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Synthstrom Audible Deluge User Manual

Synthstrom Audible Deluge
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Synthstrom Audible Deluge Specifications

General IconGeneral
BrandSynthstrom Audible
ModelDeluge
CategoryRecording Equipment
LanguageEnglish

Summary

Overview

How to Use This Manual

Explains the conventions used in the manual, including notations for controls and commands.

What’s in the Box

Details the items included with the Deluge and items that are not supplied.

Hardware Overview

Provides a detailed breakdown of the Deluge's physical controls and features.

System Architecture

Presents a high-level overview of the Deluge's internal system configuration.

Basic Operations

Factory Library

Describes the pre-loaded factory library on the SD card and its file structure.

Power Up

Explains the procedures for charging and powering on the Deluge device.

General Operating Controls

Summarizes basic and fundamental controls like volume, tempo, and playback.

Views

Details the four main user interface views: Clip, Song, Arranger, and Keyboard.

Synths and Kits

Explains how Deluge sequences patterns using synth engines and kits.

Clip View: Overview

Introduces the clip view, its grid layout, and basic note programming.

Clip View: Parameter Affect Group Changes

Details how to adjust quick access sound/synth parameters using 'parameter affect' controls.

Alphanumeric Keyboard & Grid Layout

Describes the alphanumeric keyboard function within the grid for text entry.

Sequencing

Sequencing Workflow

Provides a high-level workflow example for setting up a sequence.

Playing a Sequence

Explains how to start, stop, and restart playback of a sequence.

Tempo & Swing

Details how to set tempo manually or using tap tempo and switch the metronome.

Recording Pattern Sequences

Covers step recording and live recording of synth, MIDI, CV, and kit patterns.

Note Characteristics

Explains how to change note velocity, repeat, length, and quantization in settings.

Note Scales

Describes how to set scale mode, root note, and transpose clips.

Keyboard View & Chords

Explains the keyboard view and its isomorphic chord shapes.

Navigating the Grid

Details how to scroll and zoom within the 16x8 pad grid.

Clip Length & Position

Covers adjusting clip length and its position within the sequence.

Cross-Screen Editing

Explains how to apply edits across multiple equivalent zoom level screens.

Note Creativity: Probability & Iteration Dependance

Details features for adding randomness and controlling note playback logic.

Parameter Automation

Explains how to record and manage automated parameter changes.

Synthesizers

Synthesizer Concepts

Explains generic synthesis concepts like subtractive and FM synthesis.

Deluge Subtractive Synthesizer Overview

Details the subtractive synthesizer, its oscillators, filters, and LFOs.

Deluge FM Synthesizer Overview

Describes the Deluge's FM synthesis features, carriers, and modulators.

Synthesizer Creation Workflow

Provides a workflow for sound design and preset creation using synths.

Synthesizer Clip Parameters

Lists accessible synth parameters from the sound editor and shortcuts.

Creating a New Synthesizer

Explains how to create new synthesizer clips and rows within kits.

Sound Editor - Synthesizer Parameters

Details accessing and editing synth parameters via nested menus and shortcuts.

Oscillators

Describes the different digital, analog, and audio input oscillator types.

Filters

Explains the high-pass and low-pass filters, cutoff, and resonance parameters.

Deluge Voices

Details Deluge's polyphony, voice allocation, and CPU management.

Arpeggiator

Explains how to set up and use the arpeggiator parameters like mode, sync, and gate.

Single Cycle Waveforms

Describes using audio files as oscillator sources and loading single cycle waveforms.

Kits

Kit Creation Workflow

Provides a workflow for setting up kit-based sound design.

Kit Basics

Explains how kits are used for step patterns, samples, synths, MIDI, and CV.

Kit Presets & Samples

Details creating new kit clips, adding samples, and managing rows.

Modulation

Modulation Routing Basics

Explains how parameters can be connected to modulation sources.

Modulation Routing Advanced

Details advanced patching systems where sources modulate other modulators.

Envelopes and Low Frequency Oscillators

Describes how envelopes and LFOs shape sound and function as modulation sources.

Sidechain Compressor

Explains the sidechain compressor's ducking behavior and its use as a modulation source.

Other Modulation Sources

Covers random, note, aftertouch, and velocity as modulation sources.

Custom Parameter Affect Controls

Details the three custom parameter functions and assigning controls.

Song View

Song Workflow

Provides a high-level workflow for working with SONGS on Deluge.

Song View Basics

Explains song view's holistic approach to managing clips and handling playback.

Advanced Control of Single Clips in Song View

Details advanced options for clips in song view like arming and launching.

Editing Clips in Song View

Describes how to check, change, create, and delete clips within song view.

Song Sections

Explains how to group and control clips together using sections.

Saving & Loading Songs

Covers saving and loading numbered or named songs to the SD card.

Collect Media Function

Details the tool for collecting all song content and sample files for portability.

Arranger View

Typical Arranger Workflow

Provides a workflow for speed and productivity at the arrangement stage.

Arranger relationship with the other views

Explains the relationship between Clip, Song, and Arranger views.

Arranger View Basics

Details chaining clip instances into linear arrangements and track functions.

White Pads for Variations

Describes unique 'white' clip instances for fills and variations.

Arranger View - Advanced

Explains advanced functions for opening clips directly between views.

Capturing an entire Song session into Arranger View

Details recording entire song sessions as clip instances in arranger view.

Audio

Typical Sampling / Recording Workflow

Covers audio recording, playback, editing, and alignment with timing.

Getting Audio Into Deluge

Explains three ways to get audio into Deluge: oscillator, kits, and sampling.

Loading Samples from SD Card into Audio Clips

Details loading samples into audio clips using browse shortcut or sound editor.

Deleting Samples

Explains how to delete samples from the file browser.

Audio Inputs

Describes available audio input options for recording via mic or line-in.

Recording into Audio Clips in Song View

Covers recording audio clips in song view, functioning as a looper.

Recording into Audio Clips in Arranger View

Explains recording audio clips in arranger view for structure and arrangement.

Quick Editing Audio in Clip View

Details quick editing options like time-stretch and loop trim/extend.

Sampling & Recording Audio within Kits

Explains sampling and recording audio within kits for drum samples and hits.

Sampling into a Synth Instrument

Describes loading audio samples into synths as oscillator waveforms.

Resampling Deluge Output

Explains how to resample Deluge output to the SD card for sonic tools.

Waveform View & Detailed Audio Editing

Details precise editing of audio clips using waveform view and editor.

Sample Playback Modes

Describes sample playback modes: once, cut, loop, and stretch.

Live Audio Input

Explains using audio inputs as a live sound source and applying effects.

Time-Stretching & Pitch Shifting

Details time-stretching and pitch shifting settings for samples.

Looping

Deluge Looping Overview

Explains the process of recording, overdubbing, and playing clips for arrangements.

Looper Workflow

Provides fundamental steps for using looping within Deluge, focused on audio looping.

Basic Looping

Details the process for recording the first audio loop and subsequent overdubs.

Using a Foot Controller

Explains how a foot controller can be used for loop recording and playback.

Audio Loop Margins

Describes the short crossfade at loop points to reduce audio clicks.

Instrument Loop Recording

Explains how instrument clips can be loop recorded using various methods.

Effects

Effects Architecture

Presents the architecture of Deluge's effects processing for synths, kits, and songs.

Effects Overview

Explains effects at sound and song levels, including instrument and modulation effects.

Distortion Effects

Details the three distortion variants: saturation, decimation, and bitcrush.

EQ - Equalisation

Explains Deluge's 2-band EQ for bass and treble frequencies.

Delay

Describes the delay effect principles and parameters like amount, rate, and stereo.

Reverb

Explains Deluge's reverb as a send/return effect and its parameters.

Modulation Effects

Details the Modulation FX (chorus, flanger, phaser) and their parameters.

Stutter Effect

Explains the stutter effect and how to control its length and speed.

Effects in Song View

Describes accessing and adjusting effect parameters within song view.

MIDI

MIDI Connections

Explains MIDI connections via 5-pin DIN and USB, and USB host capabilities.

MIDI Hardware Configuration

Details MIDI setup for connecting Deluge with external devices.

MIDI Out Settings

Covers MIDI settings in the sound editor for program, bank, and arpeggiator.

Global MIDI Commands

Lists global commands controllable via MIDI for play, record, tempo, and looping.

Tempo Magnitude Matching

Explains how Deluge matches incoming MIDI beat clock tempo.

Sync-scaling

Describes sync-scaling for unusual time signatures and polyrhythms.

MIDI Out Controls

Details setting up external MIDI channels and creating basic MIDI clips.

MIDI Out within Kits & Songs

Explains combining MIDI within kits and changing clip MIDI channels in songs.

CV

CV Connections & Compatibility

Discusses CV basics, output voltage, and compatibility with different standards.

CV Hardware Configuration

Details CV configuration setup for connecting Deluge with external CV gear.

CV & Gate Out

Explains combining CV and gate signals within kits and controlling channels.

CV General Settings

Covers general CV and gate settings, including trigger clock configuration.

CV Out within Kits & Songs

Describes combining CV within kits and changing CV channels in songs.

System & General

System Settings

Details system-wide parameters accessible via the SETTINGS menu.

Updating Deluge Firmware

Explains how to check and update the Deluge firmware using an SD card.

Deluge Pad Colours

Covers options for changing pad illumination: colours, brightness, and refresh rate.

Deluge CPU Performance

Discusses Deluge's processing power and CPU management considerations.

USB Host Mode for Devices

Explains how to use Deluge's USB connection to host MIDI devices.

Deluge Legacy Shortcuts 1.0

Provides a reference grid for legacy shortcuts available on the Deluge.

Acknowledgments

Lists thank yous to community members and beta testers for their contributions.