Hi, I'm RSKT! An artist based on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. Over the past few years, I've been trying my best to learn how to create my own music. I've learned a lot by doing it, so I've decided to make this channel not only to share my progress but to also provide some tutorials for how I do all of this stuff.
I have an art channel too! Check out my Featured Channels section for "RSKT - The Capable Artsist."
@@koldimond1100 ah, nice catch! Basically it's a kit preset I made. They're all of my own samples from my Sample Pack. So I made one kit preset and then I can use the randomize feature to swap to different samples in the same folder. The way I got back to it was to just load up the default kit preset again.
I've been looking for a better work-through of live-looping on the deluge, & frankly there isn't one- this is excellent, clear, snappy, concise & thorough. I have a question, though- I want to use this live looping functionality to record multiple *takes* of an overdub, ultimately to discard one or more of them & plant the others as a comp or as multiple variants within an arrangement. so say I record a rhthym guitar part several times into adjacent audio clips... all the same length, played against pre-existing clips of percussion, bassline & so on. I end up with six new audio clips, but 1 & 4 are awful. (I'd also quite like to name the underlying audio files of them all, so I know which take is which later.) I want to delete the clips containing 1 & 4. are they gone for good when the song is saved? or are they still on the card somewhere, un-house-kept? workaround is to record the takes one after another into the same clip & cut it up afterwards, but that'll take longer & breaks the workflow; I'd have to make multiple copies of it & edit each one in turn, & that'd mean having audio running in reverse while the start is tweaked, & that's going to break a live-use paradigm I'm into. any ideas? on the housekeeping aspect, especially.
Thanks for the kind words! I think I understand your question, but I might not be able to answer it all that well. I think if you delete the audio clips they're gone (could be wrong though). I'm pretty sure if you resample something and delete the clip, it still gets saved in your resample folder, but I'm not too sure with audio clips, and I'm not too sure about saving them either. In terms of reversing the clip to remove the start though - you don't need to do that anymore. As of the Beethoven update, you can now adjust the start of audio clips in the same way you shift midi clips back and forth. It's awesome. Anyways, I hope that helps in some way. You might need to experiment with it all to find your ideal workflow.
I'm on one of the recent nightlys, not sure if it's beethoven, but I'll check that start-point thing f'sure. Ron C's live-looping tutorial isn't quite as snappy as yours, but he touches briefly on the house-keeping; the audio files are in a temp folder, but can be saved to the song folder explicitly by using the gather-audio song-save feature. what he doesn't say is if that includes ones you've discarded from an arrangement, & deleted the clips. guess I'll have to have a play with that. one reason I'm digging into the live looping is that I have a torso S4 here, & I don't trust it yet! the deluge is a good two-thrids of the audio looping functionality I'd hoped to get from the S4, & they've only just added syncing, & it's a bit unpredictable at the moment.
Ah right, I see what you're saying now. Yeah, I'm not too sure on that myself, and aren't near my Deluge right now so can check. Let me know how you go with it. If you still get stuck, definately check out the Discord server and the Facebook group. Ron is pretty active on there too and will usually try to help out :)
My brain hurts but in a good way. I have no idea how you can figure all of this out. I can't keep up with this machine but in a good way. Very well done as usual!! Thank you sincerely.
Awesome vid! The community firmware is one of the best things to ever happen to the "groovebox" community. I'm still making my way through the community firmware as I'm a bit late to the party so this video is super helpful to kind of catalog all the features in my head haha.
I want to add my thank you for taking the time to make this serie. Those videos are extremely valuable. I really hope you will find the time and motivation to do the workflow serie, even if it was behind a Patreon subscription I would definitely go for it.
Hey hey! Thanks for watching. White clips are unique to the arranger view, and represent a new clip made solely to happen in that spot. When you make one, they wont have any notes inside of them. So lets say you have a blue clip, this will be pulling from a clip you made in song view. But lets say you wanted to make a fill, or a unique instance of that instrument doing something before moving back to the loops you've already made. Well, you would use a white clip for just that. A quick instance of something unique. Hope that helps!
Thank you so much for your Quick answer. I've made arrangements in the past using the arranger view and it use to work as intended with color clips. Actually I've used it OK on the song I'm working on right now before it behaved the way I've described in my main message. All and nothing but white clips. Cheers
@@FrancoisRougepullon oh, that's so weird. So you're getting nothing but white clips? Even when you hold down on the clip and turn the select knob? If you're still having issues, definately post it to the Facebook group or the Discord server. Those guys are usually pretty quick and answering bug reports.
Newbie here, sorry if this question is really obvious….. when I update the SD card - do I remove the official firmware file from the SD card first? Thanks
I am considering buying a Deluge and watched this. My question is does this firmware work on the older models with the LED screen? Thanks and Appreciate the video❤
@@MrRob33 awesome! The answer to your question is YES! The new firmware is designed to work across both models. You can always send yours in and retrofit the OLED should you wish to later as well. Hope that helps :)
Anyway mate, it's been a while, just over a year since I last played with me Deluge... So I think, whilst I am waiting on your new vids. It should be a good time to brush up on the basics to get me going again before I dive into Amadeus then onto Beethoven... The logical progression ....
Oh true! Well, I'm glad my series is able to help you. I find myself having to look back through it myself sometimes when I forget stuff too. Haha. You're going to love the new firmware so much. It's bloody brilliant!
Yes! All of my old tracks work. You can also make things in the new firmware and roll back if you have to, however, if you use a feature that wasn't previously available (eg, the new arpeggiator), the file won't load. It still seems to work regardless of compressors or the new reverb though, so that's always good.
@@maydonpoliris lol I should too. The bernuli gates script is pretty great too! I wanted to like the Pam's one, but it's not really that useful and kinda buggy. The rest are pretty sweet though!
@RSKT_music love the way you explain stuff, super clear. You just saved me from going insane. According to the manual, I should be able to move tracks in song view by "press and hold audition pad of the selected row to move + turn scroll (up/down)", but that's just not the case. Viewing your video, I found I actually need to press and hold a pad of the clip itself, not the "audition" pad.
Glad you found it useful! I definately got a bit confused with parts of the manual myself back in the day. Haha, reading through the open source stuff is no picnic either 😅
@@boxed-sound honestly, I'd just jump straight in, but you don't have to. Everything else is still there, so the only thing that might trip you up is is you're watching my older content and accidentally activate one of the new features and get lost. It's entirely up to you. The new features are preeeety sweet though ;)
Another great watch mate. I had forgotten you can use audio through Logic. On patch 3 what source were you using for the higher waterdrop melody? Also liked how you were working the bass on that one too 🙂
Thanks heaps man! From memory, that sound was made using the Wavetable module, with an envelope modulating the wave. It's then sent through a filter, with delay and reverb added at the end 😊
@@MichaelBryne All good! As of the latest community firmware, you can now shift an audio clip over, changing the start point! One of the best features they've introduced IMO.
hello! loving the community firmware. can you tell me about the modular synth integration, has it been touched on? is it stable and operational on the beethoven firmware?
Hey there! So I don't think anything else has been done in terms of CV tracks if that's what you're referring to. That said, there's been great strides made in the MIDI department. I haven't covered them in my videos yet, but I know Ron Cavagnaro's videos go into them a bit. I'd also recommend checking out the Deluge Discord server, as there's a lot of talk about upcoming features on there. Hope that helps!
It seems I've made a couple of mistakes during this demo, so please read this pinned post for futher clarification! When I demo the NAND output, it behaves similarly to the AND output. This could be because the triggers sent by Euclid Grid are so short that the AND and NAND outputs (rising signals) are basically the same except for a very short delay. A big thankyou to Robert Schwarz on my discord for pointing this out! I'd also like to add a comment here left by Sean Luke on the AE Modular discord server in reaction to my video. It seems I made couple of mistakes with this demo, so hopefully this can clear up any confusion. Here's what Sean said to me - "At 3:26 you say "let's start with NAND". And that's what you hook up. But the function being described is AND, not NAND. So call me confused. AND is high when both its inputs are high, and low otherwise. NAND is LOW when both its inputs are high, and HIGH otherwise. In your example, your have a trigger sequence which, presumably (I don't have that module) outputs a high trigger on each drum beat, and when they match the drum gets a high trigger? But that would be AND.... I think what's happening is that with NAND, it's normally outputting HIGH, and when two matching triggers come in, it goes LOW, but then when they both stop triggering it immediately goes HIGH, which the RBSS interprets as a trigger."
Great job, I just spent all evening Stop / Start watching this whilst taking Notes of al the features in V1.0 & 1.1 I hadn’t fully got my head around. Thank you for taking the time and sharing.
@@GlitcherTwitch no worries! Definately check out my video that dives deep into Amadeus, there's a lot more info on it in there. I haven't filmed the Beethoven one just yet though.
@@chadb1176 good question! I'm not really sure. Honestly, I think this is the way going ahead. That way, everyone gets to chip in and make it better, just including Synthstrom Audible.
Great video man! You and Ron Cavagnaro have the Deluge community firmware features covered really well! I'm loving the community firmware. I just installed 1.1 today... Like damn, I was still recovering from the awesomeness of C1.0 and now 1.1 is just even more nuts... its like having a new device with all these new features. For anyone who hasn't tried it, honestly, give it a go, because its so much better and I really think you are insane to not update - remember, existing functionality is the same, and you can just learn the features you're interested in slowly over time. Nobody needs to be overwhelmed - learn it gradually!
Thanks so much for the kind words man! I 100% agree, taking your time is key to learning all of this stuff. Glad to hear you're checking out Ron's videos too. His content is awesome!
@@ronsone8373 oh man, it is on the list. I actually filmed about a third of that video when I first got it, but it was taking forever and I figured I'd come back to it later. Basically I was trying to walk through each script, and do a demo patch with it before moving to the next. I am hoping to cover it after the next 2 videos, but can't make any promises.
Thank you for great videos, they are amazingly helpful :) For me the reason to have two tracks with same instrument that play twice - double tracking. You can have two synths on L and R with slightly different processing with immediately makes stereo image wider, but I'm not sure how often this is used (maybe there are better ways to achieve this with synths 😄)
@@sergeyfilinsky5398 that's... Actually a really good point I've never considered man. Cheers! Resampling something like that would make it sound huge. There's a new MIDI feature in the latest update that let's you loop back midi and play multiple tracks at once from a single track, so this would probably make it even more useful!
@RSKT_music wow, that sounds like actually a huge deal! I have pretty basic knowledge of mixing, but double tracking is something you do almost every time when recording guitar, since it's mono by nature and sounds dull I heard people do it to synths, but it much less popular since you can achieve good width by panning voices and lots of processing After watching, I tried double tracking basic synth with a bit shifted depth on them - it sounded big even with simplest synth on left and right
I got Deluge two days ago and did more stuff than in months, it so much fun to play with 😱 Because of lacking visuals, it makes you focus on actual sound and achieve awesome results by using super basic tools without all the ancy plugins and endless options True genius created this thing
Amazing work on this video. So much effort put into it. Looking forward for the Beethoven video (which is about to be released in matter of days i think!)
@@RSKT_music would you be covering the midi improvements of Beethoven? Specially midi-follow. I was planning to do a video myself showcasing the Loopy Pro template but i was holding on waiting to see if you would be covering it or not
@@MonitusMusic hahaha, I feel I need to, but was worried I was going to not cover it properly myself. I think I'll have to bite the bullet and dive into the release notes. It seems like too good a feature not to cover, I just haven't tried it myself yet.
@@MonitusMusic hahaha, I feel I need to, but was worried I was going to not cover it properly myself. I think I'll have to bite the bullet and dive into the release notes. It seems like too good a feature not to cover, I just haven't tried it myself yet.
Thanks for asking. I got it back (with a brand new motherboard) and the triggering was terrible. I guess the company in Toronto Canada didn't do the proper installation of all the trigger pads segments. Had to send it back for new pads and some QC, and now it's a dream. I was without it for 2 months, and it cost quite a bit (even though Synthstrom decided not to charge for the motherboard) but all's well that ends well. Really enjoying a lot of the new Com Feat. Firmware. Still hoping someone will develop a more advanced Delay, so that we can control the feedback and effects level separately, etc., but hey - no complaints. Nice to own a piece of gear that keeps getting better and more powerful......
@@willswitchcraft glad to hear it man! Sorry you had such a rough time, but good to hear it's back in your hands. Yeah, I'm hoping the delay is expanded on too, amongst other things haha
Yeah, I'm sure there will be great things to come. Very happy that the reverb is so much better now. I guess I just wish there were other update options which would implement hardware - like an expression pedal input (to use in lieu of a modulation wheel, etc.), perhaps something as basic and useful as a Sustain pedal input!? I know that these things aren't possible without dedicated jacks, etc. I guess some of those features could be best implemented via MIDI, but it's not ideal. I still love my Deluge and enjoy working on it, and at least they ARE making improvements quite regularly. So glad that you continue to upload such excellent content - I'm sure for many people your videos are a big part of what keeps the interest up, and people educated and updated. Very helpful. In my opinion Synthstrom should just have you on the payroll, to make sure that you keep creating content like this, keeping their gear relevant and understood.........
@@willswitchcraft Haha, thanks man. That sure would be nice, but sadly it's not the case. In terms of updates, really all I want is a function to export all clips/tracks from song and arranger view. I don't even care if it takes 10 minutes to export, but it would be nice. I know the Dirtwave M8 can do this. It takes time, but it's hassle free and would make life a lot easier for finishing things off in a DAW. I think the only other thing I'd want (and this might be impossible), would be a way to have pure data patches available on the Deluge, so you could run organelle scrips on it and go crazy with customization. Hopefully one day something like that can happen.
To be honest, the first time I noticed sample dropping on my Deluge was when they introduced Wavetables. Old songs I'd made wouldn't play the same, and it never seemed to be resolved. I haven't noticed any sample dropping on the new firmware that wasn't present during that particular update, but that's just my own experience.
Oh jeez. I already gotta go rewatch your community firmware Beethoven one cuz I’m totally lost.. now you drop this to show me all the stuff I never knew about Amadeus???? Haha. Thanks man. You’re the deluge hero we really need!
Ya, I’m sure the production time is heavy on these. You’re quite excellent at covering it all and in ways an idiot like me can understand it. FWIW this vid is still helpful and enlightening to me and I’ve been on Amadeus since it released. Woulda been a godsend a while back when scraping this info was pretty difficult. I doubt Beethoven will change much outta beta so it might be worth dropping that one sooner than later. Even your quick community features vid from a while back is still the best for that. 😉 excellent work as always my friend! You’re very appreciated!!
@@oaklandghosts0510 Thanks for the advice man, and the kind words! I'll try and start production on Beethoven sooner rather than later then. Might mean I'll get to covering the next firmware sooner too haha
Thanks for your teavhings. Don't know why but in grid view, even after selecting green on, it just doesn't stays there. How do you erase a clip on grid mode?
So you need to go into the settings to change the latching between green and blue mode. I think to erase you hold down on a clip (in blue mode) and then press delete. Definately have a read of the release notes on github for this if you need more info. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching.
@@djoy38 Hmmm, that's definately weird. Maybe have a look at Ron's videos on grid view. He does a great job of showing the setting of at the very start of his video.
