’t do velocity), but I kinda like cutoff cuz it also changes the sound of the hit. It’s also nice to randomize pan just a little so it’s like the hit is on different parts of the hat.

How funny! I just finished watching your features video. VMU meter and CPU meter… 🤌 that’s good stuff right there! Cheers man!

Agree. Most of the kits are actually pretty solid (tho I tend to build my own on a per song basis.) Euclidean is pretty cool for generating quick ideas. Especially on hats. Love it for that! More Melodies it takes a lot of offsetting and re-writing, but it’s good for getting a great base to build on quick!

Excellent! Glad it was helpful. My regards to your hairspray. 😂

Ya, definitely not a starter semi modular synth. Feels a lot more like modular set up. Still wrapping my head around it, but I’ve managed to get a couple songs out of it so far! It’s got a super unique character to it for sure which I quite like and because it’s so modular you can really get weird with it! Working my way through the patchbook now (which is really just an extended manual) and it def helps!

Thank you so much! I made some videos on how I set this one up actually. The M32 is set up to be semi generative (here’s a link to that video kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWbLYX9-iaaEh9ksi=DzQ5FV3VsiMTBSt0)

The DFAM I’m actually running at a super high tempo to make it Drone and the Subharmonicon I’ve set up in such a way to make seemingly generative glitches when I perform it. Made a video on those setups here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIqvaZaji5t_ipIsi=cOmt11SplXZgRu-S

I did some very light additional synth work with the Deluge which is running clock to the SubH and then recorded drums on top. Hope that all makes sense!

Thank you!

Thanks dude 🙏 this one was really challenging to figure out. Nothings really in key, but that’s also what makes it work.

@@oaklandghosts0510 out of key is good sometimes 😄

Thanks man! Guitarist is on the case already! Haha.

This was a though was a tough one to figure out for sure!

Hella creepy.

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Great question! In general I arrange and compose everything on the gear you see here with the deluge as my main sequencer and arranger. I’m running everything into a tascam model 12 which I primarily use as live mixer and interface/input for my DAW (I use logic.) you could even record live/mix/master right into the tascam especially if you’re content with the mix coming out of the deluge. I tend to record what I play into my DAW to capture the live performance on the analog stuff and have it come in as separate tracks with the deluge stuff coming in as a stereo track. Because I arrange everything on the Deluge, I then go back and individually track all those elements in as separate tracks as well. Then we do final mix/master in Logic Pro (or whatever DAW you use) But like I said, with the tascam model 12, you could do it all onboard and completely DAW-less as well.

@@oaklandghosts0510 thank you for that detailed response! I actually was looking at smaller tascam models as I like the idea of doing everything outside the computer, but seems like there are some benefits to doing things on a DAW with ableton or something along those lines. What would you recommend for my first go at things?

@@oaklandghosts0510 was also looking at the zoom r12 as well!

@@devinwells9399I really like working DAWless when I’m writing and arranging too. I do everything DAWless on my end except finaling. The benefit of going into my DAW at the end stage is 1: having way better plugins but 2: as a band all my band mates are DAW based so getting it into logic and our cloud server for everyone else to be synced and able to add is huge. The main thing that drew me to the tascam line was its ability to pull double duty there. I could use it for me as a live mixer/recorder but also as an interface/input for my DAW. The one thing I’d suggest is definitely get a mixer with more inputs than you need to future proof. When I got the model 12, I was only using the Sound Studio and the Deluge (so one stereo input/2 tracks and 3 mono tracks) I thought I was input wealthy with 12 inputs then, but as I’ve added more gear I’m already getting close to capacity. If you use something like pedals for external effects, definitely look for something with dedicated aux sends (and preferably aux returns) the model 12 has sends, which it great, but no return.. so if I need to use one of my normal tracks for mono return and 2 for a stereo return. I use the empress zoia as my main fx on the analog gear so I have to dedicate two of my tracks as a return which is kind of a bummer. All in all I’m really happy with the model 12. Very versatile, had the most amount of DAW inputs at that price point, looks great, and totally suits my needs (and *mostly future proofed if I can quit buying more gear lol)

🙏 thanks! Appreciate it!

Def excellent as brains of a setup. It’s really a great sequencer and arranger. But I still really like and use its synths to supplement my tracks too. The community firmware introduced a bunch of new filters, wavefolding, and automation view (just to name a few things) all of which offer some really wild sound design options.

Couldn’t agree more! Cheers!

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Thanks man! The Taiga is a pretty fun addition to the pack!

💯😂 def would NOT sell it. Like you said.. it’s too bloody FUN!

Yes exactly. It actually held whatever the last note was in the arpeggio previously when I canceled it. Since the dynamics mostly acts like a VCA, when I opened it up it just kept droning. Really anything past closed will do this on the dynamics controller. I didn’t intend to go into a drone when I was playing but it was too cool not to explore further! The Taiga is def pretty cool. It’s nice to see a manufacturer make something with its own unique character and quirks. I’m really enjoying it so far!

You actually don’t even need to hold a note if you open the dynamics controller up. Just a single press to set the pitch of the oscillator and it’ll keep droning.

It’s pretty crazy how well his performance holds up over 100 years later.

Thanks!

Glad you enjoyed it! I find it so calming. Thanks for listening. Cheers!

Admittedly, it is a bit pricey but I’d say compared to other gear it’s comparable, and with all it does-frankly blows the competition out of the water. And the company and community is so great and fully dedicated to adding features and prolonging its use. Highly recommend if you can swing it!

@@oaklandghosts0510 got my oled deluge today...yayyyyy!

@@cadetesespaciales​​⁠oh heck ya! You’re gonna love it!!

💯this is always my final argument on the matter as well. If the synth engine is just too challenging to get the sounds you want out of it or if for some reason you decide you just absolutely don’t like it.. the deluge is a sampler that supports multi-sampling so it can literally sound like Anything you want it to.

agreed. I've had my Deluge for about 6 years. Love it, and all the improvements they (and the Comm Firm) have been making but honestly, I truly wish they'd develop a software editor. It would be so much more efficient to see all the parameters displayed on a screen, be able to Copy & Paste groups of parameters, etc. All the involvement required to do synth programming is quite antiquated, especially now that there are so many different options. Otherwise, still blown away with the instrument's sound, layout, workflow and potential.......

Love the zoia! Most often use it as an AUX Fx for the moogs, but In this piece I’m using it as a synth playing a semi-generative sequence. It’s playing here and there but you can hear it pretty clearly dropping in around 2:45

Ooh also for the guitar parts that drop in. Haha. Forgot I use it for that too!

@@oaklandghosts0510 Seems like a pretty good companion for the delly. Both aesthetically and utility wise haha

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Thanks amigo! This one had such a weird downer yet upbeat vibe. Fun to make!

Thank you kindly! 🙏

You're jams are sublime, cmon the deluge 😉

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Thank you! 🙏