14.3 Arranger View Basics

Arranger view allows the chaining of clip instances into a longer more linear arrangements. Session view operates from the perspective of a collection of clips with each clip represented by a row. Arranger view takes its perspective based on ‘tracks’. Each track is presented on a row and represents an individual Instrument, MIDI, CV or audio element. The pads therefore represent clip instances.

Arranger View

Notes when working in arranger view

• Clip, song and arranger views are not independent functions. They offer different personas and views and are specific tools when working on the same project and its common data (notes, kits etc).
• Clip ‘instances’ are identical, linked copies of the original clip. Changing the instrument notes, structure of the actual clip will change equally in all instances.
• Each row represents a track. Only one row per instrument, MIDI, CV, audio and therefore each instance resides on the same row.
• Clips including the length and song sections should be set up first. These form a prerequisite to arranging the clips in arranger view.
• Colours of clips in arranger view reflects the colours for the respective section in session view.
• White clips in arranger view indicate unique clip instances which are independent, detached from any original source clip. Used for variations and fills.

Selecting arranger view

1. Select Song view.
2. From within session view, press Song again to switch to ARRANGER view. The song button will flash blue.
3. Press Song again to return back to session view - button lit blue.

Show it on the Deluge

Arranger view can only be selected from within session view. Clip view cannot be directly selected from arranger view using Clip and needs to be in session view first to then enable a switch to clip view. Alternatively pressing any clip instance Pad other than the first, left most pad will switch the clip to its clip view.

Basic clip instance placement in the arranger

1. Ensure a collection of clips have been produced in clip view, lengths set and arranged as desired and with sections in session view as desired.
2. Select Song for arranger view. Button flashes blue.
3. Arranger view is entered.
   • The grid will be initially blank.
   • The mute / launch pads will be lit. For example, if 3 instruments are used in session view, maybe each with several clips each, then 3 rows will be set for the three instruments.
   • The audition / section pad can be played to listen to a selected sound, ie: snare from a kit or the root note from the synth preset for the specific instrument. Holding down on audition pad will reveal the name of that preset in the display.
   • Rows will default to presets when the audition pad is played for an instrument not used with a clip.
4. Press a Pad for the location at the start of the clip instance and on the row for the desired instrument.
   • The pad will illuminate to match the song section colour.
   • The length will be set based on the original clip length and displayed based on the arranger grid resolution.
   • The length will be indicated by the pads following the first solid lit pad - the additional pads or the ‘tail’ will be dimly lit.
5. Press a ‘tail’ pad to switch back to its clip view. Pressing Song in clip view having switched from the arranger, returns the view back to arranger.
6. Repeat to add more clip instances. Clips placed on the grid will default to the same section colour as the last clip instance placed.

Changing the clip instance on the same instrument

1. Press & hold Pad, the clip instance to change + turn Select.
2. The clip instance options available will be selected with the select control. The pad will change its colour based on its section colour in session view.
3. Changes will take place at every ‘click’ iteration of the select control knob.

Playing tracks in arranger

1. Press Play the tracks will play from the start.
2. Press & hold Horizontal + Play to play from desired/current scroll position.
3. Press Play to stop playback.
4. A white column ‘cursor’ will step through the grid in time with the sequence. Any muted rows / instruments will be shown muted yellow on the cursor. Press [CROSS-SCREEN] to switch between the cursor remaining fixed and the arrangement moving from right to left, or the cursor scrolling through the arrangement.

Inserting or deleting time slots in arranger

1. Press Shift + turn Horizontal will move all the clip instances currently visible on the grid left or right in time.
2. Moving the clips right - turn clockwise, will insert time space before the first clip, moving the existing clip instances later in time.
3. Moving the clips left - turn anti-clockwise, will remove any time available before the first clip, or delete clips as they ‘drop off’ the left side of the grid.

Note

Undo / redo options are available within the arranger view. This may be particularly useful if clips are deleted when removing time from the arranger grid.

Extending / reducing a clip instance length

1. Press & hold Pad, the first, brightly lit pad + Pad on the same row.
2. Placing the second Pad longer than the original length will extend the clip instance, looping its content for the new duration.
3. Placing the second Pad shorter than the original length will mean the clip playback will truncate at the new end location.
4. The length will show a bright first pad and dimmer ‘tail’ pads for the clip instance length.

Setting the arranger grid resolution

1. Press Horizontal when in arranger view to display the current grid resolution setting. Default is 2nd.
2. Press & turn Horizontal to change the grid resolution for the clip instances.
3. Options available will determine how the clip is displayed on the grid with respect to the clip length. For a 16 x 16th steps / 1 bar: 16th 32nd 64th

Adding / changing track directly in arranger

1. Press & hold Audition - unassigned audition pad + turn Select to select an available preset for the track row.
2. To change an existing preset:

• Press & hold Audition for the instrument / row to change + turn Select to scroll the presets. or
• Press & hold Audition for the instrument / row to change + track type Synth, Kit, MIDI, CV. or
• Press & hold Audition for the instrument / row to change + press Select for an audio track.

Soloing track in arranger

1. Press & hold Horizontal + Mute of the selected row to solo.
2. Mute button for the row illuminates blue. Other row tracks are dimmed.

Reordering an instrument track in arranger

1. Press & hold Audition of the selected row to move + turn Vertical.

Deleting a track in arranger

1. Press & hold Audition of the selected row to delete + Save.
2. Instrument track will be deleted or display will indicate if the instrument cannot be deleted.

Clearing all clip instance in arranger

1. Press & hold Vertical + Back/Undo.