Day 3: Arranging a full track with Deluge

Third installation in the series of learning to punch the pads of Deluge.
In this demo, tutorial or whatever you want to call it, I'll try to create and arrange a full song using Deluge's arranger, which is surprisingly easy and pleasant to use.
The free PDF producer manual by Synthdawg and Synthstrom has a clear documentation for that part too: synthstrom.com...

[@RJ_Eckie]

Dang how did I never find these videos before? I’ve watched so many Deluge videos, but most don’t show any real production workflow. This is very very helpful! (Also it’s three years after this video and my Deluge is locking up all the time, sadly. But I still love it.)

[@whaleshaveteeth]

Welcome onboard 🙌🏻

[@jaysire]

I have to knock on wood, because mine has never done this. However, lately I've been a bit surprised by how few channels it takes for it to start dropping triggers.

[@dietervdw]

Genius. I've only had it 2 days and it feels like this machine is what I've spent years looking for ...

[@whaleshaveteeth]

Yep, it's great 👍

[@deself]

Lol at 2:06 when it said "DAMN THIS SOUNDS DEPRESSING" but with that bold, non-depressing font

[@whaleshaveteeth]

hahah

[@willswitchcraft]

I've hit that 'WTF' zone so many times with my Deluge. Very frustrating indeed. I hope that Synthstrom sorts this out in future updates.....Great video and track (yeah, a bit depressing, but a cool groove and great vocal samples.....)

[@whaleshaveteeth]

Cheers mate!

[@floncyb5436]

Yo this deluge is nice!!!! I just find out about it last week and I’m amazed at it. You doing your thing on it, I think I might have to pick it 🆙

[@whaleshaveteeth]

It's an amazing box indeed!

[@FormulaicMosaic]

Good work dude. Mine arrives tomorrow and I am hoping it will be the inspiration I need to stop fiddling around with plugins and settings and new VSTs in my DAW and start actually making music. Looking forward to your next video - perhaps a general “top tips” or “things I wish I had known when I started”?

[@whaleshaveteeth]

Thanks! That was the original reason for me to go to hardware synthesizers originally too, besides wanting to spend less time on a computer generally. I'm just editing a video about using external synths but maybe after that!

[@FormulaicMosaic]

Will look forward to that as well then - I already have my eye on the Korg Monologue as a companion! (...and down the rabbit hole I go)

[@whaleshaveteeth]

@@FormulaicMosaic Haha, sounds familiar. I've also heard that modular synthesis is a cheap and not very time consuming hobby...

[@just_pierre9730]

Good work, thank you! Like it very much with the text labels.

[@whaleshaveteeth]

Thanks a lot! I also like watch other people's music making videos without speech.

[@funkyboss007]

So I got my deluge just about a week ago. I’ve watched this day # series three times now.

[@whaleshaveteeth]

Haha, hope it helps!

[@samjbmason]

Love these videos! Right on the edge of getting a deluge. Where do you find your samples from? Love the vocal ones!

[@whaleshaveteeth]

Thank you! I've hoarded smaples throughout the years from various locations and obviously sampled a bunch of original music too. If I'd have to guess, I'd say this is from Splice cause I've gotten a lot of vocal stuff from there.

[@samjbmason]

@@whaleshaveteeth awesome thanks! Are there any packs you’d recommend for someone needing a jumping off point to get started?

[@andyparle5494]

I need a deluge and now this makes me feel so depressed that I don't own one, thanks

[@whaleshaveteeth]

Andy Parle my apologies.

[@elevatewithmettavijnana6170]

hahahahahha feel ya bro

[@funkyboss007]

Killer song! Very cool

[@whaleshaveteeth]

Thanks!

[@zapzaraponline]

Good work

[@whaleshaveteeth]

Cheers mate!

[@MaxRosewater]

How long would you say it takes to load all these samples and things you've got in there? Or is it just a ton of shit you have saved. Would love to know how you get all the sounds you use on the machine!

[@whaleshaveteeth]

it doesn't take more than a few minutes. you can literally just dump things from the computer to the sd card and then load individual sounds one by one, or folder by folder in case of drumkits.

[@MaxRosewater]

@@whaleshaveteeth Thank you! So can you put drum samples in folders by hats, snares, kicks, etc. Also can you do the same thing with sample?I really want one loL! You get these from the synthstrom website right?

[@whaleshaveteeth]

​@@MaxRosewater, you can decide how you want to place them. for example, I have created drumkit folders, where I have a full kit including kicks, percs, snares etc in the same folder so I can load all of them at once. but of course you can do that also in the way you mentioned.

[@MaxRosewater]

@@whaleshaveteeth Ohh interesting. That way could be a good move too! Good advice thank you. It seems very similar to how daws work in a way so i feel like its intuitive. Excited to pick it up!

[@whaleshaveteeth]

@@MaxRosewater it's definitely closest to a daw on a portable groovebox.

[@al-tee6410]

Talent 💎

[@whaleshaveteeth]

al-tee pot calling the kettle black!

[@artemi-music]

so it freezes, how often does this happen?

[@whaleshaveteeth]

It was the first time for me. I've used it for approximately 20 hours.

[@Th3rdFloor]

Just like to thank you for the video of the arranger,,great stuff!! ,,I’m now feeling slightly depressed and feel like I’ve lost the will to live!! 🤪 I reckon that I could be doing with some sort of pick me up to help heal my hurt 🤩. The vide was very much appreciated!!! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@whaleshaveteeth]

John Bryans haha, take it easy.

[@CarlJohnFranzMusic]

Mines never crashed had it about 6 months.

[@whaleshaveteeth]

@@CarlJohnFranzMusic hope I just got unlucky once.

[@Hanoveur]

A video about arrangement on the Deluge where you skip the actual arranging…. *makes a funny face*

[@whaleshaveteeth]

that's weird, ain't it?

[@dennismikha7541]

First impression of the device - it can hang and lose all the patterns. Nice

[@whaleshaveteeth]

Dennis Mikha I don’t believe it’s a very common issue and based on the things I’ve read on the forums, the problem is in the SD memory card and not the Deluge itself.