After making #ElectronicMusic, in some form, and playing in a band that has been centered around a #sequencer of some sort for over 25 years, I finally got my first "#groovebox" sequencer of my own, a #Synthstrom #Deluge. I've had a lot of different things that can sequence _or_ sample _or_ create synth patches but nothing that can do it all-in-one.

Today I'm wearing my old Synthstrom shirt to celebrate the return of a Deluge at home. New music coming soon, hopefully!

#synthstrom #deluge #theCouture

One of the absolutely coolest open source project I have come across recently was #synthstrom open-sourcing the OS of their music making machine, the Deluge. The #deluge / #synthstromdeluge is in my opinion still the best electronic music making machine there is.

Now there is a community firmware at https://github.com/SynthstromAudible/DelugeFirmware, next to the official one and the ways they've built on the hardware platform is just incredible.

It's one of the best cases for #opensource I've yet to see and I feel like there are a lot of lessons to be learned from it. I'm not that qualified to comment on them, but I think it is interesting that the switch from closed to open source for this hardware platform happened quite late, after the Deluge had built a dedicated fanbase over years and was already a very solid machine. Also the company has stuck to the same hardware platform now forever, which is rare, but super cool.

I do not know how many Deluge/ #synth fans there are in the fedi, but I finally got to play around more in-depth with the new community firmware over the last couple of days and the new Grid view (Ableton inspired) is amazing.

I wasn't supposed to make music today, but accidentally a track.

https://soundcloud.com/nikodemus-siivola/only-forwards

#sorryNotSorry #synthstrom #deluge #eurorack

https://soundcloud.com/nikodemus-siivola/room79

Quick jam turned into a quick track. I'm ok with out it turned out.

#synthsky #synthstrom #deluge #eurorack

#jamuray 04, which has the merit of being only 72 seconds long.

https://soundcloud.com/nikodemus-siivola/jamuary-04-2025

#synthstrom #deluge

a little nighttime downtempo doodling to soothe my brain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfAAg5LMGtg
#SynthstromDeluge #synthstrom

New track BK01. Not 100% happy with the take, but ... I'll take it :)

https://soundcloud.com/nikodemus-siivola/bk01-take-2

#electronicMusic #synthstrom #deluge #eurorack #guitar

https://soundcloud.com/nikodemus-siivola/their-voices

Entry to #Synthstrom #Deluge Discord challenge August 2024. Theme alien communications.

An approximation of a #krell style patch on the Deluge, with some manual sequencing enabling different intervals as the song progresses, and manual filter automation.

Synthstrom Deluge

#MusicProduction #Synthstrom #SynthstromAudible #Deluge #SynthstromDeluge

Who’s been jamming on the #Synthstrom #Deluge lately? I’d love to hear or see what you’ve been up to! I’m gonna post some videos of a couple of my wee plays soon 👩‍🎤

Playing with the latest beta firmware for the Deluge, with added functionality, such as a new arpeggiator with ratchet probabilities, a new reverb from Mutable Instruments,...

#synthstrom #deluge #electronicmusic

https://youtu.be/ct0H_O54uq8

RIP my notifications I guess :)

If you're interested in the Deluge, I highly recommend it. The official website is https://synthstrom.com/product/deluge/ and https://youtu.be/aBeeDwukpTs has a detailed introduction.

#Synthstrom is a small company with a great attitude. When they introduced the OLED screen to the Deluge instead of the 7-segment display it had before, they offered retrofit upgrades to all existing customers instead of trying to sell you new devices like pretty much the rest of the industry would.

This morning I downloaded the Deluge's daily nightly firmware to try the new Mutable reverb, based on Beads. There are so many nice features in the community firmware...I have no time to play with all the additions. 🙂
This new reverb is yet in development. They are fine tuning the details, but the hard work is already done. And its going to sound superb!
 #Synthstrom #deluge #opensource #firmware #mutable #reverb #beads

Another electronic track with my beloved Deluge, playing with the new performance view. The community is really doing a great job with tons of new features and ideas for the open source firmware.
https://youtu.be/CCByuWYFBbY
#deluge
#synthstrom
#electronicmusic

Today's setup, exploring Deluge's performance view.

#synthstrom #deluge #performance #desktop #opensource #community #firmware