Synthstrom Deluge - Generating Melodies With The Euclidian Sequencer & Different Row Lengths

[@Bigfamilyhomestead]

I owe you lunch. I own a deluge, but was looping to buy a sequencer that did this not knowing how easy it is on the Deluge. THANKS

[@sichtbeton]

This shows why the Deluge is just an endless machine. Simple yet deep. Thank you for making these videos!

[@easytiger1452]

Thank you!

[@yousufarain]

What everyone else already said. Just wanted to say THANK YOU! as I stand in my chair with my hat off. Bravo.

[@easytiger1452]

Thank you! I strangely feel like taking a bow now:)

[@harpingon]

I never even knew it could do this. Damn!

[@nekufa]

Awesome sound and deluge mastering!

[@easytiger1452]

Thank you!

[@thatguywhoswatchingu]

Man, that would be fun to try with multiple tracks with different probability settings playing at the same time. Great video, love the deluge.

[@mrclaytron]

This was very effective - you have done a great job in constraining the randomness to make something which sounds great!!! It's also nice to finally see someone really putting the amazing 4.0 features to good use, and not creating a chaotic mess!

[@easytiger1452]

Thank you very much. It is quite easy to make that chaotic mess, I've been there:)

[@fergusfurlong]

Man the jam at the end is really good!! I'm really keen on the Euclidian sequencing and you've probably just made my decision to buy a Deluge! That with randomness and probability makes this so unique. I'm really keen on transposing / keys live - I assume that's possible so it not just one note for the entire song/tune? I'm thinking of matching the Deluge with a Syntakt and also and Analog Heat +FX (at end) to really mangle the sounds. But really need it so I can write songs, with intros/verse/chorus - old school format as opposed to 4 on the floor. I also play acoustic drums, so can add those as the very last instrument, as supplemental or as the sound needs. Thanks for sharing, inspiring!

[@stuwyatt]

I just want to thank you for your incredibly detailed vids. They've helped me decide to sell a few things and buy a Deluge :)

[@easytiger1452]

You're most welcome! And thanks for taking the time to let me know. Makes me very happy to hear!

[@Tapepusher]

I listened to the whole vid thinking the downbeat was in another spot, so when the drums started the beat sounded so weird until I realized where you had the beat, heh.

[@chatolars]

Very, very cool track man. Congratulations

[@easytiger1452]

Thanks a lot! Glad you like it!

[@andycordy5190]

It takes a long time to evolve into useable musical ideas but when it does....oh boy!

[@easytiger1452]

Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit...

[@lukeskywalker2656]

Year great Easy Tiger, thank you for showing your trix. Big Thanks ❤️‍🔥

[@easytiger1452]

Thank you! absolutely my pleasure!

[@rayderrich]

Great idea, nice explanation and cool end result, I love it. Especially the way Deluge makes everything visual is so cool.

[@hovermotion]

Nice how to vids... The Deluge is such a great all in one box take anywhere machine.. Amazing bit of kit...not using mine at the moment but I will take it out of storage for the latest upgrade... Jim

[@easytiger1452]

Yes I agree, it's very cool how you often can easily see with your eyes what's happening. It makes it a great tool for teaching music to kids too and they love it.

[@limbicbits]

Just wonderful!

[@easytiger1452]

Thanks!

[@atimchak]

This is just fantastic! THANK YOU! So many great ideas and lovely melodies that have just enough playfulness but not too much randomnness to lead to great songs!

[@easytiger1452]

Thank you for your very kind words! I love it when I have some control over what's happening, but the machines can still surprise me. I think it's often times not easy though to get the balance just right between the two.

[@Emily.risney]

@@easytiger1452 So well done :) Just out of curiosity which preset synth did you use ? Very impressed, and inspired.

[@easytiger1452]

@@Emily.risney thanks, I made the patch from scratch. It's just a filtered sawtooth with random mod on volume, lpf cutoff and decay and some reverb on top.

[@JackAcid]

It's the.most amazing, inspirational piece of kit I have. Absolutely adore it.

[@easytiger1452]

Totally with you, it's the instrument I use the most and it still keeps on giving...

[@OdoSendaidokai]

Really nice video and a great track 🌻

[@easytiger1452]

Thank you!

[@chewabledrapery]

Beautiful. Thanks for the music/tips! ❤

[@easytiger1452]

Thank you! Very glad you liked this!

[@terebat.]

This is amazing

[@easytiger1452]

Thanks!

[@Chrystalos33]

wooooooowwww this simply takes you to touch the angels, awesome buddy, I'm impressed and it was long time I wasn't impressed !!!! thanks for sharing ;}}}}

[@easytiger1452]

Thank you! I am very glad you liked these ideas

[@Kevvywevvy]

Lot's of useful techniques, very inspiring, and your lovely Jam...Hey thanks 😊

[@easytiger1452]

Thank you! Great to hear I sparked your inspiration! :)

[@Oystein_sandtro_music]

Great thanks! 👏

[@michaelmoog1]

thank you so much for responding, I already have the stems loaded into the kits, and it kinda works… I got it to lock to tempo, but itv drifts and by time it gets to the end of the song it’s not locked anymore. the main problem is, that I’m mixing from one deluge to the next and the drifting could kinda end up being a train wreck . I have yet to getv it to time stretch it in kit mode. I just a response on “DISCORD” which I see you frequent, and someone responded saying this must be fine on doing mode. I am going to try this in a few when I get back to my boxes ( the deluges)

[@tomlovelight2376]

Brilliant work.

[@easytiger1452]

Thank you!

[@TheDavidPoole]

Just came across your channel (thanks youtube). Really like your presentation style and love your music. Subbed.

[@easytiger1452]

Cool. Thank you very much!

[@LuisTorres-qz5kr]

Great ideas, thanks for sharing!

[@easytiger1452]

Thank you! It is my pleasure.

[@hollsound]

Fantastic ideas, thank you so much! 🙏🎶

[@easytiger1452]

Very much my pleasure. Glad you found this interesting!

[@jaysilence3314]

Super awesome helpful video. Thanks!

[@easytiger1452]

Thank you!

[@sequencist]

Wonderful explorations! and a solid way to perform using the generative sequencer

[@easytiger1452]

Thank you!

[@martinschissler9208]

man i love everything you produce :)

[@easytiger1452]

what a nice thing to read. Thank you!

[@synthejayzer]

Bloody Lovely dude!

[@tubeMonger]

While you tune is not the same reminded me of Cosmic Baby ‎- Stellar Supreme. Nice to see you figuring out how to make sense of the Euclidian stuff on Deluge. Your tune sounds very good.

[@easytiger1452]

I am listening to Stellar Supreme right now. Thanks for the tip! And thanks for the kind words. I am glad you liked the video.

[@Th3rdFloor]

sublime!

[@easytiger1452]

Thank you!

[@sklandarok]

Pretty nice, well done ❤️

[@easytiger1452]

Thank you!

[@duskbeats9306]

Great ideas!

[@easytiger1452]

Thank you!

[@MChristian]

That was incredible!

[@easytiger1452]

Thank you!

[@robertvangameren9735]

Great song!! missing a vocal somewhere, send the song and I'll ad it

[@easytiger1452]

Thanks! This was more just jamming for demonstration purposes, so I'm not really planning on doing anything further with this. If you feel like laying some vocals on top though feel free to knock yourself out. If you'd like better quality audio than what KZbin offers let me know how to best get it to you.

[@nigelrogers8690]

Sounds amazing 👏🏾 😍

[@easytiger1452]

Thank you!

[@seniorbeatbox]

Really nice jam, I know if I tried something like this it would be a jumbled mess.. all the clips seem to occupy their own space nicely

[@easytiger1452]

Thank you! Yeah I can relate... I think the main mistake I made here was, that the longest row in the kit clip with all the different row lengths was 15 or something. I think if I would have added a silent row of one bar's length it would have worked pretty smoothly.

[@mark35mi]

Very cool. Thanks!

[@easytiger1452]

Thank you! Absolutely my pleasure!

[@mark35mi]

@@easytiger1452 Curious if the Deluge has harmonizer feature similar to the oxi one? Change the chord/chord mode and the other sequencers / trax are slaved to match the new chord?

[@easytiger1452]

@@mark35mi no, unfortunately that kind of thing is not possible on the deluge. What you can do is adjust the scale everything is quantized to and its root on a global level. It's not suited for performance though, but useful when you need to transpose a track quickly (i.e. when you're playing with a singer)

[@iosmusicman]

Ace. Thanks.

[@easytiger1452]

Thanks!

[@zwogli9160]

so nice!

[@seniorbeatbox]

i'm revisiting this awesome demo to try to replicate it, which i have done so for the most part. Except around 5:29 when you unmute that top row.. on my machine when i unmute it, only that top row plays. i think i've missed some probability setting perhaps? or maybe something is up with my Deluge's note priorities? i do have it set to mono so not sure what is happening. ok cheers :)

[@easytiger1452]

Hmm, just watched it again to see if i can think of a solution. Do you get one long sustained noted or many short ones? maybe it's the arpeggiator? make sure it's turned off. the highest note always gets first priority. so if that one high note constantly retriggers you'll probably only get that one. I don't have the deluge with me right now but I'll check once i get the chance.

[@seniorbeatbox]

@@easytiger1452 so it is many short notes, and the arp is turned off. if the highest note gets first priority isn't this how it should sound, with only the top note playing? (the actual 'Priority' function on the Deluge only applies to CPU loading if i am correct.. not this situation). it's a mystery, i can't figure it out.

[@easytiger1452]

@@seniorbeatbox weird. Yes, the priority setting only let's you chose what parts should drop out first if the cpu gets pushed too hard. Voice priority is actually newest note and then highest note. That's the reason it snaps back to the highest note once a short lower note ends again and you never hear a bass note while a high drone note is on. Are you sure your topnote is just one long drone note and not many short ones on each step? It's the only way I can see you getting many short ones of that same high note with the Arpeggiator off (for me it works with the arp on and off btw, I just checked).

[@seniorbeatbox]

@@easytiger1452 oh geez, i just realized it's *supposed* to be a long sustained note and NOT many notes which is what i had! my bad... for some reason i thought it was single notes on your machine.. anyway thanks for walking me through it :)

[@cyrrustvirus]

Genious❤️

[@easytiger1452]

Thank you!

[@TotoRobyn]

Just amazing! I’m going to work on these for better practice. Just one question - how do you put it in mono mode so the only the top note plays during Euclidean sequencing?

[@easytiger1452]

There's a pad labeled "polyphony". Hold shift, press that pad and choose mono.

[@ratstarsmusic2163]

I think this would be the perfect instrument if there was a way to see the entire pattern drawn out. If software was available that allowed us to see the entire thing that would be amazing. Kinda like a midi screen .

[@easytiger1452]

Oh yes, the countless times I tried to zoom out vertically come to mind, before realizing again and again, that that's not a thing:)

[@ratstarsmusic2163]

@@easytiger1452 Is there a program we can hook it up to that would show the entire patterns drawn out?

[@sichtbeton]

A "fold" option (like in Ableton), showing only the used note rows would be awesome.

[@bartolomeorejowski5904]

sweet

[@DJ-Lazy-Lodger]

keep it up;-)

[@easytiger1452]

Thanks!

[@michaelmoog1]

hello mr tiGER, is there anyway humanly possible that I could bother you? in regards to sycning audio files [actual stems from DAW] I've been playing live (dj'ing with three deluges and additional synths) I can't figure out to save my life what I need to do to sync stems to the internal clock

[@easytiger1452]

Hello Mr. Moog, there are different ways of achieving this. My preferred one is within a kit and with the audio playback type set to stretch. When exporting the stems make sure they are an integer amount of bars in length. This makes things a lot easier on the deluge. Also make sure they are all the same length even though that might include a lot of silence in the end for some. On the deluge create a kit clip and set its length to the same amount of bars your stems are long. Hit the browse shortcut for osc1 and select the first stem. Set the audio playback type to stretch and enter a note on the grid that fills out the entire clip. Load your other stems into different instrument slots of the same kit clip and add notes for them as well. Of course this sounds best with the deluge's tempo set to the original tempo of the stems but it will stay in synch if you play it back at different speeds. I hope this helps!

[@jantuitman]

Ever since I installed the firmware I keep getting lost in these lovely polymeters.

[@easytiger1452]

Yes, me too. It's astonishing how these tools have such an impact on the music we make at the end of the day.

[@MonitusMusic]

What I get is lost notes...🥺

[@wheelieblind]

I can play classical music, but that is a nice toy.

[@easytiger1452]

Suits any kind of music and offers limitless hours of fun

[@nnachikett]

❤

[@aardvarkmindshank]

Why is your mum frying chips in the same room half way through? Weird 😂

[@Sangejzer]

It's so good but so expensive...

[@easytiger1452]

Yes, but then again considering what it does it's also quite the bargain, I guess...

[@enensis]

Yeh expensive but it does more than any synth

[@tobiasphilippen7883]

Very well done! Thank you for the inspiration.