Synthstrom Audible Deluge Manual

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MORE THAN JUST A MANUAL
Guidebook - Reference - Notebook
The Ofcial Guidebook

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OVERVIEW 1
BASIC OPERATION 11
SEQUENCING 31
SYNTHESIZERS 67
KITS 97
MODULATION 107
SONG VIEW 125
ARRANGER VIEW 143
AUDIO 159
LOOPING 189
EFFECTS 203
MIDI 225
CV 247
SYSTEM & GENERAL 257
INDEX 277
Contents

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OVERVIEW
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1.1 How to Use This Manual
This book is a formal reference to the Deluge, bringing together a comprehensive guide along with
your own notes. Some pages are intentionally left blank and may contain wide margins enabling you
to make your own notes on the specic topics covered.
The conventions used in this guide are:-
(OUTPUT LEVEL)
Curved parentheses / brackets represent the context sensitive rotaries indicated on Deluge in black
or gold colour. These controls adjust parameters based on the specic context. The upper control
for the parameters is referred to as (UPPER) likewise for lower control. Commands such as rotate -
TURN or press - PRESS will accompany the command within the instructions.
[LEVEL / PAN] or [GRID]
Square parentheses and standard text contain functions that are selectable by the circular buttons
on the upper control area. Grid buttons are shown with italic font within square parenthesis.
[SHIFT] + [BROWSE]
Functions which require multiple button selections simultaneously are shown with a + symbol
between each button command. Some functions operate with a SHIFT button. These as labelled on
the Deluge faceplate within a ‘box’ and are located under the primary function label or when
representing a shortcut on the grid:-
Where multiple labels are attached to a control for the primary or the [SHIFT] + secondary function,
only the command name / label relevant to the context of the instruction will be used, for example
SAVE or DELETE.
SHIFTSHIFTDeluge Faceplate
[SONG] [TREBLE]
[CLIP]
Deluge Manual [SHIFT]
BROWSE
[BROWSE]
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1.2 What’s in the Box
Deluge is supplied with:-
Deluge is not supplied with:-
Deluge
1 x 16GB SD
card populated
with presets and
samples.
9-12v DC PSU. The supplied USB cable provides a charging option for Deluge.
An optional external DC supply, centre-negative (not centre-positive), 500mA or greater can
also be used. Using an incorrect power supply may cause damage to the Deluge.
Hardcopy version of the producer guide is available from the Synthstrom store and the latest
PDF version as a free download from the Synthstrom site.
1 x USB cable
type USB-B to
USB-A
This guidebook.
PDF located on the
SD Card
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5V 12V
Zoom & Scroll
Horizontal (SCROLL◄►) and vertical
(SCROLL▼▲) navigation through the grid.
Press and turn (SCROLL◄►) will zoom in
and out of the grid.
Alpha Numeric Keyboard
Pads are used for text entry for example
when entering names using the QWERTY
keyboard.
Keyboard Mode
Switches synth, MIDI, or CV clip view from the
normal grid to an isomorphic keyboard
[KEYBOARD] representation.
Select Control
(SELECT) rotary control used for
selecting patches, parameters and
navigating menus.
Song or Clip View
Select between song, arranger and
clip view. Also enables parameter
changes to ‘affect all’ functions
within the context selected.
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Power LED
Illuminates yellow for charging, green when
charge is complete or red for low-battery.
USB 9 12v
+
Parameter Controls
Adjusts and affects the selected parameter,
as labelled above the button (UPPER) in
context with the clip type kit, synth etc
Adjusts the selected parameter, as labelled
below the button (LOWER) in context with
the clip type kit, synth etc...
Parameter Selection
Select the parameter to be adjusted. The
label above and below the selection can be
controlled by the (UPPER) & (LOWER)
rotaries. Other parameters can be congured
in the sound editor.
Pad Grid
16 x 8 grid for sequencing. Also contains
Shortcuts using [SHIFT] + where columns
represent Deluge function groups and row
pad represents a parameter.
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Modulation Section
Grid area where modulation sources
are located and can be selected.
SD Card Slot
Clip Type
Used to select the clip type
between [SYNTH], [KIT],
[MIDI] and [CV].
Navigation Group
Navigates through the menus,
saves, loads and also assigns
controls.
Cross Screen Edit mode
[CROSS SCREEN] ensures any
changes to the grid view will be
reected in the grid areas that are
not in view.
Tempo & Timing Group
[TAP] to set tempo by tapping or
turn (TEMPO) to set the tempo.
Internal Microphone
Main Output
(LEVEL) to adjust main output
volume and headphone volume.
Mode Group: Transport Controls
Sequencer [PLAY] and STOP. Also
[RECORD], loop and resample.
Shift
Used in conjunction with pads and
buttons to select the secondary
[SHIFT] function.
Audition / Section
Column of pads are manually
playable individually across 1
octave or as chords to play each
of the designated sounds. Also to
launch a [SECTION].
Mute / Launch
Pads are manually selectable to
[MUTE] or unmute clips / rows
and [LAUNCH] clips.
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Scale
Sets the scale [SCALE] mode and locks
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External Microphone
3.5mm / 1/8th inch input
Gain
Microphone (external and
internal) Low / Hi switch
On/Off
Power on/off switch
Headphone Output
3.5mm / 1/8” input
MIDI In/Out
5-pin MIDI Din
SD Card Slot
SD card used for presets, streaming
samples, rmware updates and storage. Any
size, formatted to FAT32. Insert pins-up.
Internal Speaker
PSU Input
Primary power and charging
source. 9-12V DC. Centre
negative, 500mA
USB
USB-B connector and
charging source. USB
MIDI Connection
Line In
6.35mm / 1/4” input
Stereo (congurable)
Rear Panel
Front Panel
CV Out
2 x, 0-10v congurable 0.01-2v
V/Oct or Hz/V
Gate / Trigger Out
4 x, switchable 5-12v congurable v-
trig or s-trig. Trigger clock adjustable
PPQN out / 192 PPQN out
Clock In
Line Out
2 x 6.35mm / 1/4 inch
outputs
Right Left / Mono
+
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USB
The Deluge’s USB type-B connection enables several functions. This can
be used as a connection to your computer as a USB MIDI device, for use in
any software that supports MIDI. The Deluge may also be powered by its
USB connection - either from a computer, or from a USB wall adaptor with
an appropriate cable. The Deluge may draw up to 500mA from its power
source. Deluge also can be used as a USB Host. This requires Deluge to
be DC powered, a USB device connected and then Deluge to be powered
up.
DC Power Socket (9 - 12V)
The Deluge may be powered by any centre-negative 9 - 12V DC power
supply which can provide at least 500mA. It can be a shared power supply
with other units in a typical daisy chained pedal conguration only if the
power supply can provide adequate current. The Deluge contains circuitry
to minimise ground loop noise in such a setup, although some noise may
still be introduced. DC and USB power may be connected simultaneously,
in which case the Deluge will draw its power from the DC power supply
rather than USB.
It is important to remember that the 9 - 12V DC power supply must be
centre-negative, not centre-positive. Using the incorrect power supply may
cause damage to the Deluge.
Battery
The Deluge has an internal Li-ion battery, providing 6+ hours of life. The
battery charges any time a power source is connected to the USB or DC
power socket, regardless of whether the Deluge is switched on. The battery
status LED illuminates yellow for charging, green for charge-complete, or
red for low-battery.
The Deluge’s battery is an “18650” 3.7V Li-ion, and may be replaced by the
user. These batteries are readily available from stores everywhere. A
“protected” or “unprotected” type may be used. A battery of any mAh rating
may be used - higher mAh ratings simply mean longer battery life.
Please note that your Deluge will be shipped with very little charge in the
battery. You will need to plug it into a power source to use it and begin
charging the battery.
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SD card slot
The Deluge uses SD (or SDHC) card storage to load and record audio
samples, store presets and save songs. Typically a 16GB or 32GB is
recommended, but any size can be used, formatted to FAT32. The Deluge’s
rmware can also be updated via the SD card.
L / MONO and R outputs
The Deluge’s main audio outputs are two quasi-balanced (that is, resistor-
balanced but not differential) 1/4" connectors. They will work with non-
balanced cables too. For best noise rejection, use balanced cables when
connecting the Deluge’s outputs to balanced / differential inputs. Output
impedance: 47 ohms.
Deluge will detect if only the “L / MONO” output has a cable inserted (but
not the “R” output or headphone output), and will output all sound in mono.
In this case all panning and ping-pong delay will be deactivated, and stereo
samples will be condensed to mono. This allows you to work on your music
on a stereo setup, but not necessarily need to change anything if you are
faced with a mono setup.
Headphone output
This can drive headphones, or can be used to connect other equipment
with a 3.5mm / 1/8” connector - perhaps computer speakers or a car stereo.
Line input
For recording from another device’s line output. The line input uses TRS
1/4” / 6.35mm connector, which may accept a single-ended / unbalanced
signal, a differential / balanced signal, or a stereo signal. Input impedance:
4k.
Mic input
For recording with an external microphone use the 3.5mm / 1/8” jack. Gain
is set via the “mic gain” switch, which also affects the internal microphone.
Stereo and mono microphones are supported. 4.5V plug-in power is
supplied on the tip and ring of the connector, each through a 3.9k resistor.
CV, gate, and trigger clock (“CLK IN”) connectors
These all have the signal on their “tip”, ground on their “sleeve”, and their
“ring” connected to ground via a 10k resistor.
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1.4 System Architecture
Deluge high level overview of the system conguration.
Subtractive and FM
Synthesizers Audio Clips & Sampling Kits consisting of multiple elements
MIDI & CV Cong
Arranger
Keyboard
Song
Clip
4 Main Views
MODULATION
Sound Editor Sound Editor
SONG CLIPS
Sequenced Clip
SYNTH
ENGINE KIT
SYNTH
ENGINE AUDIO ENGINE
EFFECTS
CHAIN
Effects Send / ReturnModulation
EFFECTS
CHAIN
EFFECTS
CHAIN
Osc 1 or WAV Osc 2 or WAV
Deluge: Audio & Synth Engine
Song
Song Effects
64MB of Internal Working Memory.
Native sample format 16/24 bit /
44.1kHz, and up to 32 bit / 96kHz
using le formats of aiff or wav
This is an illustration of the general architecture and functions of the Deluge and is not intended as a detailed schematic diagram
Sequenced Patterns are Stored with the Song
SD CARD
Audio Samples Streamed to Deluge
AUDIO IN
MIDI
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2.1 Factory Library
The Deluge is supplied with a formatted SD card loaded with the factory
library. Samples are streamed directly from the SD card when in use, making
it an integral part of the device. Ensure the card is inserted in Deluge when
in use.
File Structure
Deluge’s SD card contains the presets for kits and synths in XML format
which stores the parameter settings and for kits points to the specic
samples used.
KITS
KIT000.XML
SYNT000.XML
ARTISTS
DRUMS
RECORD
RESAMPLE
CLIPS
Kit presets
Synth presets
User songs. Folder initially empty
Supplied artist samples
Supplied drum samples
User les. Folder initially empty
User les. Temp Folder*
*TEMP Sub folder within CLIPS is managed by the
system and is not accessible directly within Deluge.
User les. Folder initially empty
KIT042.XML
SYNTH170.XML
SAMPLES
SONGS
SYNTHS
NOTES
SD CARD
Formatted to FAT32. Any size card can be
used. Factory library is held on the SD Card.
Insert the SD card with the power on or off and
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# Name Artist # Name Artist
0 Rich Saw Bass 44 8-Bit Lead
1 Sync Bass 45 Square Sync
2 Basic Square Bass 46 Saw Sync
3 Synthwave Bass Marcel Bellve 47 Basic Dirty Bass
4 Dubby Bass 48 Thin Pulse Bass
5 Sweet Mono Bass Marcel Bellve 49 Basic FM
6 Vaporwave Bass 50 FM Basic Bass
7 Detuned Saw Bass 51 FM Rich Bass
8 FM Rich Distorted Bass 52 Soft Synth
9 Hoover Bass 53 Detuned FM Horns 3
10 Gravel Basscamp NJM 54 Ghostly Sines 6
11 Dubstep Bass Guilherme Gomes 55 FM Theremin 6
12 Blunt Sync Bass 56 FM Bell Modulation 10
13 Trap Bass 1 57 FM Lead
14 Trap Bass 2 Steve Swisher 58 FM Rising Attack
15 Resonant Filter Bass 59 Distorted Guitar Lead
16 Dark Saturated Bass Marcel Bellve 60 Bass Guitar
17 Impact Saw Lead 61 Blown / Staccato / Panpipes Marcel Bellve
18 Rich Saw Lead 62 Trumpet
19 Fizzy Strings Marcel Bellve 63 Tuba
20 Soft Saw Lead 64 Reeds / Flute / Oboe Marcel Bellve
21 80’s TV Lead 65 Cello
22 Rich Filter LFO Lead 66 Violin
23 Analog Mono Wow Marcel Bellve 67 Marimba
24 Warble Bass Pluck Marcel Bellve 68 FM Bells 1
25 Soft Synth Organ 69 FM Bells 2
26 PW Organ 70 Glockenspiel
27 PW Envelope 71 Rhodes
28 PWM 72 Kyoto Phono NJM
29 Chiptune Trill Stephen Scoeld 73 Piano
30 Distant Porta Luke Rowell 74 Electric Piano
31 Nasal Choir 75 Electric Piano with Strings
32 Bandpass Choir 76 Organ
33 Rich Square 77 FM Perc / Organ Matt Bairstow
34 Square Choir Ron Cavagnaro 78 House 1
35 Bell Lead & Bass Guilherme Gomes 79 Phased Arper Jeremy Blake
36 Analog Ambient Square Marcel Bellve 80 House 2
37 Echo Chord Jeremy Blake 81 Xylophone Big Bass Guilherme Gomes
38 Vapor Arp Joey Esposito 82 Short Sharp Delay
39 Detuned Retriggering
Saws 83 Dark Chorus
40 Spacer Leader NJM 84 FM Narrow Band
41 Zithar - Vibed Marcel Bellve 85 Deep Fizz Jani Hakala
42 High Triangle 86 Techno Organ Pawel Czubak
43 Square Porta 87 Dene Leader NJM
Synth Presets ver 2.1

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# Name Artist # Name Artist
88 Yelp Chords Matt Bairstow 132 Organ Strings
89 Degraded Retro Lead Jeremy Blake 133 80s Strings Guilherme Gomes
90 FM Organ 134 Melody Strings Ron Rapprich
91 FM Ricochet 135 Soothing Growth Pad Stephen Scoeld
92 Degraded Tremolo 136 Synthwave Pad Marcel Bellve
93 FM Distorted Bells 137 Epic Saw Modulation Pad Marcel Bellve
94 Ambient Occlusion Lead Jeremy Blake 138 Brassy Pad
95 Harsh FM Feedback 139 Detuned Saw Pad
96 FM Guitar Power Chord 140 Slow Aural Swells Daniel Stern
97 Saturated Filter 141 Ringmod Pad
98 Saturated Sync 142 Phaser
99 Overdrive Reese Sync Pawel Czubak 143 Chillout Pad Ron Rapprich
100 Noise Lead Matt Bairstow 144 Sweep Chords Matt Bairstow
101 Atebit Jani Hakala 145 Eerie High Pad
102 Harsh 5th 146 Atmosphere Squares Pad Brad Antone
103 Sci-Fi Chaos NJM 147 Resonant Filter Pad Brad Antone
104 Alien Vomit 148 Warm 5th Pad
105 Attack Bass Pawel Czubak 149 Cold 5th Pad Travis Hampton
106 Hang Drum Marcel Bellve 150 Vaporwave Pad Jeremy Blake
107 FM LPG Percussion Neil Baldwin 151 Radiant FM Pad
108 Robo Arp Marcel Bellve 152 Small Jet Pad NJM
109 Talking Arp Marcel Bellve 153 FM Modulation Pad Ron Rapprich
110 Crystalline Ringmod Brad Antone 154 Rich FM Pad 1
111 Satellite Drum Franz Keller 155 Rich FM Pad 2
112 Hard Tech Beat Franz Keller 156 Rich FM Pad 3
113 Bio Lab Franz Keller 157 Rich FM Pad 4
114 Sootheerio Jani Hakala 158 Tempo-Synced LFO
115 Sounds Like After Take Off Daniel Stern 159 80s Bass Rhythm Stephen Scoeld
116 Evolving Frequencies Daniel Stern 160 Synthwave Bass Arp Marcel Bellve
117 Belledy Jani Hakala 161 Synthwave Vibrato Arp Marcel Bellve
118 Small Bridge Pad NJM 162 Busy Arp Marcel Bellve
119 Stars Of The Bin Pad Jeremy Blake 163 Crisp Pop Arp Marcel Bellve
120 High Harsh Pad Marcel Bellve 164 Study Arp NJM
121 Tiny Lights Michael Bath 165 Acid Arp
122 Majestic Synth Orchestra Franz Keller 166 Harpsichord Cyborg Franz Keller
123 Space Dust 167 FM Metallic Bass Arp Pawel Czubak
124 Filter Modulation Pad 168 Hang Drum Leonard Ludvigsen
125 Evolving Pad Guilherme Gomes 169 Double Bass Leonard Ludvigsen
126 Dark FM Pad 170 Sitar Michael Bulaw
127 Alien Larvae
128 Lunar Landing Brad Antone
129 Sci- Scenic Brad Antone
130 Dark Strings Guilherme Gomes
131 Warm Strings
Synth Presets ver 2.1 (cont)