Darwin Grosse

Not every project is an installation or museum piece. Sometimes, a project will be a software package - and occasionally even a commercial (for-money) project. I consider these packages to be interesting, because they allow us to embrace someone’s development process, but inject our own content into the process.

I’m a big fan of loopers, so when I saw the overview of 

, I jumped right onto the train. This standalone application does a few things that are unusual for Max-based applications, and especially drew me in with its ability to add channels with the click of a button.

As I got further into it, I kept finding new and interesting additions to the looper paradigm. Using channels rather than overdubbing means that you a lot of options for post-recording mixes. The ability to mix live recordings with pre-recorded audio files changes things up, too; it means that you can create hybrid performance systems that can be both controlled and chaotic.

Finally, it puts together a really nice effects routing and mixing system that perfectly aligns with my ideas for a simple-but-effective performance system. Simple channel sends combine with matrix-based routing and cross-mixing (and some really well-implemented effects) to create a fast and fun programming system.

I’m loving this device, and am really glad that it showed up in 

. It is a paid app (it runs 15 euro - but a demo is available), but looping fanatics will find it well worth the investment to try some new ideas in the looping space. Thanks to Granny’s Audio for putting this out!

I’m a big fan of loopers, so when I saw the overview of vStack, I jumped right onto the train. This standalone application does a few things that are unusual for Max-based applications, and especially drew me in with its ability to add channels with the click of a button.

I’m loving this device, and am really glad that it showed up in our Projects gallery. It is a paid app (it runs 15 euro - but a demo is available), but looping fanatics will find it well worth the investment to try some new ideas in the looping space. Thanks to Granny’s Audio for putting this out!


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Not played with it at all, but that's a really great waveform~ display!

Thank you Rodrigo, I really appreciate it!

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