Deluge Looper Performance - Sneak Peek

Love it. It’s also about time for a deluge mega tutorial ✌🏼😘

[@eliaswarg6818]

+1, but rather "giga" :)

[@timazzer]

+1

[@jorgealvarez8967]

What a beautiful song.

[@ghavinga]

Awesome! Very impressive, not just the Deluge but also how you handle and play it. Very smooth. Thanks for the great demo and performance.

[@modularmountain3910]

The Deluge is my favorite piece of gear. Synthstrom’s devotion to their customers and to quality is unlike any other company I have seen. Thank you for the sneak peek of the 3.0 firmware. I’m looking forward to the QWERTY keyboard and being able to name every synth/kit/song.

[@nietsmusic]

This is beautiful, haunting, you are such a wonderfull artist Cuckoo

[@truecuckoo]

Than you! 🙏🏼

[@kellymerrill5294]

He said he’s a more beautiful artist than you? What nerve, ego...sheesh

[@nietsmusic]

@@kellymerrill5294 Far from it, in the realm of technical and creative endeavors Cuckoo sure is superior by a large margin and a great inspiration to me. When it comes to beauty, Cuckoo's music just resonates with some groovy, tender and emotional part in me. Hence my comment, the piece made me feel something (a lot) which, in the end, is what music is for. Saying one artist's outcome of creative/technical endeavors is more or less beautiful then the others is subjective and in my opinion false. How do you measure beauty? It all boils down to personal opinion, there is no objective standard for that. This and other songs from maestro Cuckoo simply resonate with me. He is not more or less wonderful then any other artist can be to anyone else but his music is very special and meaningful to me personally. So to me, yes, his work is absolutely wonderful and extra-ordinary. Isn't it great that we can just let him know by leaving a comment?

[@kellymerrill5294]

Niets Music 🎼 know I was joking, he said “than you” instead of thank you, probably a typo, just looked funny.

[@nietsmusic]

@@kellymerrill5294You got me good though

[@SpeldosaMusik]

I actually think the out of tune "problems" made the whole piece better. It feels much more organic when it's a bit out of tune :)

[@JackAcid]

I've had my Deluge for 2 weeks. And it's changed my life. Unbelievable machine.

[@JackAcid]

Here's one reason why... kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2G8kp6rZtOojK8

[@Aldoistaken]

Wow, choosing between the Octatrack and the Deluge is becoming more and more difficult! Also that performance was heart-warming

[@HairyCaveMan]

Deluge

[@theorist5497]

So happy to see the Deluge make a return to your channel again. Really excited for the new firmware, also.

[@User173]

this is EXACTLY what I've been looking for. I've tried to make Octatrack work this seamlessly, but it just doesn't This is an amazing update to the Deluge.

[@jerem680]

Your art is amazing Cuckoo. No doubt your partner, familiy, friends, mates are blessed to know a so cool man like you. Keep on spreading so good and peaceful vibes. Thanks

[@EISERMANN80]

The best piano setup I've ever seen! Looking forward to the update 😍

[@blindianajones]

Fantastic. I got to meet a member of the Synthstrom team while in NZ. Helped me out with more advanced features and using more automation. This looping feature means I can sell my ehx 95000. Well done!

[@red13emerald]

I tried to figure out how to do exactly this yesterday on the current firmware. A drum kit works well, one monitoring track and one sample track for each loop. It’s a little cumbersome but works. But what’s even cooler is using infinite delay. You set up every track as a sample track (but don’t load a sample), set the delay amount to exactly half and put in a drone note. Now to record you set one track as “in”, play your thing and then set it back to “Sample”. Setting the delay sync to 8th or 16th notes is really nice for drums, you just clap once and the bar fills automatically. And, using the delay amount, you can make loops swell and fade out over time.

[@hovermotion]

The Deluge is a stunning machine..easy to use in basic mode..Superb vid and showing how easy it is to use in live looping ,take it anywhere with its built in speaker ,mic and battery...

[@zbsfm]

THERE IT IS! i've lost this video and have been looking for it for months. This is probably one of my favorite jams from you ever

[@Johntiamaria]

your performance is fucking powerful

[@truecuckoo]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@vprice509]

Cuckoo is so cool. I am imagining the one time he ever got angry. His brow furrowed and he had a momentary frown. I appreciated the sip of coffee he had before starting. Then later in the video I noticed something next to his coffee cup. OMG, tea! English. Right. Also: adding the Deluge to the ever-expanding list of gear that I cannot possibly live without.

[@banton9368]

Some of the nicest piano playing ive heard in a while

[@HannesSchnaitter]

Love the whole setup mixing the analog and digital world into one creative workstation.

[@fattigmanskultur]

Snyggt Cuckoo, din musik berör. Du fick mig att köpa op-1 och du fortsätter att inspirera. Tack!

[@alexhahn8016]

awesome! plz make more deluge videos! just ordered one

[@RSKT_art]

Possibly my favourite song from you, Cuckoo. Ever going to do some more with the Deluge? Would love to see a mega tutorial some day. Happy days mate :)

[@jthorpe4droid]

Totally epic, and beautiful. Best 5 minutes of my day so far.

[@bubabubu6088]

Thats my favorite work out of your catalogue. Bought some patches from Cuckoo´s page to support, just to let you others know.

[@truecuckoo]

❤️❤️❤️

[@ujjayisoundsystem]

So cool, you’re seriously talented! Love my Deluge.

[@truecuckoo]

Thank you so much!

[@arteasoundVolterra]

Nice song Mister Cuckoo. Thanks for the demo.

[@museric2007]

You make it look so easy! Very nice and a great demonstration of the capabilities of the deluge.

[@chipwillis]

I saw your thing about meaning and stuff.... dude. I am an artist and I get it, but I gotta say, what you do is appreciated greatly.

[@elwhagen]

Beautiful performance!

[@feons2586]

Love the vibe of this! And got a question: how did you split - or rather combine the left and right signal, since the deluge only has one input? I know you can choose between L/R on the deluge and the input is stereo, but yeah, how did you combine continuum and piano cable wise?

[@bembeleee]

Love what you doing. I would love to hear your thoughts on the deluge. Are you planing some review on the future?

[@goatree_saluberrimae]

Im melted. You nailed it with the piano, Im in love with this song

[@LarsDanielTerkelsen]

Just wonderful to hear somebody making actual music.

[@hanse81]

This reminded me a bit about back in the days, years ago, when you sent live on KZbin and Google Hangout.

[@willswitchcraft]

Been waiting for this software update feature since I got mine. Perfect for my zany music/art project, (which is basically an exercise bike, with a pedal powered generator, 22 antique bells, and a Deluge to record and effect it all. Your upload is an excellent showcase for this feature, esp. because all of your sounds are so different and distinct - making it easy to understand exactly what you're doing here. Overall a really, really great upload. ...with serous gratitude.... ;0)

[@OllieLoops]

Hey Cuckoo, What a great video. Thanks for this. It's one of my favorite of yours. How are liking the Deluge and specifically the looping functions?

[@cjw4381]

Wow I loved that. You are truly inspiring my good man. Keep doing you because it's amazing.

[@truecuckoo]

Thank YOU! 🙏🏼

[@markmccann1]

I love the piano. Beautiful

[@StephenBaird]

This makes me so happy I finally picked up a Deluge.

[@kellymerrill5294]

I bought 3, never seen a looper before

[@shadowbanned5164]

Just got mine last week what do you think of yours after 10 months?

[@ScientificGentlemen]

Gorgeous composition! Next level!

[@philorkill]

This resonates with me....love it.

[@iggi1972]

Funny, sad, rhythmically complex, easy to listen to. Verny nice, thank you!

[@samothrace2106]

Love the vocals. Really good.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Wonderful performance Cuckoo, just excellent! It's always a challenge to record with real pianos when they had some time to drift in pitch due to humidity changes and moving around. hehe. ;) Great work as always!

[@gooneybird808]

I miss this

[@Somnambule]

Nice teaser for the deluge 3.0 update and nice takes!🖖☺️

[@DoloJones]

Really nice, unusual and compelling composition, love it.

[@BrunoBoehmClement]

Love the watch ;) and that Deluge is a real dream... let's see if it replaces your OP-Z on live sets!!

[@truecuckoo]

❤️

[@truecuckoo]

The OP-Z is very different though, and in my opinion still has a much more fun approach.

[@willswitchcraft]

Damn bro - what the hell is in that mug?? Just kidding - great upload, thanks so much for sharing it with us all...

[@edorc1]

Maybe I missed it.. Is the continuum playing a deluge sound? Its a wonderfull tune..!

[@tsak5897]

Hey cuckoo i have a question! I am thinking to buy the deluge or the octatrack, but the two seems to be really cool for live performance and sampling, maybe you have one or two advice ? Which one are you preferring ? thanks in advance :)

[@truecuckoo]

They’re so vastly different. The no-limit approach of the Deluge can solve a lot of things, but the seriously tight scene and fx control of the Octatrack is somehow unsurpassed, it feels. I think it’s about the workflow. The Deluge has a more chill workflow, and more open, architecture. Unlimited tracks. Easy to map MIDI. Much easier to load samples to create one shots, HUGE sample kits, big sampled keyboard instruments, and a synth engine that covers basic synth needs. It even has CV ports. The Octatrack has a more fixed layout, which in my opinion makes for an overall much “faster” performance machine, once you’ve come that far. Quirkier sequencer, which is both good and bad. Good because it’s super tight, bad because it can be tricky at first. I enjoy the Octatrack as a performance machine. I feel like it’s super tight, and I like the Elektron sequencer. But I have a feeling the Deluge is more chill to use, especially when starting out and creating sample based music. But enough depth for seasoned users too.

[@tsak5897]

cuckoomusic thanks a lot for the answer!

[@simon_jakobsson]

Du är fantastisk! Jag beställde en Deluge häromdagen, ser fram emot den extra mycket nu :)

[@justinraymund]

beautiful tune.

[@thegroove2000]

What did you get up to in the forest?. A good natural performance and this bit of kit looks superb. This is on my wish list.

[@neilloughran4437]

NIce one man... bringing the old piano into the realm of electronica... nice!

[@smartbart015]

Kudos for the Continuum again! Sure gonna check that one out @ Superbooth this year!

[@B4RTH0S]

That song is so good, do you have a record of it available ?

[@perrypelican9476]

Deluge and Continuum! Wow! I like that you grab the best gear, not necessarily the best selling or best known companies. And that song is really nice, a bit repetitive for my taste but a beautiful tune. I hope you are doing a lot of live performing.

[@shadowbanned5164]

Bought a Deluge last week after watching videos on youtube thinking it would be a daunting machine to learn but it would be worth my while to have a go.....Its not daunting at all actually learning is a lot of fun on Deluge.

[@OwlBeats58]

You really are a master on the piano!

[@ProfessorSynth]

Brilliant Cuckoo!

[@trulyors]

Just awesome like I can’t wait for this update, I’m not good at playing “live loops” but it’ll be great practice to try haha

[@leandromiquet4820]

Amazing artist

[@mwachner]

So you used a XLR to 1/4" adapter cable to go into L input it looks like? Or using a mixer with 1/4" outs?

[@obshaky]

Oh wow... This is awesome, it really sparks inspiration. Thank you for sharing.

[@nicolasciampone1515]

this sounds really nice

[@kassian07]

just beautiful cuckoo , deluge creator does it again nicely :)

[@TofLang]

So inspiring! great work and what a beautiful piano sound. Maybe someone can help me. Could I do this with the stereo inputs, without using the external mic? Guitar > L Line In > track 1 Synth > R Line In > track 2 So I can loop them at the same time but in seperate individual tracks?

[@gregw4817]

The Deluge was the best gear purchase I have made in years.

[@modularmountain3910]

Greg W same here. Game changer for sure.

[@SpeldosaMusik]

So, are you hearing a click track in your headphones so that you can time the loop?

[@truecuckoo]

No click track. I’m free styling on the piano without any reference, and the deluge probably assumes that I’m playing 4/4 and divides the FIRST recording into bars and is calculating a tempo based on assumptions. I could’ve set up a click track though, and sent out a CV click (I guess), to keep the click outside of the audio outputs.

[@cursedsound]

Those Piano skills tho nice job man 🙏

[@reneotten7376]

How many channels can you record with the looper and can you export them as individual files to DAW?

[@Flyght023]

*such nice r e v e r b*

[@netztherapie5723]

Great cover! Decided to go for deluge because of this as well. Is the Mic Input a Steroeo Input?

[@shadowbanned5164]

Just bought one and YES the line input is a stereo input I bought a splitter for the input and sample from my synths into the Deluge

[@jessetaldotcom]

Great demo! I’ve been intrigued by the Deluge since its initial release. Is it possible to quantise the loop recordings. For example to the nearest beat/bar, to increase the likelihood of synchronised playback?

[@uhldev]

Jesse Tal I used to own one, loved it, I would lean towards a yes, but that’s just my guess.

[@kaitsu9608]

@@uhldev why did you sell it? Just curious

[@thedrumunkey8582]

I'd also like to know about loop start/stop quantizing...

[@uhldev]

Kaitsu I use an OP-Z now, the effects on the Deluge are good, but they synth modeling left slot to be desired in 2017

[@kaitsu9608]

@@uhldev oh ok, yeah initial state was so so imo too. But i really dig that it has no fixed architecture but cpu limitation. Maybe some day ill get it as a drum machine/hub for other synths

[@hellyer29]

What kind of microphone is that you’re using? Sounds beautiful.

[@truecuckoo]

Yeah it’s really special. I’m borrowing it for a while. It’s a Soyuz Microphones 017-tube.

[@gbarkas]

Music for the soul.

[@adamcarter6013]

Beautiful. Have you checked out Olafur Arnalds? Reminds me of some of your keyboard vibe.

[@gepardek]

Is there any way to buy Deluge in Europe? I tried Thomann and other retailers but with no luck.

[@peterl4062]

Love the song. I hope she does meet with you soon. You were great together.

[@shadowbanned5164]

How do you know its a she?

[@iancain6647]

GREAT 👌 I really like the music man.

[@JohnTrasher]

Impressive chord progression! Do you remember which chords you used there? Greetings from a fellow delugian :)

[@7177YT]

u got a deluge hoooooo, this is gonna be great, very much looking forward to more content with this machine. ((: btw, how did you tune the piano to 19tet (;

[@truecuckoo]

X years of no tuning 🤣

[@7177YT]

@@truecuckoo sounds dope though. detuned piano should be more of a thing ..it kinda is in contemporary classical music ...so there's that. (:

[@publika6883]

You have to release this

[@am5790]

Great track, mate!

[@MrJoshua]

Beautiful!

[@RonCavagnaro]

Deluge is the best thing ever

[@Upslider777]

...Damm g.a.s man looks like it may be the force plus the deluge!

[@NegaPreto_]

That shit is sooo fucking wonderful, how can it

[@ALTARBEATZ]

Thats freaking awesum!! Im a KORG dude but got me thinking now

[@GruevyJamLover]

I got the midi foot controller for looping but you have to hit the launch pad to stop the loop. If I can't stop the loop with the foot controller then wtf that's beat.

[@Bourgouche]

Hi everyone, I'm considering buying one of these but still have a couple questions about it. Any help would be massively appreciated! 1 - Has anybody tried to connect a midi mixer to it (I'm thinking Novation Launch Control XL or equivalent)? Having to mix / EQ / apply FX to every single element one by one seems like a bit of a pain, so wondering if there is a smart shortcut here? 2 - Is there anyway to export separate stems into a DAW / record them separately? I'm thinking of using this as my main unit so if I draft songs on it I'd need to relatively easily export them to, say, Ableton to finish the arrangement and then move to mixing and mastering. If I have to record every single track one by one with the other ones muted that's going to take ages, and knowing me I'll just end up starting a new project every time lol... Thanks in advance, take care

[@ShadowPilot]

I don't know what's going on here, I just know it sounds wonderful.

[@ALTCTRLY33T]

Can anyone tell me how to connect and record with an external microphone on Deluge? I can get line-in to work with a guitar or synth, but so far I can only get the internal mic to work. Pls help!

[@Beatz-Pocket]

I like the human organ touch dude. Nice 👍🏽

[@tylkoheptrus]

great!

[@MatthewMouras]

Beautiful. Bring this whole setup to moogfest! 😉

[@moldythoughts4765]

BIG !!!

[@floncyb5436]

Cold soooo cold!!!