Fluss - Granular Playground App Reviews

Dissapointed. Can’t hear the output no matter what. Tried closing the app, restarting my device, redownloading and nothing.

Interesting. First day v1.0.1. Only a few hours in. I’m sure I’ll learn more about how to use the synth with experimentation. But some things I’d like: more control. A limit on the panning, filter & scan speed, similar to the way “faders” can be limited. I would also love a way to draw in a line & separate the orbs in the octave/pitch XY pad, having one oscillator “locked” in a row or column (or diagonally), free from interruption with the movement of the other 2. Lastly a way to assign “play heads” that can be triggered by an external controller (I started using the .wav file like a drum pad by tapping different locations, if that makes any sense) Thanks for a very creative experience.

Different. This is a very different and innovative granular synthesis app I’ve been playing around with it for a few hours and feel I’ve barely scratched the surface

Very Impressive (after exploring). Initially I was not impressed by this. Usually I am underwhelmed, as an iphone developer, by gimmicky new ways to slide your fingers across the “no-so-precise” touchscreen of apples generalized 40pxl radius to work with. This usually makes it so apps like this are good in theory or on paper but not so great in experience. No so with Fluss. I was going about my initial use of this all wrong, trying to maintain consistent control instead of letting go. This tool will help you let the process just flow or .. fluss. Good Job from Bram and bach with this one.

good. this is pretty good, i made sounds with it

It could be perfect, but not quite there yet. Fantastic fun music app - such an idea generator! My biggest complaint is twofold: 1. You can’t SAMPLE.. yet this is supposed to be a granular sampler. Having to load wav files from your iOS File explorer is a pain and should be an option. Please add a “sample” button that activates the microphone on your iOS device (see Andrew Huang’s “Flip” for reference). 2. There needs to be preset browser arrows to page through your presets without having to open the pop-up browser window. Fix those two glaring issues, and you’ll have a 5-star review. Even if you don’t make a proper desktop version for your DAW.

So cool. Simple interface, yet endless sound possibilities - with instant randomization of settings by just giving the iPhone a little shake. The magic of granular synthesis easily accessible for musicians of all experience levels.

Fluss is cool. I recently discovered using it as an input processor effect, and we tried it on my friends violin. We got the coolest lush shimmer going. Definitely worth having for granular opportunities.

Instabuy! Ambient madness.. First impression, this is a lot of fun and a bit out of control. In a good way. Thank you, Bram and Herr Hainbach for another lovely tool for the toolbox. Edit: some of these presets are worth the app price alone.

iPhone 12 Betaware!. Update: Actually, it DOES NOT. It says import wave files standalone and AUv3. That’s a long way from stating that it’s an AUv3 instrument ONLY and has broken features because of small-minded designers. Don’t worry, I won’t waste my money on your products in the future. ———— Terribly hard to read on iPhone 12. Actually, impossible to read. Genetic defect in all developers to use too small to ‘comfortably’ read. It’s called eyestrain. There’s plenty on room to use readable font. It won’t play in the background and it resets to default settings if put in the background! Junk designed on the iPhone! Apparently standalone mode can’t play audio in the background and has no setting even, at least that I can find. Nor is such in the embarrassing dumb design, the cheap block of pages like found in cheap $30 DVD box. Search is next to useless, dah! And, again, it’s too small. iPhone UI wastes way too much space. As far as iPhone 12 this is betaware and embarrassing poor design. Sound experimentation with granular sound synthesis is very good as is the quality of presets provided. But for iPhone 12 UI design, is very lacking. Very embarrassing from what was a fairly reliable group. Not anymore.

Another Great 😊 Bram. Super fun makes a granular not so daunting. To the guy who reviewed saying you can’t sample just load it into a effects slot in AUM if that’s your choice like me. It can sample any auv3 app if loaded into effects and make sure to choose fluss recorder au. That’s all I got for now. Well worth the price imho ! Keep on keepin on guys!

Very Fun!. Overall, this is an amazing implementation of granular synthesis. Fluss is very fun to use and the integration with the touch interface toward modulation is particularly innovative. That said, the more I like it, the more I want Fluss2! Specifically, I would love more clock and tempo syncing options, particularly around when grains are triggered (like on Beads). But also, when using Fluss as a processor, some more visualization of the buffer, playback head speed, and modulation, in terms of tempo rather than time. The quantizer also begs for more visualization. I’d love to see the boundaries shown in the XY control for notes! And if that gets too keyboard-y and not Buchla enough, you could make the boundaries into shapes, or even allow the user to change the layout to keep it super creative. Basically keeping the fun randomness, but allowing for a biiiiiit more control, when desired. Further, while the touch interface is very innovative, I found it a bit sensitive. Very easy to cause the controls to move too fast. You can use the friction control to slow things down, but that seems to slow everything down. Would be nice to have a global friction and a separate sensitivity option so flicking a slider could only apply a maximum amount of force. Lastly, being able to apply modulation to a specific play head would be huge. So one head could be making bigger grains and another smaller, for example. Well done!

Lots of fun noise. Intuitive controls, fun to play around with, and lots of unique sounds. Really happy with it so far.

This thing mangles your sound, and I’m here for it!. One use for this app is to take original compositions and put a unique twist on them. Another is to use your voice (or someone else’s) and warp it into who-knows-what? It is possible to record sounds directly into the app, although I tend to prefer using existing sound files. This thing is a bloomin’ playground! Great for soundscapes, which I’m only now later in life starting to experiment with. I am nowhere near fluent with granular synths, so reading others’ comments regarding improvements and alterations is interesting to me — stuff I never thought of. But I’m going with a win-win on this one — and you can’t go wrong with the price point, either!

A very intuitive granular. Fluss works, at least for me, because like so much of Hainbach’s corpus, it’s grounded in tactile concepts: rebounding particles, tape loops, slow, slow, SLOW time. If that’s what you’re after, it’s a great tool for creating evolving spatial and temporal textures. That said, I can’t give it five stars because of a GLARING (to me anyway) flaw: it stops playing audio if you put it in the background. This means I can’t use an external plugin (like Lines or Filterjam, or BlindEQ) along with it, and that’s exactly what I want to do with it. That said, if you aren’t looking to multitask with it on the ipad, it’s a great means to that glitchy but also soft focus sound.

Brilliant!. This the most creative and unique iOS music production app to come out in a while! Though there’s nothing like it, it’s very easy to get your head around. It works equally well as an FX processor with live audio as a sound generation source from sample manipulation. Thanks Hainbach and Bram Bos …..this is brilliant!

Excellent. Infinite soundscape possibilities. If you like experimental granular sonics, then this app is for you. It’s perfect for the kind of stuff I like to mess with—gritty ambient rolling soundscapes with plenty of modulation. The modulation possibilities with Fluss are nearly infinite and bring new dimensions to my library of samples. One of the best music making apps of the year!

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨. Very awesome app can you Please add recording ability from the internal microphone

it’s great. yes, sounds wonderful

What a lovely instrument. Can I add more than 5 stars?. Bram / Hainbach, This instrument is a literal blast to play with and explore sounds you’d never think of to make on your own. I know it’s technically an app, but it’s so playable, so musical. I’m happy to know there’s still iOS Apps being developed utilizing the touch screen format in this fun/intuitive way. It’s how apps should be on these touch screen devices. Well done. I nearly fell off my bed when I shook the app and everything bounced around. Brilliant! Can’t wait to see if another collab comes out! If so, maybe Nuclear Drums? Atomic Loops? I don’t know what that means or what I’m saying. But it’s staying on this comment. If that brings any inspiration then dope! Thank you for this and again, well done! Cheers.

Beautiful app, I wish I could use it in my DAW. I love playing around with this amazing app. The sounds they give you to use are great. That said, I wish I could incorporate this easily into my Logic workflow (yea, I know there are ways but it all seems quite complicated to be honest). Any chance we could get a plugin version of this?

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Brilliant AF. The sound manipulation possibilities and the app's ease of use are simply unique. You could get lost in a short sample for an hour and hear it as a new sound with every parameter change. Brains and ambiance/musicality in action!

Best music app I’ve ever used. I recently experienced a serious injury, and I have been unable to play my normal instruments. This app has brought back the joy of making music for me. Thank you for making something so beautiful and brilliant!

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