Stacks - Granular Looper
John Howes
About this app
- Age 10
- Updated May 26, 2025
- OS IOS
Editor reviews
Stacks - Granular Looper is a creative music app for granular synthesis, looping, and live sound design. Build textured layers, reshape samples in real time, and perform with expressive controls. Ideal for producers, beatmakers, and live performers seeking a fast, intuitive workflow for music production and sound design.
Core features
- Granular engine: slice audio into grains to time-stretch, pitch-shift, and re-sequence without losing groove
- Multi-layer looping: overdub, stack layers, and keep everything tight with tempo sync
- Real-time effects and modulation: sculpt tone with filters, delay, reverb, and automate key parameters for evolving textures
Use cases
- Live performance and improvisation with hands-on loop control
- Sound design for ambient, glitch, and experimental textures
- Fast sketching of ideas and exporting loops for your DAW
Screenshots
Recommanded games
AskAI: Chat to AI
FPA Publications
Dora: Find Real Companionship
Photo EXIF Edit & Metadata
Code Drawer
Neonatal Guide
PerfectPic－Photo Edit・Collage
Everything Machine by Tinybop
Jobstreet: Job Search & Career
AeroVariation
Audio Sauce
Riyaz: Practice, Learn to Sing
Health First Colorado
KitchenCalc Pro Culinary Math
GhostTube Paranormal Videos
How to use:
1. Install and open the app, then set your input and output levels and grant microphone access if you plan to record.
2. Create a new project, set tempo or choose free timing, then record a phrase or import a sample from your library.
3. Enable granular controls and adjust grain size, density, position, and pitch to reshape the sound in real time.
4. Loop and layer by overdubbing additional parts, using mute and solo to balance stacks, and keeping everything in sync.
5. Add effects and simple automation for movement, then save your project or export audio loops for further production or performance.