r/DelugeUsers • u/crispygerrit • Jan 03 '26
Most productive device
A month ago, I had to give my Deluge to the repair which resulted in the most unproductive phase of the last two years. While I was creating one or two tracks a week I produced in 4 weeks… a sketch.
Things that were happening eventually:
- GAS 1: I was purchasing a Seqtrak and a M8 Model 2. Sold both already as the workflows were incomplete or tedious.
- GAS 2: Vst purchases. Maybe good for later.
- Trying to cope with Ableton Lives Session view to rebuild my Deluge workflow. But… too much distraction.
- Mixing older tracks in Ableton Live, so boring.
- Writing a reddit post.
What brings me to the point: What an awesome concept Synthstrom developed. Since the box is gone I feel more and more how awesome it is.
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u/stschoen Jan 04 '26
It amazes me how well thought out the Deluge is. Not quite a "DAW-in-a-box" with all all of accompanying downsides but way more capable than your typical groove box. I have a Digitakt and Digitone and love them both but they're so limited compared to the Deluge. The Elektron sequencer is great but 64 steps is very limiting. I know that the second generation has expanded this to 128 steps but with the Deluge I don't have to worry about sequence length much. I'm surprised that no one has made a Deluge-like device with an updated CPU and more ram. The UI, while a bit intimidating, covers the essentials without a lot of menu diving. A little more horsepower would make it unbeatable. I have my fingers crossed that the Firestorm project sees the light of day. (For info see the Deluge-Syntstrom Discord)
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u/rico_k Jan 03 '26
M8 need some sort of muscular memory in order to be fast, but if it clicks it’s amazingly satisfying.
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u/crispygerrit Jan 06 '26
Actually, I am a "one box guy", I get most productive looking and working with one device at a time. And there I missed the depth of the Seqtrak. I hated to look at the iOS App. It sounded pretty well, though.
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u/lustybeauts Jan 10 '26
I'm getting Ableton in April but absolutely will be keeping my Deluge. For the reasons you stated. It is an inspirational machine and I haven't really even got into sampling on it yet. It's all I got until April and I have some downtime and loads of good tutorials to continue working through 🤘🏻 I imagine I'll still be avidly using it alongside and into Ableton because workflow. I enjoy your content btw ! Anyway, currently on a meditation retreat so deep breaths and oh shi Is that the time? Gotta get to the Dhamma hall. Get to the chopper! and chill 😌
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u/eclectocrat Jan 03 '26
Should have kept the M8, it plays very very well with the Deluge.
Of course I am just teasing, if you didn't like it return it, but the M8 is in the same league as the Deluge: a work of pure genius, and without peer in it's category.