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hexagon5un

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  • STREAM: May 16th & 19th, 2021. 3pm (EDT), "Deluge Dozen #1".

    Was awesome! I loved the different approaches to the 12 minutes. Some folks had strong templates going in and just jammed out the whole time -- looking at you Icoustik -- while others started from nothing and did sound design stuff in the 12 min, and even in the performance!

    There were tips galore -- I've still got a lot to process. Thanks to everyone who participated!

    Ian_Jorgensen
  • Important information on our new focus on these forums and the temporary removal of feature requests

    I have always admired the "only buy the Deluge if it currently does what you want" ethos. That's emotionally and ethically honest; it's not selling the D to be any more or less than it is. Of course, it doesn't hurt that they are doing more active development on it than any other synth/gear that I've got. :)

    I have learned a lot from the forum. At the same time, I've always wondered what was going on in the FB side, and regretted that I couldn't do Beta b/c of the FB requirement. I'll be taking a photo with my D and sending it in shortly. Hooray!

    While I've sometimes picked up cool tricks from the "feature request" zone, it's low signal/noise ratio relative to the tips/tricks/samples that I've gotten from other parts of the forum, and I won't miss it. If it helps the Deluge team focus on getting their stuff done, then I'm all for it. I doubt that they'll all of a sudden stop listening to their user base.

    If the change helps us users re-focus our energy on doing the most with what we've got, then it's a win for us too.

    This morning, I taught my son what chords are using the Deluge. It was so easy to just say "pick three notes that aren't all next to each other" and have him repeat that experiment, listening to how they sound together and apart as they rolled around the sequence. "Try leaving one gap, try leaving two." I have music theory up the wazoo, but distilling this down to exactly what a 6 yr old needed was just perfect. And we could do it on the sofa, in real time.

    Ian_Jorgensen