12.3 Working in Session Row View

Session view provides controls to launch and stop clips and is also the main area to handle loop recording and playback, covered elsewhere in this guide. The default presentation is ‘row’ view. This shows a clip per row. A clip for an instrument can be launched individually or within a section along with other different instruments.

Deluge will only play one instrument at one time in session view. So for example, if two clips use the same synth preset 1 or clone of 1, the clip rows can each be launched but each one will stop playback of the other, allowing only one instance of each instrument to play at one time.

Playing a song

1. Press Song to switch to session view. The button illuminates blue. If this is a new song and the first this time the session mode is selected, the song may be empty or only show the first clip compressed to the first row.
2. Press Play. Song will playback and the white song position cursor will travel left to right.
3. Rows occupied by clips are lit and the audible Launch pads will be green while the Section pads are lit blue as default but the colour may be changed to reflect the actual section assigned.
4. Press Play to stop and reset playback position to the song start.

Selecting an existing clip to edit from session view

1. Press Song to switch to session view. The button illuminates blue.
2. Press a Pad of any occupied row from the 16 x 8 main grid. The occupied rows containing clips will be illuminated fully or in part.
3. Deluge transfers the view from song to clip view ready to edit.
4. Any edits, steps created etc in the clip will be reflected when switching back to Song view.

Moving a clip row from within session row view

1. Press Song to switch to session view. This only applies to Session row view, and this process changes the pad colour if in grid view.
2. Press & hold a Pad within the clip row to move + turn Vertical.
3. The clip will be relocated into a different row relative to the other clips.
4. Note that this process changes a clip pad colour in Session grid view.

Launch Control of Single Clips in Session Row View

More advanced options are available in session row view than just the start stop commands for individual clips. Clips are armed to ensure the timing of the clip start aligns with the overall song. The catch notes option in the community feature settings considers the behaviour of clip transitions to allow for ‘in progress’ note timing or instant switching.

Press Launch to play the clip row in session view.

Launch status

GREEN Clip is ‘launched’ : when seq is playing or stopped.

RED Clip is ‘stopped’ : when seq is playing or stopped.

GREEN FLASHING Clip is ‘armed’ ready to stop at its seq end: when playing.

RED FLASHING Clip is ‘armed’ ready to play in time: when playing.

ORANGE Clip is ‘set as a Fill Clip. Audition pad is cyan.

Display shows countdown of loops to complete when a clip row is ‘armed’ and launching or stopping clips, default is 1. To increase the loops to play prior to launch / stop, turn Select to change the loop countdown.

Press Select to cancel loop countdown.

Press Shift + Launch to immediately play the clip row in session view.

Immediately launching / stopping a clip in session view

1. With the sequencer playing, Press Shift + Launch, where LAUNCH is the row of the clip to play.
2. If the clip was not playing, it will immediately play in time with the sequence.
3. If the clip was already playing it will immediately stop.

Arming to launch / stop a clip in session view

1. With the sequencer playing, Press Launch, where LAUNCH is the row of the clip to play.
2. If the clip was not playing, its launch pad will flash red until the clip is aligned to the sequence loop (indicated by the display countdown number). At sequence alignment point it will play and the pad will be illuminated solid green.
3. If the clip was already playing its pad will flash green until the sequence reaches its end. The pad will then be illuminated solid red and the clip is then stopped. The display will show the countdown number for the sequence.

Adjusting armed countdown on the fly

1. When a clip is armed to launch or to stop it will flash red or green respectively. During this time the display will show a countdown number that signifies a full or part loop to complete prior to launch / stop.
2. While the number is displayed, turn Select to adjust the number of the loop countdown - increasing or reducing the wait timer to trigger the launch / stop command.
3. While the number is displayed, press Select to clear the countdown timer and clear arming of the clip.

Soloing clips in session view

1. To solo a clip, press & hold Horizontal + Launch of clip row to solo.
2. If the sequence is playing the solo request will be ‘armed’ to solo on the next repeat cycle. Pad will flash when armed.
3. The launch pad will illuminate blue when the clip row is played in solo.
4. Other clips of course will be muted and these will be dimly lit.
5. To remove the solo, press the Launch.
6. To solo immediately without arming, press & hold Shift + Horizontal + Launch.

Session Row View Sections

Song sections group together clips so that they can be controlled, launched, armed etc together making it easy to play arrangements and structure live sets. Sections can be structured into a chained sequence automatically playing each. Sections are colour coded for clarity and controlled by the Section column in session view.

REPEAT MODE

Press & hold Section + Select to change number of repeats:

INFINITE (default), NUMBER, LAUNCH NON-EXCLUSIVELY

Display shows countdown of section repeats when a repeat number is defined. To increase the sections to play prior to launch / stop, turn Select to change the section countdown.

Press Select to cancel section countdown.

Selecting a section for a clip

1. Press Song to switch to session view.
2. Press Shift + Section for the clip row of which to assign the section.
3. The section colour will be changed. Toggle the selection until the section group desired is selected. This is defined by SECTION pad colour.

Arming to launch / stop a section in session view

1. With the sequencer playing, Press a Section of the section to launch. The section group of clip rows will all be the same colour.
2. The LAUNCH pads will flash when a repeat countdown is armed and any count shown on the display. The launch pads show the clip play status of green when in play and red when stopped.
3. The section will play when launched for the number of cycles set by number of repeats for the section.

Setting repeat mode for a section in session view

1. Press & hold Section of the section to change.
2. The repeat status will flash on the display. While holding the section pad, turn Select.
   • INFINITE. This will play the section infinitum or until a manual change is made.
   • ‘1’ … - number will set the amount of repeats that the section will play prior to moving to the next section. This will be displayed as a countdown and can be changed by turning Select or cancelled by pressing Select.
   • LAUNCH NON-EXCLUSIVELY. This enables the sharing launch status with other sections. Note that clips sharing a preset do not play simultaneously in session view.
3. The section will play when launched as set by number of repeats for the section.

See also

• Creating a new clip from session view: 3.3 Creating a Clip
• Changing a clip row colour: 3.6 Clip Colour
• Configuring a fill clip in session view: 3.9 Clip Modes