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Like on the Analog Rytm, shift notes forward or backward in very small increments. This would be much easier than having to zoom in and out to make a small, quick adjustment to a note's placement.

What I mean by this is fairly simple in concept, I have no idea if it would be too taxing on the processor or anything like that.

Basically, you would set a sample's start and end points as usual to determine the region of the audio that will play. But then, you could hold "shift" while adjusting the start point and, as you do so, it would adjust the sample's endpoint by the same amount so that the audio region that is playing back would remain the same size. Even better if we could modulate this with p-locks, envelopes and/or LFO's, but I'd be ecstatic even with just manual editing.

Application: Putting dozens or even hundreds of single cycle waveforms into one long sample chain, setting a very short region to "loop" playback to use as your synth waveform. Now, of course, most of us are familiar with this type of synthesis and the Deluge seems to handle it very well. BUT if you could easily move through the sample chain, you would be able to pinpoint an extraordinary number of different timbres in this way.

Of course, this effect can be achieved now, but it involves editing your endpoint, going back to the start point parameter and editing that by the same amount and repeating until you find that sweet spot. But imagine if we could just scroll or "scrub" our way through the waveform and dial in a sound that we like, just as you would sweep a filter. And with modulation added (if that would be possible), you could make the most beautifully complex and evolving pad sounds you can imagine. I believe this is the method the old Ensoniq's used, if I'm not mistaken.

I beg you, if you can, please make this happen.

As always, can't thank you guys enough for all the hard work. I've been burned numerous times by gear that was simply abandoned by the manufacturer and you just keep making the Deluge better. It is truly appreciated.

@Ian_Jorgensen said:

These are interesting ideas. There is lots of workshopping to do how this Patreon will all work, and I imagine it will be messy at the start. I think primarily the Patreon is just a way for the community at large to signal how much they appreciate the coders taking part. The amounts we will be divvying up will in no way come close to what a normal hourly rate is for a dev and I definitely don't want too much focus to be put on 'gittin' paid' which may happen if there are funds created for certain features, and certain devs fighting over which to do etc. The Patreon is just a way for everyone to show their love.
I think the devs who manage to pull off the big features on everyones wishlists will know how much they will be lauded for the rest of time (haha, statues will probably be made if some things are pulled off), and yeah, if a feature is killer and stable, we could potentially look to license for a fee for the official branch anyway.

No doubt, tempering expectations would be wise. But I would also say, don't underestimate how much support may come from those of us with very specific wants and no coding skills of our own.
But that could easily turn into a logistical nightmare for you guys on the Synthstrom team. Perhaps for any really specific, big wantlist projects, let us the userbase work out a gofundme or something and divvy up Patreon bucks for smaller tweaks that people work on.

Maybe a dare system could be put in place. Example: "If anyone is able to code x into the firmware, I will shave my head and livestream myself streaking through my hometown with Deluge in hand."

Ah gotcha, thanks guys. Ever other time I've set up external gear I was running midi from a keyboard through the Deluge, so I suppose that's why I was thinking I needed to use learn. I have tried it without as well though.
I've set the channels correctly and everything and tried every setting on both machines but something's still messing it up. It's odd, I'm no stranger to midi but never had an issue like this. The Revo works with all of my other sequencers and the Deluge works to sequence all of my other synths. I'm just gonna sleep on it and try again tomorrow. :P

This looks AWESOME! I'm gonna give it a download and try to get some time on the Deluge with it tonight.

What I had envisioned was the 16 pads for each row being what you would use but I think this looks way more useable. It hadn't even occurred to me that 8 x 16 pads would fit the grid perfectly but it is the obvious solution now that I'm seeing it laid out.

It is so cool to see something already coming from the open sourcing of the code, especially since it's the thing I wanted the most. Thank you so much for putting this together and sharing it here!