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Based on the Deluge Manual – Amadeus Edition (draft). Being updated for community firmware up to C1.3.

14.4 White Pads for Variations

While arranger view generally uses existing, song section coloured clips to build up an arrangement, there is also a ‘white’ instance clip option. White clips are unique and special clips that can be edited independently and used to add one off fills and variations in an arrangement.

Creating a blank white clip

  1. Press & hold Pad, the clip instance to create + turn Turn SelectSelect.
  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 mode.
  3. Select a WHITE clip and then release the pad.
  4. A new blank clip instance is created that is not connected to any other clip nor is it featured in the session view.
  5. Pressing the clip ‘tail’, not the left most pad, will switch to clip view, where no notes or sound patterns exist.

Creating a new white clip variation pattern

  1. After creating a blank clip, pressing the dimly lit Pad clip ‘tail’, not the left most bright pad, will switch to clip view.
  2. The clip will currently be a blank instrument clip.
  3. The default preset and instrument will be as per the instrument row where the white clip resides in arranger view.
  4. Create a new pattern that will form a variation from the other clip instances on the same instrument row. For example a crash cymbal or drum fill for the end of a sequence part.
  5. Press Song which will return back to the arranger view.
  6. The white clip will now host a unique variation from the other clips by playing the one off pattern from the recently created clip.

Converting an existing clip instance to a white clip

  1. Press Shift + Pad of an existing coloured clip instance. This will be a clip instance which instead of creating a new variation, will be edited from its existing pattern to form the variation.
  2. The clip instance left most pad will turn white. Other ‘tail’ pads forming its length may be coloured dimly based on the clips event colours.
  3. Pressing the dimly lit Pad clip ‘tail’, not the left most bright pad, will switch to clip view.
  4. The clip will contain the existing note and sound events and pattern. These can be edited to form a unique variation from the original pattern.
  5. Press Song which will return back to the arranger view.
  6. The white clip will now host a unique variation from the other clips by playing the one off pattern from the recently edited clip.