[HN Gopher] Deluge - sequencer, synthesizer and sampler - goes o...
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Deluge - sequencer, synthesizer and sampler - goes open source
Author : weatherlight
Score : 84 points
Date : 2023-05-11 14:40 UTC (8 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.synthtopia.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.synthtopia.com)
| mdaniel wrote:
| since neither of the submitted links (OP nor the "Deluge" link in
| TFA) choose to link to it: https://synthstrom.com/product/deluge/
| ($1399) and since the "videos" link is broken on their site, this
| is the thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxiwJ_kptMo and a
| more-indepth version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBeeDwukpTs
| OliverM wrote:
| This is genuinely thrilling. I know it's likely to be a C++
| codebase, which I don't have a huge amount of experience in
| (yet). But having open source access to a music machine of the
| Deluge's calibre is phenomenal.
| teddyh wrote:
| Not to be confused with the BitTorrent client: https://deluge-
| torrent.org/
| cies wrote:
| goes -> will go ... in june
| singingfish wrote:
| I've been moderately successful learning puredata over the last
| couple of years (e.g. a real fairly successful professional
| electronic musician (arty side, not commrecial side) has picked
| up one of my patches to do something with, and we've got a dialog
| going where I help him out with some conceptual stuff around
| programming and open source, and he helps me out with practical
| aspects.
|
| Meanwhile last time I was in NZ a few weeks ago I checked the
| classifieds - partly to see if there was a used deluge at a good
| price nearby, but unfortnuately I blew more than double that
| budget on an amazing soprano sax that happened to be nearby
| instead :/
|
| Which is a long winded way of saying that I'm looking forward to
| seeing the deluge's code to see how they're running things inside
| the box.
| bitL wrote:
| Deluge is pretty cool, it's like Novation Circuit on steroids.
| Circuit is a bit better for travel and for people who like solid
| defaults, Deluge is for tinkerers who grew past Circuit
| limitations.
| honkycat wrote:
| Oh no my G.A.S is leaking into hacker news now!
|
| Seriously this is a cool little groovebox, and it is awesome they
| are going open source.
| Blackthorn wrote:
| Now I'm interested in buying it!
|
| So many devices have unavailable firmware which makes me worry
| for its longevity. I've given up on a couple of things I'd have
| otherwise purchased because they believe their firmware is a
| competitive advantage for some reason (skipped out on the
| Lumatone because of this).
| elaus wrote:
| Always felt the Deluge is a more 'hacker-type' groovebox, i.e.
| not as shiny and beginner-friendly as most other products - but
| with sheer endless capabilities. For examole the number and
| length of tracks being only limited by RAM and CPU, not some
| arbitrary low number).
|
| So the firmware going open source feels natural and I'm excited
| to see what the community can do. I guess it's a very huge and
| complex C/C++ codebase, so it will probably take some time to get
| started...
| xipho wrote:
| See also https://www.bespokesynth.com/. Completely open, very
| amazing.
| levicole wrote:
| I own a deluge, and think it's great. I'm really excited about
| them going open source.
|
| Things I'd like to be able to add:
|
| - Oscillators from MI Plaits
|
| - MI Rings sound engine
|
| - A monome Grid mode (either via midi, or via USB serial), so
| that the deluge can be used as a Grid
| Jeff_Brown wrote:
| Are the buttons velocity sensitive?
|
| I've got a couple 256-button monomes (no longer in production,
| basically -- they only make smaller models now) and waited
| twelve years for something velocity sensitive with as many
| buttons to come around. Eventually the Lumatone did, and now
| the monomes sit in a closet -- but I'd really like something
| with smaller buttons, because I divide the octave into 58
| pieces, which means I can barely reach an octave on the
| Lumatone (whereas I could easily reach across three octaves on
| the monome).
| LegitShady wrote:
| They are not velocity sensitive.
| letwhile wrote:
| nice to see it here. while everyone is pouring out throw away
| shit, synthstrom is transforming their hardware product by
| software updates since many years, and they still invest in it,
| instead of abondoning it and selling "new" versions. Sounds like
| a hot take, but it puts a lot of other companies to shame. Making
| their firmware opensource is a smart move.
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