TatzumaKiii - koala masterclass - interview and beat breakdown

Interview with Koala Legend TatzumaKii about his approach to making music, his new release and a beat breakdown from his forthcoming release.
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(all music in video made by TatzumaKiii himself!)
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CONTENTS
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - what was your first exposure to music?
1:59 - what got you into making music?
4:06 - how did you find your style?
6:52 - what are you working on?
10:04 - how to start a track?
12:57 - where do you get your sounds from?
16:19 - what about the koala community?
20:18 - beat breakdown

[@williambozarth]

wow. This is cool! Big up Marek. Big up Tatzumakiii. love from Per Locus.

[@NewDave]

This was exactly what I needed to hear. We need more people like him to give their story. This was really encouraging.

[@thegroove2000]

Yes Marek. keep up the good work man.

[@edzielinski]

Fantastic. TatzumaKiii is inspiring and so generous. 🙏 🔥

[@Xenon_Chameleon]

Love Tatzumakii's beats. Glad to see a masterclass from him.

[@philth_spector]

This dope! Looking forward to more of these.

[@liquidgroove]

Such a great interview and breakdown. Big up Tatzumakiii for such openness. Look forward to ore of these!

[@marcpaters0n]

Super inspiring interview. 🔥🔥🔥

[@koalacreativecommunity]

Tatzu the best ambassador

[@funksmaname]

That was dope! Tatz is such a nice dude! Love the experimental stuff, he’s really found his sound quickly (thanks to koala!)… looking forward to the double drop coming soon (I hope!) … big up koala gang!

[@noartifacts1983]

A true koala black belt. So insightful , inspiring and unique. Thank you for your time! I am definitely inspired to go make music!

[@InstantlyDistant]

Big up! Great to hear from this Koala samurai

[@djhussa1]

Tatzuuuuu!!! Great interview, droppin knowledge always. Big ups bro! 👊🏼🐨

[@strongmaurice1364]

big tatzu! making my morning beat while listening to this. thanks for the inspiration!

[@korrypaige5754]

Noice! Big shouts to Tatz and Marek on this one!😎

[@tzodearf2596]

Thanks for the EQ and looper, chance and keyboard features, the Basic sounds and sample library functionality.

[@DerekMcCullar]

Very inspiring, and lifting up of the community

[@ouyubeats]

This is a great interview. super inspiring to see how other producers use Koala. Thanks!

[@lumm71]

Great to see this artists showing their workflows with Koala. This is very inspiring. Thanks so much!

[@Taeodoestech]

This is great! Thank you Marek! Tatzu’s debut is some of the freshest beat-music I’ve heard in a minute, def can hear the flylo/brainfeeder influence and the footwork sensibilities. If Low End Theory was still poppin’, no doubt he’d be playing there! Starting with textures first, is such a clutch way to end up at a place all your own before you’ve even laid down your first instrument.

[@Taeodoestech]

There’s a new weekly in La, called Scenario808 hosted by some of the same residents as Low End. Hopefully we’ll be seeing a Tatzu set there soon!

[@Taeodoestech]

Also, would be cool to get Remi from Koala Beatcast on!

[@DOMCRUZMUSIC]

this gave me so much perspective 🙏🏽 gems

[@djtrakakadrunkpoet8598]

Dope story . Can’t wait to hear your music 🤜🏿🤜🏿💯🔥

[@discowolf25]

Man said it right away. I couldn’t stress this more. My intro was literally a 303 (r after donut’s came out I saved up and got it). Limitations are amazing. They’re good for you.

[@joninio6542]

Soooo interesting. I could listen to this guy all day. And the way he talks with his hands, like he's using an Air-pad with a virtual app. Magic. Inspirational Guru. Thanks.

[@eddesong]

This interview is frickin awesome.

[@dustyohms2645]

Big up TatzumaKii, beast on Koala. Look forward to more of these.

[@blackumfolo6675]

Fantastic interview on one of the most creative/ most supportive people in this game. Big thangs!

[@SupahDupahBeats]

This is dope. SALUTE! 🙌🏽🐨

[@baer_of_sidechain]

Fire interview, Tatzu the Legend!

[@ryanc1451]

This is fucking dope

[@elyelosss]

Ma G, Tatzuuu!!🔥

[@NIQUADO]

Dope video.

[@deekbeats]

Super dope!!!

[@SkeeterMelody]

Awesome🎶💯

[@MushyBrainBeats]

Dude is killing it !

[@jigawatt7126]

11:14 is pure gold about the drums

[@haszoka]

thanks mate I missed that

[@doomknocker]

Very very cool interview

[@RijoBeats]

TatzumaKii a 🐐 Inspiring af big homie

[@beardedelephant3023]

Very dope

[@SwiftDreamer]

Super dope

[@UwU777UwU]

Dope that the drum loop isn’t perfectly looped, adding a unique rhythm to the beat but still not sounding off when all the other elements are added

[@ElanBrio]

Dope my guy is so talented

[@REAL6]

Dope

[@eu-iv]

💜

[@grimylordkez]

Yessir!!!

[@williambozarth]

do Dasgoods next!

[@elfaudio]

Where in the world is he?

[@williambozarth]

@@elfaudio Colchester

[@koalacreativecommunity]

🔥🔥🔥

[@IHaveTheSause]

this man seem dope asf

[@krazywabbit]

Thanks for the tip on the Chinese balls. I have one sitting here and almost got rid of them. Time to test it out. Great stuff!

[@madeINaBATHtub]

I haven’t seen anyone else show their full workflow since I got into koala mad long ago but it looks like we in very similar places. I guess this confirms I’m not totally screwing it up lol jk dope sound man. Love the bounce n the off time kick n open hh.

[@PeterPepper93]

I wanna do an interview like this, elf audio please give me the steps i need to provide to you 👍 Great insight of references, skills and mindset

[@user-li1mo9bx8g]

竜巻🔥🔥🔥🌪🌪🌪🌪

[@BenWellby]

Wow! There’s so much inspiration to be gleaned from this interview. Thanks @tatzumakiii

[@SLPGroundSoundMusic]

👍🏼

[@MrBEnIbb]

Would be so great if there would be a really fast sequencer option, where you press on a sample and then can press on one of the 16(64) samples to set a note, like 606, Volca Sample, etc. would be little faster and intuitive, good Interview btw

[@Soul_of_]

Great interview 🔥🎵🔈🖖🏽

[@woundedhealer3836]

Thanks for this masterclass! Can you guys suggest to marek to add an option to select all pads in the sample section so i don't have to turn down the volume of each pad individually? Just like the Undo button in the sample section, if I cut, in the auto-chop a sample on 16 pads and want to go back, I can't and I have to start all over again. I appreciate that. This app is incredilbe, i already have the samurai upgrade.

[@GrimmieBakers]

Sheeesh

[@darumabeats]

yo tatzu!

[@squeezysqueeze]

someone making sushi in the background lol

[@eudon2000]

How does he get everything in key?

[@ashleyprincewashington2130]

Koala can you please upgrade your stem separation quality

[@jadanoliver6237]

How do you handle audio buffering with koala?

[@elfaudio]

What do you mean by audio buffering?

[@jadanoliver6237]

@@elfaudio that which effects audio latency

[@elfaudio]

It doesn’t add any more latency than the OS, it sends the audio out as fast as the OS can receive it. Usually in buffers of 96 or 256 samples. The OS will add some latency due to hardware and scheduling. iOS will take around 9ms. On android it varies massively.

[@ashleyprincewashington2130]

Koala can you please upgrade your stem separation quality !!!!

[@elfaudio]

Better than akai MPC stem separation? DONE!

[@ashleyprincewashington2130]

@@elfaudio wow that be fantastic 💯🔥😜

[@mazbox]

@@ashleyprincewashington2130 idk if you heard, but akai's stem separation on the mpc is definitely, defintely not as good as koala. (as in non-existent)

[@allieboy181]

Y'all need to upgrade the keyboard and add scales. What good is using a sample on it if I cant pick a particular key? It only has major and minor lol kinda useless

[@elfaudio]

From day 1 koala has 10 scales. Major, minor, pentatonic, chromatic, whole tone, diminished etc. can’t think of any scales I missed.

[@allieboy181]

@@elfaudio I guess what I mean is, If I set the keyboard to the major scale how do I play in a particular key when there's no key to select from?

[@elfaudio]

@@allieboy181 you can just change the pitch knob of the sample! That will change the key. I could put a second pitch knob by the keyboard but that would be duplicating functionality and I would have to make the keyboard even smaller than it already is to accommodate

[@elfaudio]

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this haha

[@allieboy181]

@@elfaudio well what I usually do for a bass sample is i have to duplicate it many times and change the pitch on all of them to the correct notes in the scale I'm working in. That's a pain.

[@eddiemurray4425]

Ｐｒⓞм𝕠𝕤𝐌