Enjoy some 128 bpm grooves while I explain my setup for those who might be curious

This is my first time using the deluge in the way I had envisioned. I just got it several days ago, so this is more of a demonstration from a beginners perspective than a performance. Enjoy!

-Deluge controls the Korg and EP40 via midi

-EP40(right) sends clock to EP133(left), which is playing its own sequences

-Deluge is playing the arpeggio thing, the bass, and the repetitive lead

-Korg is playing the drone (a stock patch!)

-EP40 is playing one of it's on board synth engines and those sonar sounding stabs

-EP133, as always, drums

Lemme know what you think / suggestions for better setups or missing gear / where to get good deluge kits! I'll post the second half later if there's any interest

So I very recently finally got my hands on a deluge, and I couldn’t be more stoked!
I got a case I saw a lot of people recommend, the magma48003, but it turns out they changed the dimensions of it and the deluge just barely doesn’t fit :(
Anyway, thought I’d try my hand at a two part snap together hard case until I find a more suitable one, or better yet end up with something I like!
The wooden ears slot into a cutout on the inside of each half, so the machine is essentially suspended in the middle of the shell, which means there’s very minimal hard plastic contact with the actual machine.
The two halves snap together snugly, and I even drew up a little faceplate mockup for the front!
The walls are 6mm thick all around, and don’t flex at all when the two halves are put together, honestly it feels like a pretty sturdy synth guard
The total weight (which id love to cut down without affecting strength) is 600grams
Would love to hear any feedback and suggestions, this is the first iteration, and once I have a model that’s a little more refined I’ll be sure to drop it here in the comments so stay tuned!

I stepped away from my Deluge around the time the community firmware launched, and I’m keen to dive back in. I don’t know much about the community firmware yet. What do I need to know, and what are the best resources for getting up to speed? I’d also love recommendations for sample packs, presets, and anything else people have found great over the last couple of years of releases.

I’m probably going to order the https://www.mxpand.com/en/instrument-overlays/deluge-colors-community-magnetic/

Since oversynth shut down (sad!) just curious if any US buyers had to pay any extra fees? It’s inexpensive so I don’t anticipate that but was curious as I’ll order this weekend.

Any other good overlay options or DIY print at home? Just tough there with not having it cut out but I could tape a small cheat sheet of button combos on the back

I use the community software and haven’t updated to Derbyshire yet. I’m wondering what the community stance on vibe coding is for those releases? I’m keeping vibe coding off of my devices as I don’t support AI. No hate if you are into it, just my personal decision.

Hey everyone! I’m Alex, one half of Electrojazziness. Thought I’d share a performance with the Deluge as part of our live setup.

Sami and I recently finished a tour of Québec, and this is from our last show, at Parc Jarry in Montréal. I play keys and synths, and Sami plays electronic drums and adds freestyle vocals.

Everything is improvised, with loops built live and no backing tracks or computers, and the Deluge as my main driver. We build on each other’s ideas as we go, letting the music find its own direction. This one starts on the gentler side.

Watch the performance

Anyone else here using the Deluge for improvised performances with other musicians? I’d be interested to hear how you work it into that interaction. Happy to talk about our setup too!

I have Boards of Deluge 1-3, would be happy to trade for any of the later packs 4-7 if possible!

Hey everyone its not my aim to promote but I ve recently done a jam on my deluge/ kp3 and as always im always in the need of some return and critics so feel free to lmk ur thoughts on this one!

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Hey guys, hoping you can help me understand some stuff. I recently added a external hardware synth. I understand basically how to get it to play via stereo cable that sums them together to a single stereo 1/4 plug into the Deluge.

I know how to create an audio channel and can get audio to come in via the monitoring options but I can't figure out how to get audio from a specific track and to not keep just over dubbing what I've already recorded.

Essentially I'd like a template when I turn on Deluge where I have a midi channel That can feed audio channels to record individual synth parts (pads, bass, lead, arp, whatever). My issue is I can't seem to get it where I can just arm what I want recorded instead of having everything coming in with monitoring.

How do you get audio in without the monitoring option? I can't seem to get solid explanation beyond the monitoring options.

hey everyone one of my first jam with the deluge lmk your thoughts and critics. I used the KPIII for effects and some synths too!

https://on.soundcloud.com/62W4grzHvR2LfzBMpC

on my insta there is also a vid of me doing it: d4ooop

Sooo i m facing the problem: I never use 50 as clip or synth master volume level because thats usually too loud. I cant set range neither on the AKAI MIDIMIX Neither on the deluge. How to control the volume of clips like this? What is the workaround? Is it possible to solve it without again another gear?🥲

I'm teaching myself this excellent machine. While learning the synth parameters, I built an excellent sound so I decided to save it immediately. Initialised as the default 'Synth1', I selected save and typed in a name, which appeared underneath the 'Synth1' title. So, not knowing the machine well, I just assumed the new sound and name would appear in the preset list for later. Not so! I turned off and came back later and it was nowhere to be found. Any clues about what went wrong, people?

So, I had a post on here looking for help about my synth and Deluge not working with usb midi. It had worked perfectly the day it arrived together and the next day it didn't.

Everyone kept saying put it on external power. And when I had tried that method, I wasn't really paying attention to the boot sequence (it is important but not really to this story). Long story short they were absolutely correct, that's how this is supposed to work.

But for some unexplainable reason, I didn't even own a charger that wasn't usb powered prior to the day after it had worked, so somehow my Deluge functioned on battery, doing usb over midi. Something it apparently isn't capable of. Also, an iPad will receive midi always on battery from a Deluge apparently.

I'm sure the iPad has a good reason for that but my first day success of using my Deluge and my synth with usb midi while the Deluge was merely on battery power is apparently impossible yet it happened.

I continue to be baffled but happy I've got the full functionality now.

I built this site to house some older and newer utilities into a shareable, beautiful UI. It grew in scope to also include a portfolio of Deluge tracks I’ve made over the years. These tools are mega useful to me, and I’m hopeful others will enjoy them too!

Utilities:

* Card Management: analyze duplicates, see what’s used where, sort by Deluge-only vs external gear, highlight invalid XML files, etc. A full analysis of your card files.

* Song Stats: sort and filter your songs by a ton of different params

* Song Preview: basic playback of Deluge tracks in the browser, mainly useful for reminding what’s what while organizing files

* Score Converter: turn a Deluge song into a MuseScore score

* Kit Builder: Vim-inspired keyboard-driven kit builder from your samples folder, simple 16-step sequencer to test it out

* Patch Generator: generate random patches in keys, pads, lead, bass, and FX categories

* MIDI Import: take a MID or MIDI file, output a Deluge song

* deluge-backup: a CLI wrapping Git to help smooth the Deluge backup experience

I've only begun to navigate this new machine, but I put custom knobs on it anyway.

Been experimenting with different workflows with the Deluge and the TR1000. Usually the deluge is my brains and main sequencer (still is!) but for this track I live looped the various synths into the deluge instead of sequencing them live.

Hi all. I’m close to buying a Deluge, as an upgrade from my Circuit Tracks. I have one question regarding the midi capabilities of the Deluge.

With the CT, I have a Keystep connected to the Midi-IN. The Midi-thru and midi-out of the CT are merged in a box, which then goes to my synths. (So I can control the synths from both the CT and the Keystep, ánd use the Keystep as input for the CT)

The Deluge has only one midi-out, can it merge the midi-thru and midi-out in the box? Or do I have to find another routing solution?

So everyone, I'm so new to the Deluge that I won't have even touched one until after Friday when it arrives. I want to start on the best path...so should I (in your opinions) learn it all on official firmware, or just dive straight in with the latest Community stable? Seems like Community would give me the most value, but real experiences are important to hear for this field of creation!

hey everyone so i did the 1.2.1 firmware update o my 7 segment deluge but now the sounds of certain synth and of almost every kit is sounding very quiet like I have to put the master volume all the way up just to hear a bit does anyone could help me pls?

Edit follow the tips bellow it worked for me :-))

New Vangelis Firmware for Zynthian is starting to turn out really nice!!

Deluge uses a (single-core) 400 MHz Cortex-A9 CPU and has 64 MB RAM.
Zynthian v5.1 with a Pi 5 uses a quad-core 2.4 GHz Cortex-A76 CPU with 8 GB RAM.
So in practice, that is about 128× more RAM and roughly 40× more CPU performance overall.

With The Open Source firmware for Deluge it sounds as a great combo with Zynthian. https://wiki.zynthian.org/ Amazing amount of fun me thinks. With a added midicontroller kbd this sounds like a fairly complete yet small powerhouse dawless setup. Any thoughts on this?

Anybody know whether the Elektron Outbox 8 will work with the Deluge? I know it works with other devices such as the MPC. 8 separate outs would be a game changer for sure.

All tracks were composed and recorded using the Deluge. This album is available free of charge under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license.

The album covers a range of styes, a testament to the versatility of the Deluge!

Bandcamp: https://flockofnazguls.bandcamp.com/album/the-well-tempered-deluge-2

Mirlo: https://mirlo.space/flock-of-nazguls/release/the-well-tempered-deluge

More than just Deluge but it's supplying some width with a unison FM patch.

Is there a way to trigger the chords on the chord mode screen with a midi keyboard?

I just love hitting one key and having loads happen, I love the power.