Gauss (Bram Bos & Hainbach) walkthrough vid (Winners announced)

Gavinski

Yeah - knocked it out of the park with this one Bram, a very enjoyable and creative tool

@lukesleepwalker said:

@brambos said:

@mlau said:

@brambos said:
Indeed, I can't emphasize this enough: it's not a looper. It loops, but it's not meant to compete with conventional loopers. It's meant to reproduce the workflow of creating and recording magnetic tape loops.

If you're looking for a conventional looper, this app is unlikely to ever satisfy your needs.

Don’t change anything 😎

Oh, I’m already working hard to make the app better. But for sure we’ll stick with the original concept and character of the app

It's so good. This is turning into my favorite app in your impressive portfolio.

RockySmalls

@Philandering_Bastard said:

@RockySmalls said:

@brambos said:

@Ailerom said:
Ok, that makes sense. I'm not sure I understand how the triggers work but I guessing messing about at slow temp should help. Are the Triggers independent. So if T1 is Triggering 1/4 and T2 is triggering 1/8 it might sound like a sequencer playing 1/8th notes with an accent on the 1/4 notes?

Almost: when multiple triggers fire simultaneously it will jump a corresponding number of steps (so if two triggers fire at the same time, it will jump 2 steps; thus skipping a step).

This allows for some pretty complex polyrhythms with just a minimal number of settings.

is it a silly request that the Erase button says DeGauss instead 🤒🧲

This right here. Also, god, you’re old 🤪

yeah, probably older than any of that rusty equipment Hainbach has been stockpiling.
time for me nap 😴

mlau

Gavinski

With the record button parameter becoming exposed, what is people's view about the easiest app to send a cc message to turn record on at the start of a bar, then turn it off again, say 4 bars later, and not turn it on again (ie not keep looping)? Cheers folks

0tolerance4silence

Drambo f.e has a ‘once’ step condition which you can use to trigger recording only on the first pass, or there is a scene condition which is more customisable - it will trigger recording on demand, you can record, overdub synced to pattern.

zilld2017

For ENSO, I use Xequence AU Pads. Set a slider to Return and it will send out a single CC to trigger Record. It then snaps back and I can use it again to stop Rec and then, depending on the setup, continue to Play or Overdub.

Works great for me, except that—STILL!—Enso crashes fairly consistently when using 4 instances in AUM. Unusable in a performance setting and a giant stain on AudioDamages reputation.

Carnbot

If you wanted to do something like that LK could be a good app do it.

aleyas

That’s my plan too
Can send the same trig to multiple instances of Gauss also to sync up lots of recordings.

@0tolerance4silence said:
Drambo f.e has a ‘once’ step condition which you can use to trigger recording only on the first pass, or there is a scene condition which is more customisable - it will trigger recording on demand, you can record, overdub synced to pattern.

Gavinski

@zilld2017 said:
For ENSO, I use Xequence AU Pads. Set a slider to Return and it will send out a single CC to trigger Record. It then snaps back and I can use it again to stop Rec and then, depending on the setup, continue to Play or Overdub.

Works great for me, except that—STILL!—Enso crashes fairly consistently when using 4 instances in AUM. Unusable in a performance setting and a giant stain on AudioDamages reputation.

Agreed! Yes, using one instance seems loess problematic, multiple ones often crash

Carnbot

@zilld2017 said:
For ENSO, I use Xequence AU Pads. Set a slider to Return and it will send out a single CC to trigger Record. It then snaps back and I can use it again to stop Rec and then, depending on the setup, continue to Play or Overdub.
Works great for me, except that—STILL!—Enso crashes fairly consistently when using 4 instances in AUM. Unusable in a performance setting and a giant stain on AudioDamages reputation.

Are you certain it’s Audiodamages fault? I’ve been getting multiple instances of Gauss crashing too, could be a number of reasons.

Gavinski

Thnx for the suggestions folks, I've been trying to use stepbud, Arpbud, midiSTEPs etc to send notes to do it, but am not getting the results I expect. Not sure why. Lk I still don't know how to use properly yet. Just trying to look for the really simplest solution to this.

Carnbot

@Gavinski said:
Thnx for the suggestions folks, I've been trying to use stepbud, Arpbud, midiSTEPs etc to send notes to do it, but am not getting the results I expect. Not sure why. Lk I still don't know how to use properly yet. Just trying to look for the really simplest solution to this.

Are you testing the beta?
Is Gauss midi for record only toggle? I think I'd prefer trigger because you can set the record length easily in the app.

zilld2017

@Carnbot said:

@zilld2017 said:
For ENSO, I use Xequence AU Pads. Set a slider to Return and it will send out a single CC to trigger Record. It then snaps back and I can use it again to stop Rec and then, depending on the setup, continue to Play or Overdub.
Works great for me, except that—STILL!—Enso crashes fairly consistently when using 4 instances in AUM. Unusable in a performance setting and a giant stain on AudioDamages reputation.

Are you certain it’s Audiodamages fault? I’ve been getting multiple instances of Gauss crashing too, could be a number of reasons.

Yeah, it’s the app. No other AU I use on a regular basis crashes so consistently and predictably as ENSO. I believe it’s a well-known issue.

brambos

@Carnbot said:

@zilld2017 said:
For ENSO, I use Xequence AU Pads. Set a slider to Return and it will send out a single CC to trigger Record. It then snaps back and I can use it again to stop Rec and then, depending on the setup, continue to Play or Overdub.
Works great for me, except that—STILL!—Enso crashes fairly consistently when using 4 instances in AUM. Unusable in a performance setting and a giant stain on AudioDamages reputation.

Are you certain it’s Audiodamages fault? I’ve been getting multiple instances of Gauss crashing too, could be a number of reasons.

That's likely still the classic issue with the AUv3 memory ceiling. Once you cross it the plugin will crash without warning. I have already reported that to Apple multiple times, but until they solve it all plugins will suffer from it (and memory-heavy plugins will run into it a lot faster).

But all devices I've tested with were able to run at least 4-5 instances without crashing.

Gavinski

Main thing I would like is to find a way to get this to trigger like you can do with Enso 😂 - ie that Gauss will not be triggered til the start of the next bar, will then record for a set length, say 16 bars for example, then either turn off or switch to overdub. If anyone can see a way to do exactly that easily with one of these midi sequencers etc, a short vid would be greatly appreciated. Must be easy to set up though!

0tolerance4silence

So, you need a looper?

celtic_elk

I guess Mozaic doesn’t qualify as "easy to set up." 😄 That’s probably where I’m heading, in an attempt to build functionality into Gauss (and Enso, soon) that gives me some additional options for loop performance.

gkillmaster

I love this app, but there is a tiny but, and that is that I always feel like I'd like to be able to visualize the loop layers. As is, I have no idea where the first loop and subsequent overdub loops are relative to each other in the loop display.

Carnbot

@brambos said:

@Carnbot said:

@zilld2017 said:
For ENSO, I use Xequence AU Pads. Set a slider to Return and it will send out a single CC to trigger Record. It then snaps back and I can use it again to stop Rec and then, depending on the setup, continue to Play or Overdub.
Works great for me, except that—STILL!—Enso crashes fairly consistently when using 4 instances in AUM. Unusable in a performance setting and a giant stain on AudioDamages reputation.

Are you certain it’s Audiodamages fault? I’ve been getting multiple instances of Gauss crashing too, could be a number of reasons.

That's likely still the classic issue with the AUv3 memory ceiling. Once you cross it the plugin will crash without warning. I have already reported that to Apple multiple times, but until they solve it all plugins will suffer from it (and memory-heavy plugins will run into it a lot faster).

Yeah I'm certain that iOS still has a lot of issues to be addressed

Gavinski

@0tolerance4silence said:
So, you need a looper?

Haha. Look, Bram and Hainbach are certainly within their rights to make this exactly the way their vision demands. And we're within our rights to try to bend their creation to our will 👻

Carnbot

@Gavinski said:

@0tolerance4silence said:
So, you need a looper?

Haha. Look, Bram and Hainbach are certainly within their rights to make this exactly the way their vision demands. And we're within our rights to try to bend their creation to our will 👻

Yes! all the best tools are hackable, I mean the hardware tape loop is already a hack

Gavinski

@Carnbot said:

@Gavinski said:

@0tolerance4silence said:
So, you need a looper?

Haha. Look, Bram and Hainbach are certainly within their rights to make this exactly the way their vision demands. And we're within our rights to try to bend their creation to our will 👻

Yes! all the best tools are hackable, I mean the hardware tape loop is already a hack

Well said 😜

Wrlds2ndBstGeoshredr

@zilld2017 said:
For ENSO, I use Xequence AU Pads. Set a slider to Return and it will send out a single CC to trigger Record. It then snaps back and I can use it again to stop Rec and then, depending on the setup, continue to Play or Overdub.

Works great for me, except that—STILL!—Enso crashes fairly consistently when using 4 instances in AUM. Unusable in a performance setting and a giant stain on AudioDamages reputation.

They don’t seem to care about such stains. They’ve accumulated so many.

lukesleepwalker

@Carnbot said:

@Gavinski said:

@0tolerance4silence said:
So, you need a looper?

Haha. Look, Bram and Hainbach are certainly within their rights to make this exactly the way their vision demands. And we're within our rights to try to bend their creation to our will 👻

Yes! all the best tools are hackable, I mean the hardware tape loop is already a hack

[nods head]

gkillmaster

Would there be a way to show the overdubbed loop regions in the loop speed viewing area? I think it would be most helpful.

Krupa

@brambos any chance of this being installable on Mac? I’m probably just being lazy but I’m making loops in Ableton and this would be perfect for adding a bit more of an organic way to get there…

offbrands

@Krupa said:
@brambos any chance of this being installable on Mac? I’m probably just being lazy but I’m making loops in Ableton and this would be perfect for adding a bit more of an organic way to get there…

Do you use an iPad with Gauss?

Krupa

@offbrands said:

@Krupa said:
@brambos any chance of this being installable on Mac? I’m probably just being lazy but I’m making loops in Ableton and this would be perfect for adding a bit more of an organic way to get there…

Do you use an iPad with Gauss?

Yeah but I’m making tons of loops for a preset pack and don’t really want to deal with all that file wrangling on the iPad…

offbrands

@Krupa said:

@offbrands said:

@Krupa said:
@brambos any chance of this being installable on Mac? I’m probably just being lazy but I’m making loops in Ableton and this would be perfect for adding a bit more of an organic way to get there…

Do you use an iPad with Gauss?

Yeah but I’m making tons of loops for a preset pack and don’t really want to deal with all that file wrangling on the iPad…

Hmm I just found out if you have an iPad connected via Keyboard and Mouse with your Mac you can open Gauss up and click the WAV button to import and drag and drop directly into the file browser that pops up and select the file from there? Makes it semi easier.

Krupa

@offbrands said:

@Krupa said:

@offbrands said:

@Krupa said:
@brambos any chance of this being installable on Mac? I’m probably just being lazy but I’m making loops in Ableton and this would be perfect for adding a bit more of an organic way to get there…

Do you use an iPad with Gauss?

Yeah but I’m making tons of loops for a preset pack and don’t really want to deal with all that file wrangling on the iPad…

Hmm I just found out if you have an iPad connected via Keyboard and Mouse with your Mac you can open Gauss up and click the WAV button to import and drag and drop directly into the file browser that pops up and select the file from there? Makes it semi easier.

Maybe, I’m just hard at the wheel generating stuff in Ableton and wondering if there’s a chance this would ever reach that platform rather than doing workarounds 🙏