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What is the difference between trig and loop on the sequencer? That's the only setting that Hainbach didn't mention on his demo video. I've got the rest of the app figured out so I'd prefer not to have to watch the 45min Gavinski one just for that one setting.
@skiphunt "loop" doesn't trigger the VCA (i.e. the sequencer just speeds up/slows down the playhead), while "trig" does
Ah! Cool. Thanks!
There’s also a Gauss manual, which is a single page (landscape) and a quick read: http://ruismaker.com/wp-content/uploads/Gauss_poster.pdf
Hey mate, I dont really know if you were referring to me, but I guess so. I said its the looper I was waiting for or something like that. At the very core of every jam (guitar, Digitone or ipad and iphone) is a looper. I have one in my Volante, I have one im my Timeline, I have one in my Helix and I have the Blooper. On iOS I had ENSO which is really great and powerful but Gauss is what I was waiting for I try to explain my thoughts here.
1) the most important thing for me for only looper (and yeah, L7 is disqualified here since many many months and updates) is that the plugin or peal is able to keep recording after setting loop length. Meaning, it switches DIRECTLY into overdub when the looplength is set. I work with longer delay and verb tails and if you have a normal looper without this you always have the problem with cut off tails (yes you could record on empty loop and get into overdub, but the first loop is still important and sets the ground for the whole thing. And inspiration is flowing in this first seconds whatever.
2) this one here has a wonderful tape feeling which I love. WOW, Flutter, Warble I love it. I use Gauss together with Tape Pro. Its a magnificent team.
3) I can change the loop length in Gauss AFTER I recorded. This is amazing. I will link a jam from my twitter in which I used this technique and get an Hommage to William Basinski (which you may or may not heard off, but after I got that tone from Aparillo I was reminded of his disintegration loops album.
4) I can change the speed with ease after I recorded and with Brams markings I can easily drop an octave or raise an octave. Duplicating the instance and letting them run in 2x 0.5x. Forward and back can get some amazing results. And may spark inspiration.
I have to confess, yeah I dont care about the sequencer or the trigger things. I love the sound quality and the things above. And now, yes I was also the one with the „you are perfect and now change“.
Hoping that the Noise introduced with 1989 could be a bit tamed which was not possible!? I dont know, its too harsh (btw. On the blooper we had the same thing, the noise introduced with the stability knob was too much and too harsh, this was removed by an update of the firmware. So guitar pedals are not set in stone these days, but I get the point
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And I was asking for a tape loop degradation feature in a future point release because I think this would fit perfectly into the concept and is still something I am highly wishing for on software land — el Capistan and Volante has something like this, but on iOS I am not able to come up with a clever idea to simulate the degradation process (or the leatherback technique
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Boy, what a long post, sorry but I hope I could explain why I think this is a wonderful looper
Ok here is the tweet and video at the start I show my setup and how its routed. Maybe its useful for someone.
imo, Bram Bos set the bar for modern iOS music apps and AUs, in core-functionality like UIX, stability, complexity vs intuitiveness, sound quality vs CPU efficiency, sample-accurate MIDI & sync, etc., so it's not surprising that customers want to see more bread-n-butter features + apps from him.
This is often overlooked but shouldn't be. The quality of his apps is superlative.
Yeah, I bet that’s a great combo> @david_2017 said:
I'm also not a huge fan of the 1989 sound, instead I prefer to put bitjuggler after gauss, then I have total control of how much aliasing etc I am getting
oh this goes well with a Microfreak
I always think that the way someone interprets your actions is a window into their mind, their motivations, their actions.
But if you are asking me what my thoughts, actions and motivations are for this post then they were that I don't like most of the content that Hainbach puts out, because of the way he approaches it. If, of course, that's ok with you?
Yours, on tenterhooks xx
Gauss looper gave me a new workflow to build generative soundscapes:
Here are two examples. Instruments used: a guitar, a bouzouki, several sounds from Korg Module (E-piano, Mellotron, Piano, Synth...)
Some really nice sounds there @Martinj. The vocal formant sound that appears from time to time is due to Gauss I'm guessing? It seems really good for creating those kinds of sounds.
@Martinj : Great work! I strongly approve of your working methods (because that’s what I do too, obviously;) ). Especially that most important step: ‘until it sounds cool’. 😎 Oh, yes 👍
@Gavinski Thank you. I think it’s a mellotron sound at half speed in Gauss.
@Svetlovska yes, that’s definitely always the most important step. And thank you 🙂
Ok, I feel like an idiot. 😶🙃
This is obviously totally the looper you where waiting for!.
Can’t RE-1 tape directly overdub after you set the length?. I think so. It’s pretty cool too, good sounding. Not a “standard” looper either. If I remember correctly the bar length in RE1 was too short for my needs.
My point was, I think, that there’s not a really y solid looping solution in AUV3. I don’t mean to be insulting but L7 just doesn’t work. I guess I’m referring to strict looping vs a performance tool. My Voicelive3 has a better looper (utility looper, non coloring) than any I’ve tried on iOS.
Maybe what I was trying to say, and obviously failed, is that we’re praising a post-looper that’s almost an instrument without having achieved a solid basic looper first. I have my hopes on Loopy Pro in this department.
@david_2017 thats a lovely tune, love it.
Yes, I really would like to see a 'record then overdub' option in Gauss so that you could get the snap to the start of a tape length when the record button is pressed, but it then goes into overdub immediately it reaches the end of the tape. Otherwise it is hard to avoid clicks on certain types of material and the only workaround is to do one blank loop initially, then do an overdub. Guess there is still room for Enso in the bag of tricks after all 😜
There is, because Enso is a traditional looper and Gauss is not
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Yeah I think it's not true when people are saying Gauss is better than Enso, they are just different and both are really good tools. I find Enso is very useful in all sorts of ways not just as a Looper.
I think Gauss is more immediately fun and playable though and can see why some people will prefer it.
Enso is a looper, Gauss to me is a modelled tape experience. The colour/character is oblivious difference as well as the workflow and immediacy of Gauss is what sets it apart from a typical looper. Different tools to different ends.
Would be cool, but if you make tapeloops with scissors ✂️ And tape you are unable to get rid of the clicks. What to do? Put a reverb and delay after it
Little afternoon gauss jam with phosphor. I played notes from phosphor into an instance of gauss, then put triggers on it to make it rhythmic. Then played that into another instance of gauss and oberdubbed melodic layers on top. Then, when performing it, I played a separate instance of phosphor (same patch) to make a brief intro and outro. Time constrained by twitter upload limits 😉
I knew this would resonate well with you. And thanks for your beautiful magic... Nice way to start my day here
Hey mate, thanks for taking the time to respond. making these statements call for an explanation. I see the demand.
Thats right RE1 is able to be a looper for tapeloop style recordings too.
Oh we are here on the same page... the videos of L7 were so cool and I thought, this might be the thing. But it wasn’t and I requested the instant overdub. Nothing happened. But i thing it was promised. You know... devs have also a life I think
plugin, but here its not super stable when you use multi instances and use longer loops. When then the whole things crashes like a house of cards.
ENSO did the trick with direct overdubbing and is a great loopering
All eyes on loopy magnificent in this department! I am pretty much excited how this will turn out.
Have a great one today! 👋🏼
Thank you sir! Great you enjoyed it. Maybe its inspirational too...
Oh yes, @Ashh please do interpret my meaning, the window of my mind. I believe it would be fascinating. Thanks for revealing your window to us - it was so enlightening.
Actually, to me, this is the first real gamechanger since Kosmonaut. There. I said the evil word. 😈
Yep it works standalone Ipad Air records on cheap £4.00 headphone/mic. Tried with monitor bu get a nasty hum, but unmonitored reasonable results from the cheapest gear.
Great to see the app getting exposure over u tube.
That’s what angled splices are for, like a little crosfade in tape.