The Deluge does have a built-in rechargable battery and basic sample slicing. The new 4.0 firmware added wavetable synthesis, euclidean sequencing, MPE/polyphonic aftertouch, and tons of other stuff. Their venn diagrams overlap a lot but each one has _many_ features the other doesn't. Honestly it's a pretty insane device for half the price and would be my pick too.
Re:OP-1 field
by likeclockwork on Thursday May 12, 2022 @05:26PM
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No, it really isn't.
The OP-1 is tiny and Deluge only has twice the surface area.
Deluge also has an internal battery.
I can't even imagine how WiFi or Bluetooth would be useful or desirable.
You can do quite a bit with audio on Deluge, as well. Run audio clips of unlimited length. Assign audio samples to kits.
Sequence as many tracks as you want for as long as you want.
Deluge has far fewer limitations than OP-1.
My Deluge has a Wifi+SD card in it, I can mount its filesystem remotely, transfer samples and do backups over Wifi with great ease.
Deluge is a very, very fun device, very powerful and feature-rich, and far superior to the OP-1 in every single way. OP-1 is Ikea, Deluge is Henge.
It's a nice groovebox but I don't think it really compares.
$2k is a steep price but there's a lot going on here that's not immediately obvious to a lot of folks.