Live Audio Input; Sidechain Compression - Deluge Synthstrom Audible Instruction Manual

linked, meaning that when the speed of the sample changes along with the Deluge's tempo, its
pitch also goes up or down, just like speeding up or slowing down a record.

Live audio input

The Deluge's audio input (either its line input, external microphone input, or internal
microphone) may be utilised as a sound source, and all other features of the Deluge's sound
engine may be applied to it.
Any "synth", or a sound within a "kit" in the Deluge may have either "oscillator" TYPE set to IN,
in order to have it source its sound from the input. If you have a stereo source plugged into the
line or microphone input, this option will expand to INL, INR, and INLR (left, right, and stereo
channels, respectively).
To try this, the best way is to create a new, blank synth (press shift+synth), then enter the
"TYPE" parameter for OSC 1 - either with its shortcut, or via the ​ S ound editor​ ' s menu. Select the
IN or INL option, then play a note on the Deluge (i.e. hold down an audition pad - far-right), and
speak into the Deluge's microphone or otherwise send audio into the Deluge. You should hear
the input sound echoed back out.
If the note that you play on the Deluge is a middle C (C3), the input sound will play back with its
pitch unaffected. However, any deviation from middle C will shift the input sound's pitch up or
down a corresponding amount.

Sidechain compression

The Deluge includes a sidechain compression effect, designed to allow impactful drum sounds
to trigger a temporary volume drop in other sounds to create that familiar "pumping" effect.
There is one global sidechain "bus", which sidechain-triggering sounds (typically kicks) send to.
This "bus" is then received by separate sidechain compressors on any number of sounds, all of
which may have their volume-ducking and attack and release parameters set individually.
In the supplied kits of drum sounds, the kick is set to trigger sidechain compression. When
importing a sample of your own​ , the Deluge will attempt to guess whether it is a kick sample by
checking whether the filename includes the characters "kick" or "bd". If so, it will be set to "send"
to the sidechain compression bus.
Sidechain amount for a given sound (how much that sound ​ r esponds ​ t o the elsewhere-triggered
sidechain compression) is accessible as one of the ​ p arameter knob​ functions.