Stacks - Granular Looper 4+
Sequencer/Synthesizer/Looper
John Howes
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- £19.99
iPad Screenshots
Description
VST3 / AU Plugin ~ https://www.congburn.co.uk/stacks
"Modeling and digital grunge combine to make a raunchy instrument that behaves like an experimental studio. Stacks is an environment that turns tweaking into song materials. This thing oozes personality." CDM Review ~ https://cdm.link/2024/07/cong-burn-stacks/
Video guide ~ https://youtu.be/dz-p3DN2BXM
iOS demo ~ https://youtu.be/fXK0AQGyjNU
Jamming (no talking) ~ https://youtu.be/0SHzOkmjn3g
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Standalone application & AUV3 plugin for unique synthesis, looping and layering.
In STACKS' self-contained production and performance environment you can create distinctive synth parts from melodies to percussion, which you can loop and layer to build up new tracks.
There are a lot of ways to manipulate the music you make with STACKS but it's designed to be intuitive, encouraging a steady flow from one idea to the next.
As well as its detailed synthesis elements, STACKS has a comprehensive modulation section, a stack of four versatile loopers and granular synthesis options to evolve your recordings in unpredictable new ways.
By continually creating new loops and bouncing them down, you can keep the exploration going for as long as you like — especially useful for improvised live performances.
With built-in processing from delay and reverb to saturation, it's easy to work solely within STACKS and end up with a great sound.
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What’s New
Version 1.2.1
v1.2.1
- Fix delay/reverb input level behavior
- Re-enable both instrument/fx AUv3s
v1.2
New:
- Wavetable Osc now has optional anti aliasing for better hi freqs and more detailed FM
- Add an envelope follower modulator, the envelope follower can monitor the synth, or any of the loopers
- Add an Accent Envelope. The accent envelope functions like the regular envelope, but you can set a high/low velocity threshold
- Looper actions (record, overdub etc.) can be quantised from 1/16 to 8 bars, or optionally have no sync at all
- When using the Noise sub oscillator, either Add or Xfade the noise (Xfade reduces wavetable volume)
Fixes and improvements:
- When overdubbing in grain/slice mode, overdubbing starts at the position of the last grain
- Fixed an issue where the delay would ring out in AUM when using Tone
- When viewing the modulation matrix, the type of Multi-Modulator is now displayed (Ripple, Flutter etc.)
- Aux sequencer now initialises with the correct number of steps
- Fixed a crash on Windows when closing the plugin window while using a dropdown
- Chord names appear correctly in AUM
- Handle looping DAW timeline in Studio One
- Enable VST sidechaining in Studio One
- Fix an issue where multi-modulators wouldn't load during preset changes
- Fox envelope polarity issue
- Improve sequencer stage UI
- CPU performance is much improved
Ratings and Reviews
Dive in. Explore. Find things. Grow. Develop. Change.
If you want to try different ways of making music then this app is great. I end up with really interesting pieces that are miles away from ‘normal’ or ‘traditional’. We’ve all heard the same chord progressions a zillion times. We’ve all heard the scales used over the top. This app, and the devs other app ‘Strokes’, bring something fresh, challenging and exciting.
Paul Desmond
I’m still going to give this 5 Stars, but for some reason AUM is not recognising it, it’s not available in the list of units, it loads in Logic Pro for ipad.
Developer Response ,
this should be fixed on v1.2.1 :)
Blown away.
This is so good I’m not telling anybody about it.. so there.
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Information
- Provider
- John Howes
- Size
- 48.7 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
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- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
- Languages
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2024 Cong Burn
- Price
- £19.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.