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Why delay parameters do not propagate to other clips?
Spook
PolskaPosts: 3
in Deluge Help
My steps were as following:
- Created a clip with custom synth, then saved this synth as a preset
- Cloned the clip to the second one and changed the notes
- Cloned the clip to the third one and changed the notes
- Changed the delay parameters for the synth in the first clip (using pads, not knobs)
- The delay did not propagate to the second clip (as I understand, this is by design)
- So I saved the preset (overwritten the original one) - the delay did not propagate
- So I've opened the two clips and manually loaded the preset - the delay did not change
- So I've created a new synth preset (Shift + Synth) and then loaded the preset - the delay did not change
- So I've changed the oscillator types in the first patch, saved the preset - after that the oscillators changed in the two other presets, but delay stayed as it was (different than in the first patch)
Why doesn't the delay change even when I overwrite the preset and then load it in a different clip? Is delay setting per-clip, not per-preset?
Answers
once you use a preset in a project, that project has a custom version of that preset. so after overwriting the preset, it's not going to update the original preset because it's not technically linked to that preset specifically. if you were to make a new project and load that newly overwritten preset, the delay will be updated.
I see. I'm quite used to the concept of an instrument and I've treated clips as patterns played with the same instrument, but from what you say, it seems like Deluge follows a different approach. So if I have multiple clips played with the same initial synth preset and I'd like to change some parameters in that preset and then apply it to all of the clips, is there a way to do so? Or am I forced to change all of those parameters manually in each clip?
the best way to do so would be to save the preset as a new preset and then load that preset for that instrument. if there is still discrepancies, then the overkill solution would be to duplicate all clips to a new column (in grid view) and then switch that column's preset to the new preset.
Thank you for the answer. One final question: why saving changes to a new preset will work, but simply overwriting the current preset and re-loading it in the other clips doesn't?
the deluge prioritizes not letting the user lose any edit to presets once they are loaded into a project. for example, in a new project, your preset will behave as expected.