Deluge Tutorial - Synthstrom Deluge for Guitarists

Thanks for watching!
In this video I'm demonstrating a different approach to recording acoustic instruments with the built-in Deluge microphone, and layering and combining them with electronic sounds and samples.
Please let me know if you have comments or questions, and I'll see you again next time.

[@Daniel.St___0]

This was great! Thank you! The best thing I've learned as a guitarist using the deluge is that the default keyboard mode is exactly the same layout as the top four strings on a guitar. Five half step distance between each row/string. This really helps playing chords and improvising. Instant skill transfer.

[@presc13nt]

Great video. Great song !! And massive shout out for the Oris Aquis. One of my favorite watches ever 😁

[@simon_jakobsson]

Lol thank you! It was my first ever "real" watch purchase, I love it too! Thank for watching!

[@mikerinard6496]

Great tutorial. I like all of the techniques you're using to make the built in sounds feel more organic (and meld in nicely with the audio tracks). Keep 'em coming!

[@simon_jakobsson]

Thanks man, much appreciated! I'm hoping I'll get around to making another one this weekend, I have some ideas.

[@RonCavagnaro]

nice video!!!

[@simon_jakobsson]

Thanks man, glad you liked it!

[@SmallWorldBigThings]

Great job! Good explanation of the workflow with Deluge. 👍👍👍

[@simon_jakobsson]

Glad you liked it, thanks!

[@ZetaCarinae]

Very helpful, I record synths and guitar onto the deluge and its nice to see your workflow, there are so many little things to learn to get the most out of it.

[@simon_jakobsson]

Thanks, glad you liked it! Yeah, a lot of things to learn, but very rewarding once you figure stuff out!

[@Wladyslas]

Another excellent tutorial! Thanks a lot!

[@simon_jakobsson]

My pleasure, thanks for watching and for the kind comment.

[@thomk7678]

This is awesome man

[@simon_jakobsson]

Thanks! Glad you liked it :)

[@magickpalms4025]

this was extremely helpful, thank you for taking the time to make this guide

[@simon_jakobsson]

My pleasure, thanks for watching :)

[@brumaza]

Thank you for sharing. High quality content. Great work, comes across as honest and personal. Useful details, no fluff. Very cool.

[@simon_jakobsson]

Thanks for the kind comment 🙏

[@tobinshelton2118]

Thank you, Simon. This is a super generous tutorial.

[@simon_jakobsson]

Thanks for the kind comment, and thanks for watching :)

[@Norp277]

I get more tips per minute out of your videos than anyone else - please keep up what you're doing mate, it's an excellent format and makes this thing so much more approachable and fun.

[@simon_jakobsson]

Much appreciated. Thanks for watching :)

[@EarlyMist]

I never would have guessed the end result based on your process. Truly unique way of making an average recording sound damn good and useable. and a really legit result to boot

[@simon_jakobsson]

Thanks! And it's so fast, too! :)

[@PaulTobia]

Great job Simon. I really appreciate how you run through the steps. Instructive but not overbearing. Timeline on the side is awesome as well.

[@simon_jakobsson]

Thanks Paul, much appreciated.

[@ProfessorSynth]

Great tutorial, thanks Simon

[@simon_jakobsson]

My pleasure, thanks for watching!

[@kaylons]

A lil preface - the Wall of Sound is a technique by the crazy killer guy (Phil Spector) where a large ensemble of instruments play the same passage, but add enough variety so that when it comes to post-production.... they all blend together to create an atmosphere indistinguishable from the other.

[@oliphon]

Wow, just got you to 1k subscribers!! Congrats! Love your videos so much. As a deluge owner it’s like hearing the voice in my head as I go through my own workflows. It’s been too long since I’ve fired it up and you’ve inspired me to get back to it.

[@simon_jakobsson]

Woohoo! That's a milestone for sure. Thanks for watching and for subscribing, and I'm glad you're getting back to the Deluge again!

[@TedCurran]

Nice vid! I argue with my neighbor -- he has a Deluge and I am strictly DAW-based. Seeing this I just see how much more fiddling is necessary on a hardware unit to do relatively basic tasks that are much more straightforward in a DAW. I use Renoise which has crazy fast keyboard shortcuts to do much of what you did here. But hey, different strokes. The end result sounds great!

[@simon_jakobsson]

I use both. A DAW is obviously way more fully featured and convenient, but there's something special about making music without computers and screens too. Especially when it's just for fun! Thanks for the comment, I hope you're able to make friends with your neighbor ;)

[@BenGeorge77]

Nice! I've had the Deluge for two years and there are still entire workflows (like this one) that I haven't gotten to yet. Thanks for the great video.

[@simon_jakobsson]

I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for watching, I feel similarly - there's just so much depth to this thing.

[@Signalfromabove]

Finally a video that shows a sequencer synth being used for guitar based tune as 99.9% of everything else on KZbin is for techno dance. Anyway, it's a real sweet tune and a great step by step video. I don't have a Deluge but after this vid I think I may get one 😊😊😊😊

[@simon_jakobsson]

Glad you liked the video - Thanks for watching. I'm not affiliated with Deluge, but I love this machine :)

[@sendalunar2974]

Awesome piece of trivia about Phill haha . Never knew why it sounded good to double track . Thank you!

[@simon_jakobsson]

Lol yeah his story is insane, but it's such a great recording trick. Apparently, he used to combine several different instruments and mix them together, too, which would create this larger-than-life sound. Thanks for watching!

[@81-jdowlwp]

Wow, I'm really impressed! I learnt so much watching your video

[@simon_jakobsson]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@tblv9300]

Well done

[@simon_jakobsson]

Thanks :)

[@parbohrarper]

Really good tutorial! Makes me wanna pull out the guitar and record some..

[@simon_jakobsson]

Thanks! I think you should, it's a lot of fun!

[@stringsnare]

this is exactly the kind of thing i want to see if this machine can do. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@simon_jakobsson]

Hell yeah - especially in the hands of a more capable guitarist, this is an amazing combo. Regardless of skill level, you can have a ton of fun with it. Thanks for your comment.

[@Zoevandyne]

You're great.

[@simon_jakobsson]

That's very kind of you to say, thank you :)

[@skibbitybibbity628]

Nice!

[@simon_jakobsson]

Thanks man, glad you liked it!

[@guysmiley7289]

Great tutorial, I am impressed that you got a reasonable sound out of that mic.

[@simon_jakobsson]

Yeah! Obviously not as good as a "real" mic, but so fast and convenient! Thanks for watching :)

[@guysmiley7289]

@@simon_jakobsson I saw your drum set in the background. I just saw a video where someone took Roland drum triggers to trigger the Deluge and got really realistic sounding drums out of it.

[@simon_jakobsson]

@@guysmiley7289 That's a cool idea! I've tried it with 808 sounds before, that was fun, too.

[@adfresh2266]

I've owned this thing for 2 years, watched many sampling videos, read manual and never realized that double tapping the cut off marker for a sample deleted the extra measure(still not sure it deletes it from memory.) Thank you. Very cool tips, trucks and song

[@simon_jakobsson]

I don't think it deletes it from memory, just from the playback. I could be wrong :) Glad to help though, thanks for watching and for the kind comment.

[@magnuseriksson8081]

I love the guitar and drums, I wish I could play the guitar now, soooooo nice!! I would like to add a song to that. I love that simple style, super!! Love the drums sound too, samples??I liked the more simple version of the song in the beginning a lot, sometimes we want to add too much but I guess I like simple tunes and a nice voice across it all. Its a super nice song though

[@simon_jakobsson]

Thank you very much, glad you liked it :) I do that too, where I just add too much stuff, and it's not uncommon for me to have to go back and remove things after :)

[@rayderrich]

I will probably never be able to buy a Deluge, and my guitar playing is terrible, but you presented this all so neatly that I stil subcribed for more.

[@simon_jakobsson]

Lol thanks man! As for the guitar playing, there's only one thing that makes us better, and it's not even talent - it's dedicated practice. Fingers crossed you'll be able to find a Deluge one day, it's a fun machine. There are however a bunch of free apps and software that does just about every aspect of it as well if not better :)

[@rayderrich]

@@simon_jakobsson I do use Reaper with VST's and have 2 hardware synthesizers but it feels like the Deluge would add something, namely being away from my desk and still work on ideas. And yes, practice is important, I tried it lots of times in my life but always give up too soon. Thanks for your reply.

[@magnuseriksson8081]

If you play the guitar, practice a lot, you will never ever regret it, you will just love it more and more...

[@magnuseriksson8081]

@@simon_jakobsson Any suggested apps or software? Talking about practice, I love to have something portable as it means I will practice a lot more, I love to sit at a cafe for hours and create.

[@msz4598]

00:00 -Intro 00:35-Creating a Kit track 00:55 Creating an Audio track 0125-Guitar backing track # 1 02:05-Audio Clip length 02:35 Guitar backing track #2 03:50-Phil Spector's Wall of Sound 04:45-Guitar backing track #3 06.00-Filter sweep automation 08:40 - High Pass filters 10:30-Adding Reverb 11:00-Adding bass 12:25-Adjusting the bass sound 1325-Sidechain and Chorus 14:35-Creating a new synth 15:35-LFO and pulse width 17:25-Note velocity and Random 19:05-LFO and LPF sweeps 20:10-Recording the synth 20:30 Editing the recorded notes 21:20 Playback start location 22:55-Ping pong delay 23:15-Custom drum kit with samples 24:35 Creating more dynamic hihat hits 25:45-Guitar melody/sclo 27.55-Recording the lead guitar 28:50-Adjusting the guitar sound 29:30-Boosting guitar levels with Saturation 31:15-LPF automation for the guitar 32:00 Closing thoughts 32:30 The final result

[@simon_jakobsson]

Wow thank you pal!

[@Maxmachtmusik]

Hey Simon, nice tutorial 🙌 I‘m playing guitar + Model:Samples at the Moment but for the future I hope to have an additional machine to extend my palette. Espacially the guitar line-input option seems very usable for me. Have you tried I with something like an Strymon Idridium or Helix?

[@simon_jakobsson]

Thanks! I haven't tried those particular pedals, but I've tried it with others (and it has worked great). The Deluge's line in and realtime input processing and added effects are great, I'm a big fan :)

[@Maxmachtmusik]

@@simon_jakobsson Cool! Thanks for your answer. I‘ll think about it. At the moment Digitakt, MPC and Deluge are my very different options. Each with its strengths… We‘ll see

[@simon_jakobsson]

@@Maxmachtmusik I have a Digitakt and I used to have an MPC1000 (an older, but good model). Deluge is my favorite by far and the Digitakt is mostly collecting dust. I really loved the Digitakt, too, but it's much more loop-focussed, whereas the Deluge is more versatile and can more easily be used for full songs. You can make excellent music with either of them, but I just have a big crush on my Deluge, I really love that machine (hence all these videos lol).

[@Maxmachtmusik]

@@simon_jakobsson Haha :D Okay! Yes, that's news for me because before I only considered the deluge a "a bit nerdy synth-drum-machine-ping-pong-loop-thing" 😅

[@simon_jakobsson]

@@Maxmachtmusik Lol, yes it can do that too, but there's so much more to it! The arranger view is amazing!

[@stringsnare]

i stuck between this and the force. you think the deluge could be used for recording full songs and arranging parts? (say i record a verse, chorus, etc separately). i work in IT and want to make demos away from the computer to give my eyes a break. this has been years long struggle for me. once i have arrangement and demo then i'd like to take it into a daw (i dont care if i need to re-record)

[@simon_jakobsson]

Yes, you definitely can do that. Getting a break from screens is pretty much why got into the Deluge too. I have made a ton of videos where I use it for bigger arrangements, too, so have a look around :)

[@Guitarkungfu]

I love the videos! Though, getting white light blasted by the subtle screens is no fun.

[@simon_jakobsson]

Thanks for the feedback - I'll definitely take this into account for the next one.

[@Guitarkungfu]

@@simon_jakobsson On another note, I'm ordering a deluge today partially due to your videos!

[@simon_jakobsson]

That's awesome, have fun!

[@deepseadiver8191]

I think it was easier to simply use the overdubbing feature. Sets the length of the consecutive clips automatically and you can layer in no time.

[@simon_jakobsson]

Great point, thanks for sharing. I'll try that next time. :)