Yeah the effects are pretty mediocre, crazy that there’s no stereo modulation effects (chorus, phaser) and in general it doesn’t have as much modulation capabilities as I’d like, compared to the Elektron. But yeah, it does have a really good workflow and the arranger is top notch. Being able to plop in patterns and then make unique patterns that just exist within the arranger makes it so easy to switch things up.
My biggest problems would be alleviated if they just had an export option. At the end of the day everything goes through my DAW for mixing and if I could just press a button and export all my tracks and load them easily up into Ableton every problem I have with it would be solved. I know there’s a way to record each track individually with a resample method but it’s still a bit too hands on for my liking. Audio export has been something I’ve asked for for years and last I heard they straight up said they wouldn’t ever do it.
But then I look at the Polyend stuff and the M8 and really just wonder why this isn’t on the Deluge. Even if it takes a long ass time, that’s fine. Because it already takes a long ass time to split stems out the way it is. I’d rather just press a button and come back later.
On a side note, my friend got his Deluge back with the OLED and it really is a game changer for this device. Browsing and being able to visually see multiple lines of data… simple stuff but god damn, this thing should have always had something like this but especially with the added features the new screen really helps alleviate the problems the Deluge was coming up against