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how to organize tracks
geesbert
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in Deluge Help
I use my Deluge mainly as a sequencer for external gear. Unfortunately it is so easy to loose track which clip is which instrument. I try to color code them, but as not all colors are available when only 2 or 3 clips are selected it doesn't work consistently.
assigning one clip to any instrument doesn't work either.
is there a way to name a clip?
how do you organize your tracks?
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You can name synth and kit presets, by pressing the black select knob in clip mode. In song mode the name will show when you press and hold a pad of the clip.
Unfortunately you can not (yet?) save midi presets. Would be great though, also to store all outgoing midi cc’s.
my 2 cents:
I do something similar.
I move all my external MIDI clips to the top when I'm finished with all the resampling (during construction, I have the MIDI track at the top of the instrument group, with the audio resampling below it). I make sure they are all off before saving. Triggering them during a performance can be problematic.
Then a blank track
Drums at the top. I colour them red, and orange for variations
Each instrument set is then coloured in groups below starting with the main elements - bass, chords, leads
I will have 3 or 4 tracks of variations. These will either be sampled from external instruments, or built on the deluge.
Blue for bass, purple for chords, green for leads
I have effect type sounds below the main rhythmic bits. Normally just single tracks. I use yellows and oranges for these.
Then any oneshot vocal samples at the bottom - random colours