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Advice for buying a Deluge in 2022, to help with writer's block and screen fatigue. - SynthWizard - 06-06-2022
Advice for buying a Deluge in 2022, to help with writer's block and screen fatigue.
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello everyone,</p> <p>I've been searching throughout the internet for some decision making help, and figured I would ask the question here.</p> <p>Like many people, I have been WFH since the pandemic started and I spend most of my waking hours in front of my computer. My job desk is in the same room as my music production desk, and as a result, those same waking hours will be spent in the same room (there really isn't an option to change this other than moving to another apartment all together lol).</p> <p>Over the course of the past couple of years or so, I have run into the problem where I have had issues with working on music out of so much time spent in front of a computer screen. I'll open up Ableton on my personal machine, and just stare at the grey canvas, and start just making noises or whatever, but I haven't been very excited about the process of music making on my computer; which to me is kinda concerning. I feel like my brain is just "laptop-ed" out, and my production has been pretty aimless. (Which is not to say that I haven't made any tracks... but man, it's been quite a slog to get them going, and that's not very fun...). Making the transition from working on work email to working on music has been pretty difficult.</p> <p>So I've been looking (again) into the world of grooveboxes. I bought a Roland MC-101 in early 2020, and while it's a pretty powerful little box, with a lot of interfacing flexibility, and great sounding engine, I ended up disliking the workflow, and the 4-track limit (I get that there are work around to bounce and "manufacture" more tracks... but I'm not really a fan of workarounds like that)... even after the current 1.72 firmware... it's just not gelling with me.</p> <p>I caught wind of the Polyend Play coming out in July, and I've been eating up all the literature and videos I can find up to this point. I really like Benn Jordan's video on it, but there are some things about it that I'm not really stoked about: like, it's not portable without a power supply... when imo it kinda has all the potential to be that; but Polyend decided against it for some reason.</p> <p>Enter the Deluge, and I've been doing research on it ad nauseam, lol. It seems like it ticks most of the boxes of what I'm looking for in a standalone music-making machine. Even with the controversial screen... like, I <em>feel</em> like I could get used to its minimal display provided that it's a small extension of the holistic user interface and workflow (maybe? I don't know, my guess). I also understand some people's issue with the synth sound engine; though it sounds good to me based on the many YT demos I've seen.But the price tag is no field trip either lol... like, I'll pony up the cash, but I was hoping to get a little to-date insight on others' current experience with this box more or less for the reasons expressed above. Additionally, it's been out for a good while now, but it looks like it's a boutique device that Synthstrom is committed to support without any visible intent on developing a V2 machine...(right?) If that's the case, I'm actually OK with that philosophy.</p> <p>I should clarify, though: I have no intentions of going DAW-less... not yet at least. I really enjoy working in Ableton: sound designing, messing with FX, editing sounds, mixing, etc, etc. I do have a few synths that I use constantly in my productions, and the idea is really to have a device that will complement this setup, with the benefit of helping me lubricate my creativity away from my computer, and just feel excited about jumping into making music again.</p> <p>Anyway, this post has gone on longer than intended, but I really appreciate the insight in advance and hope that my use case makes sense.</p> <p>Cheers!</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/p_equis"> /u/p_equis </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/synthesizers/comments/v5s1ji/advice_for_buying_a_deluge_in_2022_to_help_with/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/synthesizers/comments/v5s1ji/advice_for_buying_a_deluge_in_2022_to_help_with/">[comments]</a></span>