Connecting the Deluge to the outside world

chrisb78

I'm an Elektron trinity user (Octatrack, Rytm, Four). I'd love to know about your experiences in connecting the Deluge to other devices in general, and to the Elektron world specifically.
* If using a multi-device setup: What place does the Deluge have in your music creation process?

And specifically: How did you set your machines up?
* Who sends the master clock?
* Do you use the Deluge to sequence external gear - or let the Deluge be sequenced by another device?
* in general, what are the shortcomings when connecting the Deluge to external devices?

I'm aiming for technical info, but am grateful for all your experiences!
Thanks!

justindavidow

My experience thus far is pretty shallow (only had my Deluge for a week) but so far it's one of my fav sequencers for other gear.

As a "brain" that sends MIDI/CV out to a pretty solid array of gear, it lends itself well to running the show. Being able to start / stop midi/CV tracks to the clock and using the "song" layout to sequence all sorts of gear works well for me!

The built-in synth engine is pretty solid for a two oscillator synth (plus noise) and the incoming midi control is pretty solid. To be honest, for a "studio situation" IMHO Ableton Live's stock instruments have basically all the same functionality. (That's not to say that I dont like the synth engine in the deluge, im just slow and it requires a bit of playing around with to get exactly what I'm after, but again: I've only had the thing a week!)

As a portable synth/seuencer/sampler, it's pretty solid. (The sampling is a bit of a pain currently, with the lack of anything beyond time/ear to trim samples / etc, you really want to have a computer handy to get the most out of sample management IMHO) the sampler has a few awesome features promised though, looking forward to 2.1!
I personally really like the sampler in the Digitakt, it's one of the best implementations for slicing / sample management I've seen yet. The Deluge sampler always feels a little clunky to get a trimmed sample that I'm looking for.

Personally, if I'm out and putting something together on the go, the Deluge is master and a few external devices (microgranny/volcaFM on Midi, pocket operators on CV/Gate) and audio all goes back to a plain old H6.

If sitting at home with a workstation, Live is the master and everything syncs from there. (Typically just via the midi-over-USB for clock sync) which is just the way I work.

chrisb78

Thanks for your insights!