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🙏 thank you!

Nice! I’ve almost pulled the trigger on the model D a few times. Sound so so good! The Deluge is such a perfect gateway for anyone coming from ableton or any DAW really. I love that it’s simple im and intuitive on the surface so you can jump right in, but incredibly deep if you wanna go down the rabbit hole! Cheers!

Dude I feel you. I don’t think I even realized how much I was feeling that distraction and just dislocation working on my computer. I do like using my DAW for FX on some things. Having a hybrid mixer that allows for that is awesome. And def still use the daw for final mix and master- although I quite like arranging on the deluge too. Heard a lot of great things about the virus. Would love to see how you have it set up! And the micro freak makes some amazing sounds! Cheers man!

Oooh the mod dwarf looks awesome! That wasn’t even on my radar. Very cool! And the Zoom R20 is a great and more affordable alternative to the Tascam Model 12. Especially with the built in synth engine…

Yup! Just finished an episode on the mother for this series/song. Should be up in a couple weeks! I’ve also got some other mother 32 vids on my channel, mostly using it to make ambient/semi-generative stuff.

@@oaklandghosts0510 Awesome! Thank you! Really enjoy your channel. You've made me very interested in the Deluge. Is it your only drum machine besides the DFAM?

@@alexandermontagnet3361ahh the deluge! LOVE the deluge. Yes. It’s my primary drum machine. You can write much longer sequences with more parts then the DFAM. It’s also a sampler, so a lot of times I’ll make sounds on the DFAM and sample it into a custom kit on the deluge to better sequence. But mostly I’ll use the deluge for the main drum patterns and then supplement them with percussive patterns and textures on the DFAM. The deluge is almost worth its weight in gold just as a sequencer. I use it to sequence the Mother often. It also has a pretty great synth engine, supports multisamples, and has a great song view and arranger. Between the deluge and the sound studio, you’d have a very complete DAWless set up with just that.

😂 get back to it!

Thank you 🙏

Thank you 🙏

Oh thank you so much. I’m glad you dig it. I wasn’t totally sure about the drums when I was doing em. They’re on slightly off bar length to the rest of the song and have some weird randomization but they felt ‘right’ so I went with my gut!

No problem! Glad it’s helpful! Cheers!

Wow thank you! 🙏 glad it inspires! I hope you make something awesome - and we’d love to hear it!

Man this one was a while ago.. but I know this was all internal synth engine and samples I had on the deluge except for the guitars and omnichord which my band mates played and I sampled back into the deluge for arrangement. Oh and the vocal sample. Which was all mangled on the deluge as well.

Thanks man! Appreciate the support. Glad you dig it!

Thank you so much 🙏 glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks man! And yes.. technically (if you count my subpar playing as guitar playing) we actually have 4 of us that play guitar! Haha. Not usually at the same time tho… 😂 this song was 2 of them. Johnny and James.

We try. Haha. Thanks 🙏

Thank you! It’s called ‘Neolithica’ by Oakland Ghosts. It’s up on all the streaming sites (spotify, Apple Music, etc) including CZcams Music czcams.com/video/KB1HEITzXxU/video.htmlsi=GOO_Cahh2EwrI3xV

Sick track man! Where did those drums come from!?

@@MadValleyMusic oh man. There’s alot going on there. Haha. Some of it is actually guitar chugging to add texture to the drums. Most on deluge and then a lot of weird stuff in the daw too. Got a full vid dropping tomorrow!

Totally agree! I do sometimes wish it had… more. Like more steps (maybe 16steps) and maybe a separate row of pitch/velocity so you can separate the voices better.. but then of course it’s veering into drum machine territory which might take away from its unique character. Sounds like 2 is what I really want… you figured it out! Jealous. But even more jealous of the Labyrinth! Really wanna play with one of those!

@@oaklandghosts0510 That's where the Lab comes in.😀 Well, we find that between modulations and the oscillators. You can play the pitch and velocity like a keyboard. Also, slight turns can produce incredible variations when circumstances are right. There's also a way to get feedback out of the DFAM. Yeah, 2xDFAMs and a Lab is definitely the way to go, and it can go deep. We really believe few people dig into what a DFAM, or any synth, for that matter, as much as they could. We've even gotten jazz and blues out of Moog's, very experimental. Also, we just uploaded a piece that takes them to an interesting place sonically. This is the other thing most don't think about with a Moog system (mother). With ours, we have 13 oscillators to play with while things are going. Many people don't do this, because you can lose your way, and the pitch can throw you off and ruin the moment. But what is playing a guitar? Moog's are instruments, and we are literally, constantly turning knobs. Also, there are 5 filters, and the Labs folder with U mixer too, the folder/filter mixer. The possibilities are endless. Honestly, a Moog system provides more than enough analog for anyone. All we need is the Spectravox. 😀 Keeping it simple though, is the key, because you learn so much more by learning one system really well. In an analog subtract world, Moog is good enough to end the search for more analog gear for us. And digital synthesis/FM can all be done on a computer more effectively, and most importantly, cheaper, and you don't sacrifice quality with the right setup. We're not stuck on a single format. Music is sound, and anything that makes it is welcome. 🖖

Thanks man! Appreciate that!

Oh man, you’re too kind! Glad you dig it! Cheers! 🙏👻

never quit, rest

Hahaha. Touché. Mostly I just mean give your brain a rest and reset but stay focused on one song at a time.

Totally agree! I’d only put a couple samples in of my own and had mostly only used the default patches so far (which are also great!) but once you get in there and start goofing around it’s crazy how quickly you can get some really awesome unique sounds!

I was soooo stoked when i got one!

Ahh heck ya! Glad you got it working. I was sooooo frustrated when I was first trying to get it all working. There’s surprisingly little info out there about syncing there deluge to modular stuff (particularly the sound studio) and I KNOW there’s at least a few of us out there!

thanks you! this one was fun!

Thank you! 👻👻👻

It’s a monster setup! They play so nice together! Deluge is prob the one piece of gear I could never abandon. A king indeed!! Cheers!

@@oaklandghosts0510Totaly Agreed and I've had every sampler, and started on rack Emus, Akais etc, the Deluge is it all in one place, Another youtuber did a which synth would be you're desert island synth, it was an easy choice, all you need is a solar panel, and sample all you're best synths into it. 🙏Excellent Channel, Thankyou the syncing up info is excellent, I gave up, haha 😄....

No problem! Hope it was helpful!

Awesome! Glad it was helpful.

Oooooooh that sounds awesome!

I have the Deluge and Virus Ti2. Absolutely the best combo for the money. Added a Theory Board.

@@evilsock420 sounds like i gotta check out the Virus!

No problem!

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Thank you! I could def do a breakdown on getting the deluge to play nice with the Sound Studio. I’ll add it to the list!

😂 excellent! I mean on the real tho, there’s plenty of folks out there that are excellent and prefer improv. That’s a legit technique!

@@oaklandghosts0510 👍👍👍Play on your strengths! 💪

Thanks you! Thanks for watching.

My pleasure! Thanks for watching!

Hella! ❤

Ahhh that’s awesome. Haha. Thanks man! Cheers 🙏

Great question! For me, I’m coming from a more traditional band/studio background, so the workflow on the deluge feels very natural to me in that it’s very similar to a DAW/piano roll type interface that I was already used to. The thing I was struggling with in my DAW was too many options when staring at a blank screen. Will I record something fresh? Will I endlessly scroll my sample Library? Will I give up and endlessly scroll social media because it’s a tab away? The deluge is intended only to make music, and gets me off the screen and into the moment. A big thing for me was it really opened me up to the world of synthesis. I’m still learning my way around synths, but the deluge and its immediacy made it more accessible to me. Admittedly, the deluge is a bit complicated (with no screen) and it can take some time to learn your way around. And with the endless innovation of the community devs that list never ends… one thing I did from the start was watch RSKT video manual series. Discovering new (to me) or how to use certain features inevitably led to something inspiring I would chase down. When I was first learning my way around the deluge I would often center a session around learning a new feature and seeing how I could integrate it into my workflow. Maybe that meant making a song centered around creating all my own synths and kits from scratch. Or focusing on building a track entirely around the Deluges sampling features, etc. In this way I not only learned more about the deluge but also on which features mattered and inspired me most. I’m sorry to hear you’re struggling with inspiration as to me the deluge is itself an inspiration machine. More often then not, I don’t have a plan when I start up a session. Maybe I just find a loop I like and build on it. Maybe a particular synth sound peaks my interest and I chase it. Maybe a random press of keys in the sequencer turns out to be a really cool melody. Who knows! It sounds to me like you’re probably not suffering so much from lack or Inspiration as much as still struggling to see if a workflow on the deluge works for you. I think maybe you’re still holding on to how you could do things better or faster on gear you’re already familiar with. I’d encourage you to stick with it though! It’s an awesome piece of gear when you get your head around it! Maybe try to incorporate your other gear. The deluge plays nice with other gear. I have a bunch of songs from scratch videos in a playlist that kind of documents how I come up with stuff and what inspires me. Maybe give them a browse! Or my song sketch series. The earlier videos are all entirely made on the deluge. Best of luck and don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions! Cheers.

time for you to learn how to program a synth, if you dont like the stock deluge sounds.... or buy some presets, the deluge boards of canada presets are really good.

@@xisotopex💯 the Boards of Deluge patches are fantastic. So are Rephazer’s multisample packs.

You can always combine the T-1 with the Deluge...

Ok - that helps (a 3rd way through) to conceptualise Song View as a scratch pad for themes and variations & details and then the Arranger as described where one moves these parts around on a canvas in a more linear Left to Right manner. Yay! I'm wondering if the fact I've never used a grid/cell format has put me off... 👌🏾

I do have a couple vids in my song from scratch playlist that are a little more ‘blow by blow’ style for arranging on the deluge (I’ll see if I can find some links) I was gonna (and may do) another but the truth is every song is pretty different. And they’re a lot of work cuz I spread out the arrangement process usually over a few days and it’s ALOT of listening back for the start to test things 😂

Try this one! czcams.com/video/tLirB4MC_K8/video.htmlsi=yHg3dJwfawtpLRDO

@@oaklandghosts0510 Understood. I presume everyone works differently too but it's so hard to get to a post-4 bar loop practice for me as I'm not a digital musician. Thanks!

@@oaklandghosts0510 Will watch now: great stuff.

@@brutallyremastered4255I hear ya! My background is all coming from more traditional indie/rock band writing and productions techniques so it was a jump for me too. It’s all about trying to adapt those same techniques in non traditional ways!

Good tip! Oftentimes starting an arrangement will reveal what you’re still missing. It’s interesting in the loop stacking stage, there’s no hard rule for when it’s enough but I can usually *feel when I’ve hit that point. But as you said, it’s very common that I realize I need that extra melody or lead after I’ve started arranging. Cheers!

Thank you! I agree! I think it’s easy to get caught up in limitations (real or perceived) but I find that’s where a lot of the creativity lies. Cheers!

🙏 glad you found it useful!

Haha. Yup. I used to manually vary velocity before. You could also modulate master volume (or oscillator level) with random (don’t know why you can’t do velocity), but I kinda like cutoff cuz it also changes the sound of the hit. It’s also nice to randomize pan just a little so it’s like the hit is on different parts of the hat.