That being said: There is so much more information available at a glance. You can just click on things instead of menu-diving. You have a lot more CPU and RAM available. The effects sound 10× better.
Also, while the #SynthstromDeluge gets confused when changing the length of a currently playing clip about half of the time, in #AbletonLive in about 95 % of the cases it just works, flawlessly, even when changing the beginning, or dragging the loop away from the playhead.
I've seen some folks here and there that seemed curious about the Deluge community firmware, but were confused by the options and didn't know where to start. Hopefully this video (made with the approval of the community devs) answers some questions
Rehearsing for a certain supervillain's first live set (the mask is a prototype to see if I could still see what I was playing. Making the real one this week)
A few days ago, my groovebox, the #SynthstromDeluge, running the new and awesome community-built firmware, crashed, which was very cool.
Not that it crashed, but what happened next: It displayed a colorful pattern on its pads.
That's a stack trace. It's listing the last steps the code made before crashing. The devs have asked to be sent photos of these, to help them find bugs.
I've pasted it on Discord, and there's a bot that recognizes these images and decodes them into addresses!
One week, 7 tracks! I’ve been trying “Jamuary” for real this year: track per day for a month. Trying to only spend 30 mins on the idea and 30 mins practicing / “performing” on camera. Haven’t busted that budget too badly, but oof it’s hard not getting side-tracked. The playlist thus far: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9arycjoILjyq-uJbEUzIWd_b7Sj8hvV
As a programmer, doing electronic #MusicProduction unlocks a new class of computer-related problems (as if you didn't have enough already): #MIDI clusterfucks 👍
Like, I'm now debugging why my groovebox, a #SynthstromDeluge, won't react to the transport control buttons on my new controller, an Akai MPK mini plus.
From what I can see, the Akai sends CC messages while the #Deluge expects something else (MMC?), and won't even allow me to map CC messages to play/record/etc.
"Weeklybeats is a 52 week long music project in which artists compose and publicly release 1 song a week for the entire year. Starting January 1st 2024 GMT each participant will have one week to upload one finished composition. Any style of music or selection of instruments are welcomed and encouraged."
Actually producing a real, full "song" on the #Deluge, instead of just a simple beat, and thus the first time using arranger mode. The UX is pretty clever and mostly intuitive.
But I'd love to be able to record automation into it, for filter cutoffs etc., without having to either store that automation in a song mode clip or creating an arranger-only "variation" of the clip.
Like, I want an effects automation overlay of sorts that doesn't modify my clips.
This is yet another standalone #Deluge track. It's being carried almost exclusively by #Freesound samples, but after browsing samples for half a day I have to say that sample selection is work, too.
It also made me appreciate commercial sample collections more, because the quality at Freesound is mostly … mediocre.
Liquid is one of my favorite genres, and it was fun to produce this one, walking around with the #SynthstromDeluge playing in my bag, walking in tempo. :)
Liquid is one of my favorite genres, and it was fun to produce this one, walking around with the #SynthstromDeluge playing in my bag, walking in tempo. :)
With a bit more time, this would've been a better (and longer) track, but this is the time I had, and it's the track I got.
@Xjs and I were at #GPN22 two weeks ago and decided to jam together, record some loops, and then have each of us finish a track with that material on his own. The results are