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Release - 1.2.1 (Chopin)

Released May 12th, 2025.

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Beta - 1.3.0 (Derbyshire)

The current beta build is available below. The beta firmware captures the current state of development of the upcoming 1.3.0 (Derbyshire) community firmware release. Note that there may still be issues in the beta but it needs to be tested to find out. If you encounter issues, please report them here with detailed reproducible steps to ensure we can fix them: Issues

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Major Workflow / UI Changes from Official or Previous Community Releases

Audio clips / Audio Clip View

• Added audio output modes, and changed audio clip monitoring to be seperate from source selection. Monitoring is now on when the output is a SAMPLER or a LOOPER, chosen by turning the select knob in an audio clip.
• Added the ability to trim from the start of an audio clip without reversing it (enable in Community Features menu).

Session View

Creating New Clips

• Updated mechanism for creating New Clips in New Tracks in SESSION GRID VIEW and SESSION ROW VIEW.
  • The default clip type for new clips created can be configured in SETTINGS > DEFAULTS > UI > CLIP TYPE > NEW CLIP TYPE menu.
    • You can also configure whether the clip type for the next clip type you create should default to the last clip type you created. This helps with fast creation of multiple clips of the same type. You can enable this default setting in the SETTINGS > DEFAULTS > UI > CLIP TYPE > USE LAST CLIP TYPE menu.
    • NOTE for SESSION ROW VIEW: The default clip type / last clip type setting cannot be used with CV clips and Audio clips in Session Row View. If you set the default to CV or Audio or enable use of the last clip type (and the last clip type is a CV or Audio Clip), then it will create a Synth clip by default.

MIDI Follow

• MIDI Follow settings are no longer stored in Flash Memory. They are now saved in the MIDIFollow.XML file found in SD CARD/Settings/MIDIFollow.XML
• If you are updating to c1.3 from an earlier firmware, please delete all existing MIDIFollow.XML files from your SD card so that the file can be re-generated with the new file format.

Instrument Clips / Instrument Clip View

Notes

• Note velocity is now displayed in clips using colour intensities. The note head (the bright part) now stands out from the tail in proportion to its velocity. At velocity 127 it is identical to official, at velocity 0 it would look the same as its tail (but you can’t have 0 velocity).
• Enhanced existing note probability, iteration and fill function functionality by enabling you to use each type independently. This means that you can now apply probability to iteration and fill and you can also apply iteration to fill.
  • To edit probability, hold a note / audition pad and turn the select encoder to the left to display current probability value / set new probability value.
  • To edit iterance, hold a note / audition pad and turn the select encoder to the right to display current iterance value / set new iterance value.
  • To edit fill, hold a note / audition pad and press sync scaling to view the current fill setting and cycle through fill modes.
• Added new note and note row editor menu’s to edit note and note row parameters.
  • Hold a note and press the select encoder to enter the note editor menu. While in the note editor menu, the selected note will blink. You can select other notes by pressing the notes on the grid. In addition, notes which have had their probability, iterance or fill settings changed from default will be highlighted yellow to help quickly identify edited notes.
  • Hold a note row audition pad and press the select encoder to enter the note row editor menu. While in the note row editor menu, the selected note row’s audition pad will blink. You can select other note row’s by pressing the note row audition pad or by scrolling with the vertical encoder.
  • The iteration is now also customizable with custom iteration steps. If you scroll the iteration parameter all the way to the right, you will see the CUSTOM option. If you click the Select encoder, a new menu will appear to select the DIVISOR parameter (you can select from 1 to 8), and also as many ITERATION # toggles as DIVISOR is set, to allow you to activate or deactivate each iteration step.

Layered Shortcuts

• Layered Shortcuts mechanism allows multiple shortcuts to be accessed under a single shortcut pad. Holding Shift and pressing the same Shortcut again cycles between shortcuts. The items available under layered shortcuts can also be accessed from menu: layered shortcut is never the only access method.
• Following shortcuts have layers:
  • ENV shortcuts: cycles between envelope 1 and 3 (ENV1 shortcuts), and envelope 2 and 4 (ENV2 shortcuts). This also applies to ENV modulator shortcuts.
  • LFO shortcuts: cycles between LFO 1 and 3 (LFO1 shortcuts), and between LFO 2 and 4 (LFO2 shortcuts). This also applies to LFO modulator shortcuts.
  • UNISON NUMBER: cycles between UNISON NUMBER and UNISON STEREO SPREAD, in addition to the previous “press select when in UNISON NUMBER access mechanism for UNISON STEREO SPREAD.
  • COMPRESSOR THRESHOLD: cycles between COMPRESSOR THRESHOLD and COMPRESSOR RATIO
  • STUTTER RATE: cycles between STUTTER RATE and STUTTER DIRECTION

Sound Engine

Mod FX

• Added a Warbler fx to synths/kits/kit rows/song/audio clips
• Added a boss/roland style Dimension effect
• Made grain much faster and updated controls

Reverb

• Added LPF to Mutable Instruments Reverb

LFO’s

• Added Warble LFO type to synths and kit rows
• Added two more LFOs (LFO 3 -global- and LFO 4 -per voice-), accessible in menu and with layered shortcuts

Envelopes

• Added two more envelopes (Envelope 3 and Envelope 4), accessible in menu and with layered shortcuts

Mod Matrix / Patch Cables

• Patch cables can be toggled to unipolar or bipolar mode
  • Press + Turn select encoder to change the polarity while in the patch cable menu
  • For OLED: MIDI/CV buttons can be used as an additional way to change it, with corresponding graphics on the display
  • For 7SEG: a little dot will be displayed on the right side when the polarity is unipolar

Per-clip Stutter with options: Direction and Quantize

• Now the stutter buffer can also be set to play in reverse, and ping-pong.
• A new menu has been added to the SONG menu, under FX submenu, to set the stutter configuration for the song.
• An extra menu has been added per sound source (either synths, kit rows, affect-entire kits, or audio clips) to set the stutter configuration independently of the song configuration if you wish.
• Quantized stutter is enabled by default.

User Interface

New Shortcuts

Added shortcut to return to Session / Arranger view from menu

• Press Song while in the Menu to exit the menu and enter Arranger / Session view

Added main grid pad shortcuts for the following parameters:

• COMPRESSOR THRESHOLD: accessed using Shift / Audition + Pad between Decimation and Lpf Db/Oct
• STUTTER RATE: accessed using Shift / Audition + Pad between Direction and Saturation
• NOTE PROBABILITY: accessed using Shift + Note in the PATCH SOURCE column between Random and Sidechain
  • Note: Audition + Note is reserved for future functionality
• RANDOMIZER LOCK: accessed using Shift + Random in the PATCH SOURCE column between Note and Velocity
  • Note: Audition + Random is reserved for future functionality
• VELOCITY PROBABILITY: accessed using Shift + Velocity in the PATCH SOURCE column between Aftertouch and Random
  • Note: Audition + Velocity is reserved for entering the Velocity Automation View

Accessibility

• Added DEFAULTS (DEFA) > UI > ACCESSIBILITY (ACCE) menu which contains accessibility changes to the Deluge UI to make the deluge more accessible to users with disabilities. These changes include:
  • Shortcuts (SHOR) to make specific shortcut combinations more accessible for users with mobility restrictions.
    • HORIZONTAL ENCODER ◀︎▶︎ + PLAY is changed to CROSS SCREEN + PLAY
  • Menu Highlighting (HIGH) changes how menu highlighting is rendered on OLED displays by drawing a vertical bar | on the left edge of the display beside the selected menu item instead of highlighting the area of the selected menu item by inverting the text.

OLED Display Improvements

Saving/Loading Animation

• Removed the saving and loading indicator popups which blocked the view of the screen and hindered the browsing of presets. In their place a small cyclical procedural animation will appear in the upper right corner of the screen. It is an abstract representation of data moving from the SD card to the system RAM and vice versa, with the saving animation being a mirror image of the loading animation.

Horizontal Menus

• The menus for the following items have been updated on OLED, with multiple values visible and editable at the same time. This feature is on by default, and can be disabled via SETTINGS > COMMUNITY FEATURES.
  • Oscillator 1-2.
  • Oscillator mixer.
  • Sample 1-2.
  • Sample recorder.
  • Modulator 1-2.
  • Master.
  • Envelope 1-4.
  • LFO 1-4.
  • LPF and HPF.
  • EQ.
  • Distortion.
  • Reverb.
  • Reverb sidechain.
  • Sidechain.
  • Delay.
  • Mod FX.
  • Compressor.
  • Stutter.
  • Unison.
  • Voice.
  • Arpeggiator.
• Horizontal Menu controls.
  • Turn select encoder to change the value of the selected menu item
  • You can select the different menu item’s on the currently visible horizontal menu page using the SYNTH, KIT, MIDI, CV buttons
    • When in a Horizontal Menu, the selected instruments LED corresponding to the Horizontal Menu item selected will light up
  • You can use the SCALE and CROSS-SCREEN buttons to switch between pages and adjacent menus
    • Use CROSS-SCREEN button to switch to the next page
    • Use SCALE button to switch to the previous page
    • Use SHIFT + CROSS-SCREEN button combo to switch to the next adjacent Horizontal menu
    • Use SHIFT + SCALE button combo to switch to the previous adjacent Horizontal menu
  • You can fine-tune values (e.g., oscillator transpose) in a menu by either press & turn Select or Shift + turn Select

Clip Name Display & Copying

• If a clip has no named “SECTION N” is displayed in place of the clip name, indicating which section the clip is in.
• If a clip has a name, it is displayed with a number prefix, indicating its section, eg. “3: CHORUS”.
• When clips are copied, the clip name is copied as well. If the target track already has a clip with the same name, an integer suffix starting from 2 is added unless the name already has an integer suffix. This integer suffix is incremented until the clip name is unique on the target track. Ie. copying a clip named “BRIDGE” to the same otherwise empty track will first create “BRIDGE2”, then “BRIDGE3”, etc.

Tempo

• Added Community Feature toggle (Settings > Community Features > Alternative Tap Tempo Behaviour (TAPT)) to adjust number of TAP TEMPO button presses to engage TAP TEMPO to FOUR (4) to avoid mistakingly changing tempo.

Recording

Threshold Recording

• Added THRESHOLD RECORDING default setting which can be turned on in the SETTINGS > RECORDING > THRESHOLD RECORDING (THRE) > MODE submenu
  • When this is enabled, recording of external audio input (e.g. Line In / Microphone) will only begin when it detects an audio signal according the Recording Threshold mode that has been set. There are four Threshold Recording modes that can be selected from:
    • DISABLED (OFF): Standard Deluge behaviour. Recording starts right away.
    • LOW: Sets a lower threshold for lower input signals.
    • MEDIUM: Sets a medium threshold that is good for most signals (including the internal microphone with gain off).
    • HIGH: Sets a high threshold that is good for noisy signals / microphones with gain
  • You can also view and temporarily change the current threshold recording setting as follows:
    • Record + turn Select
    • Enter the Song menu while in Song or Arranger View by pressing Select and entering the SONG > THRESHOLD RECORDING (THRE) > MODE submenu
  • Note: THRESHOLD RECORDING only applies to audio recorded to kit rows and to the first “tempoless” audio clip
    • For the first “tempoless” audio clip, the tempo will be set from the time the recorded audio first exceeds the threshold to the time the recording is ended.

Loop Recording

• Easier loop recording in SONG VIEW (similar to Kit Row sampling working). Added ability to trigger a loop recording for a specific clip in SONG VIEW by holding a CLIP and pressing RECORD. By default this will trigger the Global MIDI Command LAYERING LOOP, however this can be changed in the SETTINGS > RECORDING > LOOP COMMAND (LOOP) submenu.
  • Note: to end a recording, you will send to send the Global MIDI Command again, which can be done by holding a clip and pressing record again.

Audio Export

• Added EXPORT MIXDOWN configuration option which provides the ability to export all unmuted tracks in Arranger View as a single stereo file. This is disabled by default but can be enabled in the export configuration menu located at: SONG\EXPORT AUDIO\CONFIGURE EXPORT\EXPORT MIXDOWN
• Added AUDIO EXPORT for KIT DRUMS, an automated process for exporting DRUM's while in KIT INSTRUMENT CLIP VIEW. Press Save + Record to start exporting.
• Added Tempo, Root Note and Scale Information to file names

Save/Load Patterns

• Added ability to save / load Pattern-Files to Files. A Pattern represents all Notes of the actual Deluge Screen including Velocity, Probability, Lift, Iterance and Fill. The Patterns can be either of Type melodic Instrument (Synt, Midi, CV) or rhythmic Instrument (Kit, Drum). It’s also possible to convert Midi-Files to patterns, which can then be used on the Deluge. See documentation at Save / Load Patterns feature for more info.

Favourites

A Favourites feature has been added to the browser for most file types. The Favourites are displayed above the QWERTY Keyboard and are only visible when that keyboard is shown. Favourites can be configured to either offer 16 favourites (default), 16 banks with 16 favourites each or be completely disabled via SETTINGS > DEFAULTS -> UT -> KEYBOARD -> FAVOURITES. Now also when pressing the Keyboard button, you can pin the QWERTY keyboard so it is not hidden every time you select a sample.

Arranger View

• Added ability to start / restart arrangement playback from the clip pad you’re holding in arranger.
  • Note: you need to select a pad of any clip in arranger in order for this to work (it cannot be an empty pad)
• Restored original behaviour which enabled you to insert / delete time for all automated parameters using shift + <>

Song View

• Doubled the number of Song View sections from 12 to 24.

Clip/Section Launching

• A new option, ‘Launch Exclusively’, isolates a clip section from all other launch activity. This option is found to the left of option ‘Launch non-exclusively’ when selecting the section’s number of repetitions. As a complement to non-exclusive sections that arm and turn off when another section is launched, exclusive sections remain independant.

Song Grid View

General

• Fixed UI bug which would cause the Grid View UI to remain dim after creating a new clip in a new track in blue mode.

Entering Clips

• Added ability to enter clips in Song Grid View Green Mode by Pressing a Clip Pad + Pressing the Clip button if you have Select in Green Mode enabled in the SETTINGS > DEFAULTS > UI > SONG > GRID menu.

Selected Clip Pulsing

• The selected clip in Song Grid View (which is the last clip you interacted with), now shows a pulsing / breathing animation whereby the clip pad will fade in and out between the clip’s normal colour and a blurred colour.
• This will help you keep track of what clip midi follow is currently controlling and what clip is selected for loop recording.

Instrument Clip View

Scale Mode

• If scale mode is active, you can now check the current root note and scale by long pressing the scale button. On 7SEG it will display the root note on press and scale on release.
• Long pressing the scale button will not result in entering or exiting scale mode so you can safely check the current root note and scale without accidentally exiting scale mode.

Screen Transpose

• Horizontal + turn Vertical to transpose the notes on the current screen only. Horizontal + press & turn Vertical locks the notes into their original octave so you get pseudo voice leading

Randomizer submenu

• Added a new submenu to the Sound menu called Randomizer. This menu gives you access to the following parameters (which affect both sequenced and arpeggiated notes):
  • Lock: This parameter allows you to freeze the current set of randomized values so the sequence has a repeatable pattern.
  • Velocity Spread: This parameters lets you apply some random variation to the notes.
  • Note probability: This parameter determines the likelihood of a note being played or not (this is in addition to the Note/Row probability).
  • Reverse Probability: This parameter determines the likelihood of a note’s sample of being reversed.

Recording

• Enabled seamless linear recording of drone notes using audition pads or external midi.
  • When linear recording to a clip, you can seamlessly record a drone note using the audition pads or from external midi by continuing to audition / send a note until the linear recording stops. After linear recording stops, you can stop auditioning / send a note off and the drone note will persist without any breaks or re-triggering. (The Deluge manual refers to linear recording as auto extend mode, see p. 42.)

Synth/Kit Clips

• Added Auto-Load feature to sample browser, so you can load the sounds to the instrument as you preview them. Auto-Load can be engaged while in sample browser, if you press the Load button.
• Sounds have now the ability to send MIDI notes at the same time as they play a sample. This will allow your synths and drums to trigger external devices. A new menu MIDI has been added at the bottom of the SOUND menu to set the MIDI channel and the note (in case of drum sounds).

Kit

• Midi and Gate kit rows now are arpeggiator-enabled, and they have each a menu to set it up.
• Extended the ability to batch change all drum sounds, by holding Affect Entire while editing a parameter (indicated by flashing the Affect Entire button), from the initially available handful of sample-related parameters, to ALL sound parameters (except for Oscillator Type and patch cable strengths).
• Updated shortcuts for randomizing drum samples:
  • When no audition pads are pressed, randomize just the selected drum by pressing Load + Random
  • To randomize more than one selected drum at a time, press Load + Audition + Random
  • To randomize all active drums (not muted and have notes playing), press Load + Affect Entire + Random

CV Clips

• Added the ability to set a CV instrument to use both 1 and 2 channels, which makes the cv2 source selectable between mod wheel, velocity, and aftertouch
  • Turn Select to choose 1 AND 2 (BOTH) CV / Gate channel.
  • Press Select to enter the CV Instrument Menu
  • Enter the CV 2 Source (CV2) submenu
  • Select from OFF, Y, Aftertouch, Velocity
• CV clips can now be named like other clips.

MIDI Clips

• Added ability to rename MIDI CC’s in MIDI clips. Changes are saved by Instrument (e.g. per MIDI channel). Changes can be saved to a MIDI preset, with the Song, or to a MIDI device definition file. See documentation on MIDI Device Definition Files for more info.
• Added MIDI CC numbers and labels to Gold (Mod) Encoder popups.
• Updated MIDI Program menu to show values 0-127.
  • Values for program, bank and sub-bank were previously shown as 1-128, but now reflect the actual transmitted MIDI values.

Velocity View

General

• Fixed Quantize/Humanize bug which would freeze the velocity view UI
• Updated shortcut for Note Velocity View. You can now only enter Note Velocity View by holding Audition Pad + pressing the Velocity pad.

Automation View

Defaults

• The Settings/Defaults/Automation/Shift toggle now only applies to Clip View. In Arranger View if you use shift + <> to insert / delete time at a specific point in the arrangement, all paramet[…]

Automation Overview and Shortcuts

• Removed the Note Velocity View shortcut from the Automation Overview. The Velocity pad on the Automation Overview now represents the Automatable parameter Velocity Spread
• Updated shortcut for Note Velocity View. You can now only enter Note Velocity View by holding Audition Pad + pressing the Velocity pad.

Parameters

• Added Vibrato and Sidechain patch cables to Automation View Overview and Grid Shortcuts
• Added ability to automate all Monophonic (Channel) Expression parameters (X - Pitch Bend, Y - Mod Wheel, Z - Channel Pressure / Aftertouch) in Synth / Kit Row (with Affect Entire Off) / MIDI / CV
• Fixed interpolation for MIDI CC’s in MIDI clips

Copy/Paste

• Added same shortcut that is used for copy / pasting notes in Instrument Clip View to Automation View to copy / paste automation. While in the Automation Editor, Copy with Learn + <>. Paste with Shift + Learn + <>.

Keyboard View

Kits

• Added ability to change the pad size in the KIT VELOCITY KEYBOARD VIEW using the Zoom In/Out shortcut by Pressing + Turning <>
• KIT VELOCITY KEYBOARD VIEW Changes:
  • Additional shortcut of Pressing + Turning <> to change the pad size using the Zoom In/Out.
  • Went from 8 zoom levels to 13, with mostly smaller jumps in size and number of drum pads between levels.
  • Rectangular pads of various sizes are used where needed to fully cover the screen without any partial pads. This means you can now have six or four pads, or even the entire screen as a single pad.
  • Zoom level 1 pads play the system-level default velocity (64 by default out of a maximum 127, but it is user defineable), and levels 2 and 3 have a slightly lowered max velocity of 100 to make them more useable.
  • Pad colors are calculated to avoid having adjacent pads of the same color as much as possible.
  • Default pad brightness is set to match the default brightness value, so they will be more visible if needed. They will dim when pressed instead of getting brighter. The brightness gradient over the drum pads, going from dim on the low velocity pads to bright on the highest, is now much more apparent, due to the max brightness being higher, the lowest brightness being lower, and using a quadratic curve for the brightness ratio rather than linear. The amount that the drum pads dim when pressed depends on the pad area, so that smaller pad presses will be more visible, and larger pad presses won’t be TOO visible, i.e. they won’t have a potentially unpleasant strobe light flashing behavior.

Layout

• Added the classic piano keyboard layout.

Scales/Key

• Added toggle in SETTINGS > DEFAULTS > UI > USE SHARPS(#) to allow users to choose which accidentals to display. When enabled in OLED mode, notes will be displayed as A# or D#, as they did prior to this change. When disabled, notes will be displayed as B♭ or E♭. In 7SEG mode, a dot is used to indicade when the note has the configured accidental.

Menu

• Added battery level display in the SETTINGS menu showing current battery voltage and percentage on OLED and percentage on 7SEG.

Sequencer

Arpeggiator

• Added NOTE PROBABILITY (PROB) paramater that will apply a probability to be played or not to notes (after rhythm has been applied).
• Added CHORD SIMULATOR (CHRD) paramater to Kit Rows, that will emulate a held chord so you can use NOTE MODE on them.
• Added SPREAD parameters (Velocity, Gate, and Octave) that will allow you to control how those parameters of each arp step are deviated from its base value. Additionally, a LOCK parameter will allow you to lock the generated values to create a repeating pattern. Velocity Spread also affect normal sequenced notes while arpeggiator is Off.
• Added BASS PROBABILITY (BASS) paramater that will allow you to control the chance of a note being replaced the bass (lowest) note of the inputted notes.
• Added SWAP PROBABILITY (SWAP) paramater that will allow you to control the chance of a note in the pattern being replaced by a random note from the pattern.
• Added GLIDE PROBABILITY (GLID) paramater that will allow you to control the chance of delaying a note’s note-off event to be executed at the same time as the following arp note. If your sound has some Portamento applied, then it will produce a glide effect.
• Added STEP REPEAT (REPE) paramater (with values 1 to 8) that makes walked notes in the pattern be repeated X times before moving to the next note+octave in the pattern.
• Added CHORD PROBABILITY (CHRD) paramater that will allow you to control the chance of a note to play, at the same time, itself and other notes to form a chord (5th, 3rd and 7th).
• Added CHORD POLYPHONY (POLY) paramater that works together with the previous parameter, and this one will dictate how big is the chord, that is, how many notes will be played at the same time.
• Added REVERSE PROBABILITY (RVRS) paramater that will allow you to control the chance of a sound to invert the Reverse setting for that note. This parameter will only affect oscillators whose type is Sample (it does not affect wavetables, SCW, or standard waveforms).
• Added LOCK parameter to allow you to freeze the current set of randomized values so the sequence has a repeatable pattern.
• Added new WALK1, WALK2, WALK3 and PATTERN note modes.
• Exposed several parameters from the Randomizer also for non-arpeggiated notes: Velocity Spread, Note probability, and Reverse Probability.
• Added KIT ARPEGGIATOR for KIT clips. This arpeggiator is a new layer on top of the kit rows, which will control which rows receive note ON’s and note OFF’s. That means that the kit rows can have their own arpeggiators also enabled. You can access the new menu when Affect Entire is enabled in the Kit and you access the menu with Select knob.

MIDI

Devices

• Added new Use Relative CC toggle within the configuration of each MIDI device in the Settings > Defaults > MIDI > Devices menu.
  • When enabled, regular (e.g. non expression) midi CCs received from a device are processed as relative CCs, overriding the current MIDI takeover setting.
  • Note: the controller must be actually sending relative value changes (127 for down and 1 for up) in order for this to work.

Learn

• Fixed issue where MIDI CCs learned to global command’s could not trigger those command’s while in a menu
• Midi Learned Note Input for the Whole Kit now persists between Kit preset changes.
• Fixed unexpected behaviour for Synth and Kit clips that would cause MIDI LEARNED PARAMS to get lost when changing presets for Synth / Kits.
  • Note: for Kit clips it will migrate midi learn for Kit Affect Entire params only.
• Added new MIDI LEARN menu to the SONG menu. In Song Grid View this menu enables you to learn Clip/Section Launch. In Song Row View this menu enables you to learn the Clip/Section Launch and Instrument.
  • While in this menu, you just need to hold a clip / section and send midi to learn that clip / section. If you press the clip / section again you will unlearn it.
• Added ability to Midi Learn Instruments and Select the Audio Source for Audio Clips in Song Grid View Green Mode by moving Midi Learn Clip/Section Launch actions to the MIDI LEARN menu mentioned above.
• Added new learnable global commands:
  • LOAD NEXT SONG, which when received while playing, it will queue to load the next song within the folder of the current song.
  • SHIFT to toggle the deluge’s SHIFT button. It can also be used to toggle sticky shift.
    • Shift down: Note On or CC Value > 0
    • Shift up: Note Off or CC Value = 0

Follow

• Add specific track control to MIDI FOLLOW enabling you to have instant mixer control of the parameters of up to 16 tracks.
  • You can now configure up to 16 channels in the MIDI Follow menu.
  • CC’s received on the specific track channels are directed to the active clip of the corresponding track.
  • Track 1 corresponds to bottom track in ARRANGER VIEW or left track in GRID VIEW.
  • You can also now configure the Channel TRACK for MIDI Follow Feedback. If a specific track is selected and has been configured for MIDI Follow control, the Deluge will send feedback of the CC values for that specific track.
• Added new default CC 89 to toggle the mute of the active clip in a specific track.
  • Toggle mute: CC Value > 0 (Send a CC value greater than 0 to toggle mute for the active clip in a specific track)
    • If used together with SHIFT, it will trigger instant mute.
• Added new default CC 90 to toggle solo of the active clip in a specific track.
  • Toggle solo: CC Value > 0 (Send a CC Value greater than 0 to toggle mute for the active clip in a specific track)
• You can now use relative CCs together with non-relative CCs for different devices on the same MIDI follow channel.
  • See the Devices section above for information on the per MIDI device Use Relative CC configuration.

SD CARD

SETTINGS folder

• A new folder has been created in the root of the SD card titled SETTINGS
• The following files which were previously saved in the root of the SD card have been moved to the SETTINGS folder: MIDIDevices.XML, MIDIFollow.XML, PerformanceView.XML and CommunityFeatures.XML.
  • Note: if you revert back to an earlier firmware, you will need to move these files back to the root of the SD card so that they can be loaded.

MIDI_DEVICES folder

• A new folder has been created in the root of the SD card titled MIDI_DEVICES
• MIDI device definition files can be saved to / loaded from MIDI_DEVICES/DEFINITION/
• See documentation on MIDI Device Definition Files for more info.

c1.2.1 Chopin Latest release

Sound Engine

• Fixed a bug that was causing audio clicks when recording audio and when scrolling / zooming in song row view and the audio waveform renderer.

c1.2.0 Chopin

Sound Engine

DX7 Synth

• Added DX7 compatible synth type with support for importing patches from DX7 patch banks in syx format, as well as editing of patch parameters.

Audio Clips

• Added ability to record from a specific track’s output. Set an audio clips input to TRACK, then in the audio clip menu use the TRACK menu to select the specific track to record from
  • To hear the instrument through the audio clip’s FX set the input to TRACK (FX)
• Audio clips with monitoring (or TRACK FX) active in grid mode now support in place overdub using the global midi loop/layer commands

Compressors

• Added blend control to compressors

FM Synth Filters

• Added filters in FM synth mode. They’re set to OFF by default, enable by changing them to any other mode using the menu or db/oct shortcut.

Reverb

• Fixed bug with Reverb HPF not saving to / loading from the Song

MIDI

Sysex

• Added Universal SysEx Identity response, including firmware version.

MPE

• Allow changing MPE y output to CC1 to support more synths
• Removed MPE zone auto learn as a huge source of midi bugs, MPE must now be configured in the menu

Loopback

• Removed MIDI LOOPBACK feature as it included a number of bugs that could not be easily fixed in the feature’s current state. This feature may be re-designed and re-introduced in the future when an implementation can be found that does not introduce bugs.

Takeover

• Fixed a couple bugs with the MIDI TAKEOVER modes PICKUP and SCALE which did not work properly when recording automation and when editing automated parameters.

Follow

• Fixed a couple bugs with MIDI FOLLOW:
  • You can now edit parameters while step editing (e.g. holding a note)
  • If you enable MIDI Follow Feedback Automation the Deluge will now send feedback when step editing

User Interface

General

• The maximum zoom level for timelines has been increased. Now, the maximum zoom is the point the point where the entire timeline is represented by a single grid cell.
• Added community feature toggle Alternative Playback Start Behaviour (STAR) to change the behaviour of playback start shortcuts as follows:
  • With playback off, pressing PLAY will start playback from the current grid scroll position
  • With playback off, pressing HORIZONTAL ENCODER ◀︎▶︎ + PLAY will start playback from the start of the arrangement or clip
• Removed High CPU Usage Indicator feature.

Menu UI Improvements

• For toggle (ON/OFF) menus, you can now view and toggle the ON/OFF status without entering the menu by simply pressing on the Select encoder while the menu is selected.
  • OLED renders a checkbox that shows current ON/OFF status. Selecting that menu with select encoder will toggle the checkbox as opposed to entering the menu.
  • 7SEG renders a dot at the end of the menu item to show current ON/OFF status. Selecting that menu with select encoder will toggle the dot as opposed to entering the menu.
• Submenus on OLED are rendered with a ”>” at the end to indicate that it is a submenu.
• Updated Fonts and Character Spacing on OLED to provide a more refined and polished user experience.
• The note range selection menu (aka “BOTTOM-TO-TOP”) is skipped when there is only one range to select.

OLED Display Improvements

• Updated OLED display for SONG VIEW and ARRANGER VIEW to display the Song Name, Current Tempo and Current Root Note and Scale Name.
• Updated OLED display to stop scrolling text while playback is running.

Audio Export

• Added AUDIO EXPORT, an automated process for exporting CLIP's while in SONG VIEW and TRACK's while in ARRANGER VIEW to individual files. Press Save + Record to start exporting clips/tracks. Press Back to cancel exporting and stop recording and playback.
  • You can also start audio export via a new EXPORT AUDIO menu found in the SONG menu accessible in Song and Arranger Views. Start the export by entering the SONG\EXPORT AUDIO\ menu and pressing Select on the menu item titled START EXPORT. It will exit out of the menu and display the export progress on the display.

Recording

• Enabled toggling of METRONOME during RECORD COUNT-IN.
• Fixed a bug where instruments and kits wouldn’t respect record arming state. They no longer record when not armed

Clip/Section Launching

• A white playhead is now rendered in Song Grid and Performance Views that let’s you know when a clip or section launch event is scheduled to occur. The playhead only renders the last 16 notes before a launch event.
  • Note: this playhead can be turned off in the Community Features submenu titled: Enable Launch Event Playhead (PLAY)
• The display now shows the number of Bars (or Quarter Notes for the last bar) remaining until a clip or section launch event in all Song views (Grid, Row, Performance).

Audio Clips

General

• Added ability to select audio source from within an Audio Clip by opening the Audio Clip Sound Menu (Press Select) and Selecting the AUDIO SOURCE menu
• Added new ACTIONS menu in the Audio Clip Sound Menu (Press Select).

Timestretching

• Added a new shortcut to set the length of an audio clip to the same length as its sample at the current tempo. This functionally removes timestretching until the Audio Clip length or Song tempo is changed.
  • Press Vertical + Horizontal to set the Audio Clip length equal to the length of the audio sample.
    • This action is also available in the Audio Clip Sound Menu (Press Select) by Selecting the ACTIONS menu and Pressing Select on the Set Clip Length to Sample Length action.
  • Press Shift + press & turn Horizontal to adjust the audio clip’s length independent of timestretching.

Instrument Clips

General

• Added ability to sync LFO2. Where LFO1 syncs relative to the grid, LFO2 syncs relative to individual notes.
• Added ability to set CLIP NAMES. MIDI, SYNTH and KIT clips can now be named. When in a the clip view, press Shift + Name and enter the name of the clip. For KIT, its important to activate Affect Entire to name the KIT clip. When on ARRANGER view with an OLED display, you are now able to scroll through the clip names when holding a clip pad and turning Select encoder.
• Fixed a bug where pressing Undo in a KIT could cause the SELECTED DRUM to change but not update the Gold knobs so that they now control that updated kit row.
• Fixed a bug where you could not turn recording off while auditioning a note in an instrument clip. With this fix you can now record drone notes when using linear recording. (The Deluge manual refers to linear recording as auto extend mode, see p. 42.)

Velocity View

• Added VELOCITY VIEW, accessible from AUTOMATION VIEW OVERVIEW by pressing the VELOCITY shortcut, from AUTOMATION VIEW EDITOR by pressing SHIFT OR AUDITION PAD + VELOCITY or from INSTRUMENT CLIP VIEW by pressing AUDITION PAD + VELOCITY.
  • Velocity View enables you to edit the velocities and other parameters of notes in a single note row using a similar interface to AUTOMATION VIEW.

Scales

• Added learning a user specified scale.
  • Hold LEARN and press SCALE while in clip view. Notes from current clip & all scale mode clips are learned as the “USER” scale. This scale is part of the normal scale rotation, accessible with SHIFT + SCALE, and saved as part of the song. If another user scale is learned, the previous one is overwritten: currently each song can only have one user scale.
  • If you enter scale mode from a chromatic clip, and the implied scale cannot be represented by any of the existing preset scales, it will be learned as a user scale, overwriting the previous USER scale.
• Added ACTIVE SCALES menu.
  • SONG > ACTIVE SCALES toggles scales on and off from the SHIFT + SCALE rotation for the current song. Active scales are saved as part of the song. On 7-segment display dot indicates that the named scale is active, lack of dot indicates it has been disabled.
  • DEFAULTS > SCALE > ACTIVE SCALES sets the active scales for new songs. When RANDOM is set as DEFAULTS > SCALE > INIT SCALE, the random scale is selected from default active scales.

Song View

Song Macros

• Added ability to create song macros to quickly switch playing clips from inside clip view without needing to go into song view.
• From song view, open the SONG MENU and enter the CONFIGURE MACROS menu to edit macros

Clip Settings Menu

• Holding a clip in SONG GRID VIEW or the status pad for a clip in SONG ROW VIEW and pressing Select brings up a CLIP SETTINGS menu.
• If you open the menu with with an INSTRUMENT CLIP selected, then the menu will give you three options:
  1. Convert to Audio: Press select on this option to convert the selected instrument clip into an audio clip. The menu will exit after converting the clip.
  • Note: for SONG ROW VIEW, you can still convert an empty instrument clip to an audio clip the regular way by holding a pad for that clip in the main grid and pressing select.
  2. Clip Mode: Press select on this option to enter the Clip Mode menu so you can change the Clip Mode between INFINITE, FILL and ONCE.
  3. Clip Name: Press select on this option to enter the Clip Name UI to set the name for the clip.
• If you open the menu with an AUDIO CLIP selected, then the menu will give two options: Clip Mode and Clip Name.

Song Grid View

Creating New Clips

• Added new mechanism for creating New Clips in New Tracks in SONG GRID VIEW.
  • When you press a pad in a new track, a menu will appear asking you to confirm the type of clip you wish to create. The clip type selected to be created is shown on the display and is also indicated by the clip type button that is blinking.
    • The default clip type for new clips created can be configured in SETTINGS > DEFAULTS > UI > CLIP TYPE > NEW CLIP TYPE menu.
    • You can also configure whether the clip type for the next clip type you create should default to the last clip type you created. This helps with fast creation of multiple clips of the same type. You can enable this default setting in the SETTINGS > DEFAULTS > UI > CLIP TYPE > USE LAST CLIP TYPE menu.
    • If you just a tap a pad quickly to create a new clip, it will create that new clip using either the default clip type or the last clip type you created (if you enable this).
    • If you press and hold a pad, you can choose a different type to create in a number of ways:
      • by turning the select encoder to switch between the various clip types. You can create that clip type by pressing on the select encoder or letting go of the pad.
      • by pressing one of the clip type buttons (e.g. SYNTH, KIT, MIDI, CV).
      • If you let go of the pad without selecting a different type, it will create the clip using the last create type (or the last selected type if you changed selection using select encoder).
    • If you press BACK before releasing a pad or selecting a clip type, it will cancel the clip creation.
    • These changes only apply to SONG GRID VIEW and NOT SONG ROW VIEW

Converting Empty Instrument Clips to Audio Clips

• To convert an empty Instrument Clip to an Audio Clip, you will now use the CLIP SETTINGS menu described above.

Loop and Layering Loop Pads

• Added community feature toggle Grid View Loop Pads (LOOP) to illuminate two pads (Red and Magenta) in the GRID VIEW sidebar for triggering the LOOP (Red) and LAYERING LOOP (Magenta) global MIDI commands to make it easier for you to loop in GRID VIEW without a MIDI controller.

Entering Performance View

• Changed the shortcut to enter Performance View in SONG GRID VIEW from the PINK GRID MODE to the Keyboard button for consistency with SONG ROW VIEW and ARRANGER VIEW.
• Removed PINK GRID MODE

Performance View

• Updated PERFORMANCE VIEW UI for exiting out of EDITING MODE. While in EDITING MODE, you can now press BACK to exit out to the previous screen.

Arranger View

General

• Added ability to AUTOMATE TEMPO in ARRANGER VIEW by turning turn Tempo while recording. To delete the automated tempo, press Shift + Tempo.
• Added ability to rename MIDI TRACKS in ARRANGER VIEW.

Playback Start

• Changed the behaviour of the Play button while in ARRANGER VIEW with CROSS SCREEN AUTO SCROLL MODE active. Pressing Play while playback is off will now start playback from the current scroll position.

Clip Pad Rendering

• Updated ARRANGER VIEW Clip pad rendering. Clip’s are now rendered more simply which should also increase Arranger View performance, especially when using cross screen mode. Clip’s are now rendered as follows:
  • The clip head (the first pad where the clip is placed in the arrangement) is rendered the clip colour brightly.
  • The clip loop points (the pad’s where the clip, if extended past it’s length will loop) are rendered the clip colour but dimly.
  • The clip tails (the pad’s between the clip head and clip loop points) are rendered the clip’s colour but dimly and blurred.

Keyboard View

General

• Added ability to scroll KEYBOARD VIEW horizontally using <> while editing Param values in the menu.

Chord Layouts

• New CHORDS keyboard layout. The CHORD keyboard provides easy building and playing of in-scale chords. The CHORD keyboard provides two modes, a ROW mode, inspired by the Launchpad Pro, and a COLUMN mode, inspired by some of the features in the OXI one and others.
• New CHORD LIBRARY keyboard layout. CHORD LIBRARY keyboard is a library of chords split up into columns, where each column belongs to a specific root note. Going up and down the columns will play different chords of the same root note. Voicings can also be changed with pressing a pad and pressing the Horizontal encoder and turning it.
• As the UI and implementation is still experimental, a community setting has to be activated to access the CHORD and CHORD LIBRARY keyboards.

Kits

• Added ability to load a sample to a drum in the KIT VELOCITY KEYBOARD VIEW by holding a drum pad and pressing Load or Kit.
• Pressing drum pads in the KIT VELOCITY KEYBOARD VIEW will now update the drum selection so that you can edit the parameters of each drum with gold knobs directly from the kit velocity keyboard view when Affect Entire is disabled.
  • Note: if you use the MIDI FOLLOW FEEDBACK feature, no MIDI Feedback data will be sent when you change drum selections in this view because it will send too much MIDI data and affect the Deluge’s performance.
• Fixed a bug where you wouldn’t enter drum creator to select a drum sample when creating a new kit in the KIT VELOCITY KEYBOARD VIEW.

c1.1.1 Beethoven

User Interface

• Added BASS FREQUENCY and TREBLE FREQUENCY parameters to the list of assignable parameters in PERFORMANCE VIEW.
• Fixed PERFORMANCE VIEW bug where stutter pad could get stuck in active state which should not be possible.
• Fixed a couple bugs around VU METER rendering.
• Fixed a MIDI FOLLOW bug where the Deluge could crash if sending a note while loading a new song.
• Fixed KIT CLIP bug where having a note row without a drum blocked creating a drum in that row
• Fixed SONG GRID VIEW bug where SECTIONS would playback in the order of SONG ROW VIEW
• Fixed an ARRANGER VIEW bug where you could not move a WHITE clip to SONG GRID VIEW without the Deluge freezing.

c1.1.0 Beethoven

Sound Engine

General

• The default Mod-FX type for songs is now DISABLED rather than FLANGER.
• Fixed Stereo Unison Spread + Ringmod Synth Mode + Noise causing excessively loud output.
• Fixed some bugs around the Waveform Loop Lock feature which allowed setting invalid loop points.
• Fixed a bug in triangle LFO that could cause audible artefacts with some modulation targets, particularly when synced.

Reverb

• Added an adapted version of the reverb found in Émilie Gillet’s Mutable Instruments Rings module. Switch between reverb types within the new MODEL sub-menu under SOUND > FX > REVERB.
  • This MUTABLE reverb model has been set as the default reverb model for new songs. Old songs will respect the reverb model used with those songs.

Compressors

• Added compressors to synths, kits, audio clips, and kit rows. The compressor can be enabled and edited from their respective menus.
• Compressor behavior has been changed to reduce clipping. Songs made with community release 1.0.x may need to have their volume manually adjusted to compensate. This is done via Affect Entire in song/arranger mode, or by entering the SONG MENU by pressing Select in Song View and navigating to MASTER > VOLUME

Polyphony / Voice Count

• Added new Max Voices (VCNT) menu which lets you configure the Maximum number of Voices for a Polyphonic instrument
• Updated default Max Voices for new synth’s to 8 voices. Old synths for which a max number of voices has not been configured will default to 16 voices.

User Interface

General

• Added a feature which saves user-defined pad brightness level and restores it at startup. SETTINGS>DEFAULTS>PAD BRIGHTNESS
• (Removed in 1.2) Added new High CPU Usage Indicator. The PLAY button button will blink when deluge CPU usage is high which indicates that synth voices / sample playback may be culled.
  • To activate the feature, press Shift + Select : MENU > DEFAULTS > HIGH CPU INDICATOR.
• Added new default menu to set the length of time to register a Hold Press for use with Sticky Shift, Performance View, and the Keyboard Sidebar Layouts.
  • Set the default Hold Press time by accessing SETTINGS > DEFAULTS > HOLD PRESS TIME
• Fixed numerous bugs, including some crash bugs, around the display of QUANTIZED STUTTER.
• Fixed a bug with Shift + turn Select on small menus which would allow moving off the end of the menu, causing crashes.
• Fixed several bugs with pad grid rendering.

Documentation

• Created a new menu hierarchies document that documents the Deluge menu structure for OLED and 7SEG and can be used as a reference for navigating the various menu’s. See: Menu Hierarchies

Menu UI Improvements

• Holding back now fully exits the menu

OLED Display Improvements

• Added parameter names (including mod matrix / patch cable mappings) to Mod (Gold) Encoder popups.
• ARRANGER VIEW and SONG VIEW now display the name of the current view on the screen.
• The 12TET note name is now displayed along with the MIDI note number.
• Added a new community setting which allows emulating the 7SEG style on the OLED display. When set to TOGGLE press Shift + Learn/Input + Affect Entire to switch to the emulated 7SEG display.
• Fixed several cases where popups could get stuck open.
• Fixed a number of minor rendering bugs.

Mod (Gold Encoders)

• Added Mod Button popups to display the current Mod (Gold) Encoder context (e.g. LPF/HPF Mode, Delay Mode and Type, Reverb Room Size, Compressor Mode, ModFX Type and Param).
• Mod (Gold) Encoders learned to the Mod Matrix can now access the full range of the Mod Matrix / Patch Cable parameters (Values from -50 to +50 where previously only 0 to +50 were accesible via Mod (Gold) Encoders).
• Mod (Gold) Encoder LED indicators are now bipolar for bipolar params (e.g. PAN, PITCH, Patch Cables). Positive values illuminate the top two LEDs. Negative values illuminate the bottom two LEDs. The middle value doesn’t light up any LEDs.

Startup Song

• Added feature to automatically load song projects at startup.
  • To activate the feature, press Shift + Select: MENU > DEFAULTS > STARTUP SONG.
  • Modes are NEW SONG,TEMPLATE,LAST OPENED SONG,LAST SAVED SONG.
  • Failsafe mode introduced using canary file to deactivate feature in case of crash at startup.

Performance View

• Added PERFORMANCE VIEW, accessible in Song View by pressing the Keyboard button. Allows quick control of Song Global FX.

Automation View

• Added AUTOMATION VIEW for Audio Clips and Arranger View.
• Added AUTOMATION VIEW for PATCH CABLES / MODULATION DEPTH. Simply enter the modulation menu that displays SOURCE -> DESTINATION and then press CLIP to access the AUTOMATION VIEW EDITOR for that specific Patch Cable / Modulation Depth.
  • You can also use the SELECT ENCODER while in the AUTOMATION VIEW EDITOR to scroll to any patch cables that exist.
• Updated AUTOMATION VIEW EDITOR to allow you to edit Bipolar params according to their Bipolar nature. E.g. positive values are shown in the top four pads, negative value in the bottom four pads, and the middle value (0) is shown by not lighting up any pads.
• Updated AUTOMATION VIEW for MIDI Clips to load the Parameter to CC mappings from the MIDI FOLLOW MODE preset file SETTINGS/MIDIFollow.XML. These Parameter to CC mappings are used as the quick access MIDI CC shortcuts displayed in the Automation Overview and with the shortcut combos (Shift + Shortcut).
• Updated AUTOMATION VIEW to move the INTERPOLATION shortcut to the INTERPOLATION pad in the first column of the Deluge grid (second pad from the top). Toggle interpolation on/off using Shift + Interpolation. The Interpolation shortcut pad will blink to indicate that interpolation is enabled.
• Updated AUTOMATION VIEW to move the PAD SELECTION MODE shortcut to the WAVEFORM pad in the first column of the Deluge grid (very top left pad). Toggle pad selection mode on/off using Shift + Waveform. The Waveform shortcut pad will blink to indicate that pad selection mode is enabled.
• Updated AUTOMATION VIEW to provide access to SETTINGS menu (press Shift + Select)
• Updated AUTOMATION VIEW to provide access to the SOUND menu (press Select)
• Updated automatable parameter editing menus (accessed via SOUND menu or SHIFT + PARAMETER SHORTCUT) to provide the ability to access the AUTOMATION VIEW EDITOR directly from the parameter menu. While in the parameter menu press CLIP (if you are in a clip) or SONG (if you are in arranger) to open the AUTOMATION VIEW EDITOR for that respective parameter or patch cable.

Recording

• Added configuration of the number of COUNT-IN BARS from 1 to 4. Found under SETTINGS > RECORDING > COUNT-IN BARS.

Song Menu

• Added a menu for Song-level parameters, accessible in SONG VIEW and ARRANGER VIEW by pressing Select.

Song Grid View

• Streamlined recording new clips in GRID VIEW while the Deluge is playing. Short-press empty clip pads in Grid View’s GREEN MODE while recording is armed to automatically create a new clip and queue it to record at the start of the next bar.
• Fixed a bug preventing clip selection while Shift was held.

Master Transpose

• Added Master Chromatic Transpose of All Scale Mode Instrument Clips from any SONG View (SONG VIEW, ARRANGER VIEW, ARRANGER AUTOMATION VIEW and PERFORMANCE VIEW). Uses the same shortcut as in a Synth/Midi/CV clip (press & turn Vertical to transpose all clips by +/- 1 semitone). The number of semitones transposed is customizable (Shift + press & turn Vertical). After transposing, the display shows the new Root Note (and Scale Name on OLED displays).

VU Meter

• Added a VU METER toggle that displays the VU Meter on the sidebar in SONG, ARRANGER, & PERFORMANCE VIEW. To activate it, on a song view ensure Affect Entire is enabled, then select the LEVEL/PAN mod button and press it again to activate the meter.

Clip Type Conversion

• Removed ability to convert an Audio Clip to an Instrument Clip (Synth/Kit/MIDI/CV) as this conversion process is currently error/bug prone.
• Restricted changing Synth/MIDI/CV Clips to the Kit Clips and vice versa if the clip is not empty.

Waveform View

• Added indicators when WAVEFORM LOOP LOCK is enabled. 7SEG displays a rightmost . on screen and OLED displays a lock icon.
• Modified waveform marker rendering to improve clarity.

Audio Clips

• The default Mod-FX type is now DISABLED rather than FLANGER for Audio Clips (this means Mod-FX can be disabled on Audio Clips which was not previously possible).

Instrument Clips

Synth/Midi/CV

• The shortcut Shift + press & turn Vertical, inside a clip, has been changed to “Nudge notes vertically” without unexpectedly changing the scale and root note of the whole song.
• Added Synth/MIDI/CV clip configuration of note row play direction. Hold AUDITION while entering the PLAY DIRECTION menu to set the play direction for the selected note row. While in the note row play direction menu, you can select other note rows to quickly set the play direction for multiple note rows.

Midi

• Added ability to save and load MIDI presets. They end up in a new folder named MIDI.

Kits

• Added a KIT FX MENU to KITS which allows you to customize the AFFECT ENTIRE KIT parameters with greater control. Accessible in KIT CLIP VIEW by pressing Select with Affect Entire enabled.
• Added the ability to save a drum kit row back to an synth preset by pressing Audition + Save.
• Added a new default setting that controls which playback mode new slices of a kit will receive.
• Drum randomization no longer has a limit on the number of sound files to randomize.
• Pressing Shift + Random now randomizes all non-muted drum kit rows.
• The default Mod-FX type for kit Affect Entire is now DISABLED rather than FLANGER.
• Fixed several crashes related to drum randomization.

Keyboard View

• Added SIDEBAR CONTROLS in KEYBOARD VIEW for synths. By default the two sidebar columns pertain to VELOCITY (red) and MOD WHEEL (blue). Holding a pad sets it momentarily to that value, tapping a pad latches it to that value. The functionality can be changed per column by holding the top pad and turning ▼▲. Available options are VELOCITY, MOD WHEEL, CHORDS, CHORD MEMORY, and SCALES.
• Added retrigger to all keyboard views.
• A new community feature toggle has been added (Enable KB View Sidebar Menu Exit (EXIT)) which will enable you to immediately exit the menu using the top left sidebar pad if you are in the SETTINGS or SOUND menu for KEYBOARD VIEW.

Sequencer

General

• Fixed numerous crash bugs around parameter automation when entering and leaving clip view.

Presets

• When changing instrument presets in SONG VIEW or ARRANGER VIEW, all pertaining clips of that instrument switch as well. Individual clips can still have only their preset changed by doing so in CLIP VIEW.

Arpeggiator

• The arpeggiator has been completely redesigned to have advanced features for the user like independent OCTAVE MODE and NOTE MODE, RHYTHM, SEQUENCE LENGTH and RATCHETS notes. It also enables MPE keyboards to give more expression to the arpeggiated notes by updating live the velocity of the notes based on Aftertouch or MPE Y data coming from the keyboard.

Scales

• Added support for 5 and 6 note scales.
• Added 8 new built-in scales: Melodic Minor, Hungarian Minor, Marva (Indian), Arabian, Whole Tone, Blues, Pentatonic Minor, Hirajoshi.

Clip Launch Modes

• Added ONCE CLIP launch mode, which allows a clip to play just once when launched and then mute itself. Settable in Song’s ROWS VIEW by holding Mute of a row and then pressing Select.

Note Probability

• Added NOT FILL note probability. Similar to the FILL probability but only plays when the FILL button is not pressed. When the SYNC-SCALING button is held, NOT FILL notes will be highlighted in red color, as opposed to blue for FILL notes.

Note Copy/Paste

• Added support for copy/paste of single rows.
• Added support for notes to PASTE GENTLY which pastes notes without removing old ones.

MIDI

General

• Added “MPE collapse” on MIDI clips which converts MPE X/Y/Z to Pitch/Modwheel/Aftertouch CCs for use of MPE controllers with non-MPE aware synths. Configurable via the clip menu.
• Fixed reversal of upstream MIDI ports (port 1 was upstream port 2, port 2 was upstream port 1).
• Fixed a number of MPE channel matching and learning bugs.
• Fixed crash when using an external controller to control ModFX.
• Fixed CC74 on the MPE master channel behaving like an expression event.

Learn

• Added MIDI learning of SONG and KIT AFFECT ENTIRE params.
• Added MIDI learn for kits, allowing a whole kit to be learnt to the same midi channel at once. The incoming note is the first row, and increasing notes (chromatically) go to the next rows.
• Added support for learning Program Change methods for most global commands.

Sysex

• Added support for LUMI Keys SYSEX protocol. When hosting a LUMI Keys keyboard, the Deluge’s current scale will automatically be set on the LUMI’s keyboard.

Follow

• Added MIDI FOLLOW MODE which causes MIDI data to be directed based on context.
• Added MIDI FEEDBACK, so external MIDI controllers can be made aware of the state of the Deluge synth engine. Configurable via the new global MIDI > MIDI-FOLLOW > FEEDBACK menu.
• Added Loopy Pro and TouchOsc templates to use with MIDI follow/MIDI feedback.

Takeover

• Added New MIDI Takeover Mode: RELATIVE for use with controllers sending relative value changes

Transpose

• Added MIDI control over transpose / scale.
  • Accessed via external MIDI via a new learnable global MIDI command in SETTINGS > MIDI > CMD > TRANSPOSE. It learns the entire channel, not just a single note.
  • Accessed internally from a MIDI clip. Turn the channel to the end of the list past the MPE zones to ‘Transpose’. Notes in this clip now alter the transposition of the song.
  • Clips not in scale mode are unaffected (similar to the existing transpose behaviour from the encoders).
  • Configureable in SETTINGS > MIDI > TRANSPOSE between chromatic and in-scale transposition.

Select Kit Row

• Added a new global setting, MIDI > SELECT KIT ROW, which causes MIDI notes sent to kits to select the corresponding learned row.

Internal Changes

• The Deluge Build Tool toolchain has been updated from GCC 12 to GCC 13.
• All code is now built in THUMB mode by default, except DSP code which is still ARM.
• Support for parallel toolchains has been added so re-downloading is not required while moving between branches.
• Numerous improvements to the VSCode configuration, including auto-format on save.
• Various types have been renamed and refactored to improve legibility.
• A number of on/off UI toggles have been collapsed in to the new ToggleBool class
• currentSong->currentClip and similar expressions have been refactored in to functions to improve safety and reduce code size.
• String formatting is now done with a compact printf implementation in many cases.
• All publicly available fixes to the official firmware are integrated (up to commit 0501b7d)

c1.0.1 Amadeus

• Fixed a bug where MIDI learned ModFX parameters in an audio clip with monitoring active could crash
• Fixed various crashes related to parameter automation
• Fixed crash when deleting loop points with loop lock enabled
• USB MIDI upstream ports were accidentally reversed, this is now corrected. If you only see 1 MIDI port on OSX, try unplugging the Deluge and then deleting the configuration in “MIDI Audio Setup”
• Fixed potential corruption of MIDI learned settings.

c1.0.0 Amadeus

Audio Improvements

Effects

• A MASTER COMPRESSOR has been added and is accessible in Song View.
• STEREO CHORUS has been added to MOD FX TYPES. Adjust stereo depth via MOD FX DEPTH.
• GRAIN has been added to MOD FX TYPES. Choose from 5 Grain Presets via MOD FX FEEDBACK. †
• WAVEFOLD distortion has been added and occurs pre-filter. The parameter pad shortcut is between SATURATION and LPF CUTOFF.
• UNISON STEREO SPREAD has been added and can be dialed to spread the unison parts across the stereo field. Click Select when in UNISON AMOUNT to reveal the parameter.

Filter

• New LPF/HPF State Variable Filters: SVF NOTCH and SVF BANDPASS.
• New Filter Parameters: LPF MORPH and HPF MORPH. This morphs the SVF through Lowpass, Bandpass, and Highpass; adds drive to the low pass ladder filters, and adds filter fm to the hpf ladder.
• FILTER ROUTING is accessible via the Sound Editor menu and adjusts the filter order from HPF to LPF, LPF to HPF, or PARALLEL.

LFO & Sync

• New LFO Shapes: RANDOM WALK and SAMPLE & HOLD.
• New Sync Modes: TRIPLETS and DOTTED. (All previous sync rates now include ‘TPLTS’ and ‘DTTED’ options.)

Sequencing Improvements

AUTOMATION VIEW allows you to visually create and edit parameter automations across the main grid pads for SYNTH, KIT, and MIDI clips on a per step basis at any zoom level. (Excludes MPE automations).

Probability & Iteration

• PROBABILITY BY ROW allows you to set probability for all notes in a given row, expanding from just being able to set probability to currently pressed down notes.
• QUANTIZE and HUMANIZE notes after they’ve been recorded/sequenced on either a per row basis or for all notes in a given clip at once. *
• Sequenced notes can be set to FILL which will only play them when the designated FILL button is being held (either a Global MIDI Command or SYNC-SCALING†)

Keyboard View Improvements

• New DRUM KEYBOARD VIEW added. Kit rows can now be visualized and played across the main grid pads. By default the area of each sample is spread across 4x4 pads and additionally provides a range of 16 VELOCITY levels. This area can be adjusted from 1x1 to 8x8 grids.
• New IN-KEY keyboard layout. IN-KEY will only display notes that are in key of the selected scale across the keyboard layout. The original view is named ISOMORPHIC. Users can switch freely between the two and choose their Default Keyboard Layout in the DEFAULTS Menu.
• Adjust ROOT NOTE and SCALE with new shortcuts, this assists the user when using the IN-KEY keyboard layout where not every note is visible to set as a ROOT NOTE.
• Adjust the offset of KEYBOARD VIEW via ROW STEP from 1-16. The Deluge’s default ROW STEP is 5.
• HIGHLIGHT INCOMING NOTES will light up incoming MIDI notes across the current KEYBOARD VIEW based on their velocity. *
• NORNS LAYOUT provides compatibility for the Monome Norns using the ‘midigrid’ script. †

MIDI Improvements

• Change handling of MPE expression when collapsed to a single MIDI channel. Previously y axis would still be sent as CC74 on single midi channels. This changes it to send CC1 instead, allowing for controllable behavior on more non-MPE synths. Future work will make a menu to set this per device.
• Added additional MIDI ports which improves usability of MPE-capable devices via USB by sending MPE to one port and non-MPE to the other port.
• Enabled learning CCs to the global midi commands (play, stop, loop, overdub, etc.). This improves compatibility with footswitches that can’t send midi notes.
• MIDI Takeover Mode - Affects how the Deluge handles MIDI input for learned CC controls. Options include JUMP, PICKUP, SCALE.
• Fixed bugs in mpe handling so that mpe and MIDI channels can be separated without requiring differentiate inputs

User Interface Improvements

• GRID VIEW is an alternate SONG VIEW layout similar to Ableton’s ‘Session View’. It displays unique clips across pad rows and the clip variations across pad columns. Effectively allows you to view and launch 128 clips and variations without the need of scrolling to reveal more clips in comparison to ROW VIEW’s 8 clips at a time.
• Manual Slicing aka ‘Lazy Chopping’ is now possible by pressing the Horizontal encoder when in the Slice Menu. Allows you to create slice points live while listening to the sample playback.
• Any synth preset can now be loaded into a Kit row. Hold the audition pad and press SYNTH to browse/load a preset.
• Gold encoders now display a pop-up of their current value when adjusted. The value range displayed is 0-50 for non-MIDI parameters and 0-127 for MIDI parameters.
• A MOD MATRIX entry has been added to the sound editor menu which shows a list of all currently active modulations of a given preset.
• You can change the launch status of a clip from INFINITE to FILL. When a FILL clip is launched it will schedule itself to play the fill at such a time that it finishes by the start of the next loop and then mutes itself.
• You can now scroll through parameter values and menus faster by +/- 5 by holding Shift while turning the Select encoder.
• You can now shift a clip’s row color from Song View without having to enter the given clip to do so.
• You can now set the stutter effect to be quantized to 4TH, 8TH, 16TH, 32ND, and 64TH notes before engaging it. †
• Increased the resolution of modulation between sources and their destinations by including two decimal places to the modulation amount. *
• An option to swap the behavior of the TEMPO encoder when turned versus pressed & turned. *
• STICKY SHIFT - Tapping Shift will lock Shift ON unless another button is also pressed during the short press duration. Allows for quicker parameter editing. †
• Incoming MODULATION WHEEL MIDI data from non-MPE synths now maps to Y on the Deluge.
• The metronome’s volume now respects the song’s volume and will increase or decrease in volume in tandem with the LEVEL-assigned gold encoder. In addition, a DEFAULTS menu entry METRONOME enables you to set a value between 1 and 5 to further adjust the volume of the Metronome.
• An alternative setting when pressing DELAY-assigned gold encoders can be enabled. The default is PINGPONG (ON/OFF) and TYPE (DIGITAL/ANALOG) for the upper and lower gold knobs respectively. The alternate mode changes it to SYNC TYPE (EVEN, TRIPLETS, DOTTED) and SYNC RATE (OFF, WHOLE, 2ND, 4TH, ETC.) respectively. †
• The default behavior of ‘catching’/playing notes when instantly launching/muting clips can now be turned off. This can result in less unexpected percussive sounds triggering when instantly switching between clips. *
• Waveform Loop Lock - When a sample has loop start and loop end points set, holding down loop start and tapping loop end will lock the loop points together when adjusting their position across the waveform.
• Pressing AUDITION + RANDOM on a drum kit row will load a random sample from the same folder as the current sample. *
• You can now batch delete kit rows which do not contain any notes, freeing kits from unused sounds. *
• Audio waveforms can be shifted in an Audio clip, similar to instrument clips, with the exclusion of wrapping the audio around.
• Support for sending and receiving large SYSEX messages has been added. This allows 7SEG behavior to be emulated on OLED hardware and vice versa. Also allows for loading firmware over USB. As this could be a security risk, it must be enabled in community feature settings. †

Footnotes

* - Denotes a feature that is ENABLED by default in the COMMUNITY FEATURES menu but can be disabled.

† - Denotes a feature that is DISABLED by default in the COMMUNITY FEATURES menu but can be enabled.

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