Koala Pocket Sampler App FULL Tutorial

In this video we go through a full tutorial for the great Koala pocket sampler.
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[@patrickbodine1300]

Timing is everything. *IF* I had gotten this app just a year ago, I could have saved hundreds of dollars! But now I have gear that I can use *with* this app in ways unheard of until recently. Thank you for this tutorial!

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

That’s awesome and many thanks 🙏

[@klaytonvonkluge4905]

Lol I know @Patrick Bodine I bought 500+ dollar Maschine Mk3, basically to do what I do with Koala , about year prior ! Ah , well, we live , learn, and bite the bullet !

[@trevormalcolm4328]

When you walked on with the akai sampler I just thought “aahhh! Memories!” 👌🏽👍🏽🇬🇧

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

I know right, sitting in front of it on the floor with the manual and a series of floppy discs and LOVING IT!! How time and memory flies! now I have a 1TB ssd that is smaller than an Apple Magic Mouse!!

[@hawk2million]

Brilliant tutorial, thanks so much. I watched the creator's tutorials and although they were also great he didn't make it very clear how simple it was to string samples together. You've helped me come on leaps and bounds! Subbed. X

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

You're very welcome and glad it helped. 👍🏻

[@dhaferkoheji3572]

Fantastic tutorial JP God bless your shoes 🙏 Learned the whole thing better than the software developers tutorial. You lay things out so intuitively sweet and simple which is what we need rather than 95% of the content on KZbin tutorials that either confuse you more or made the tutorial to discuss themselves. Much appreciated 🙏

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Glad it was helpful! I appreciate that so much 🙏

[@wul01]

With the import from video option you can easily sample from utube, by Doing a screen record. Brilliant app.

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Thats a gooood question!

[@wul01]

JohnPaul Music UK it’s not a question, it can be done.

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Wow! Cool but weird!

[@klaytonvonkluge4905]

I love elf audio and koala , just wish it was a bit more powerful. Particularly in regards to the normalization and stem splitting quality

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Definitely give them the feedback on their website 👍🏻

[@quintinspina4270]

Is there no way to edit a clip with like a normal piano roll?? And can you not draw in notes?

[@pfatalbert]

Double tap into the recorded piano icon - in the middle sequence section

[@hanseder423]

best video tutroial for koala thanks

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Many thanks 🙏

[@hagenpresser8721]

thank's john paul, another great video

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@3stig]

Thank you very much for this great demo 👍🏼😎

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

You are very welcome 🙏🏻

[@semyonboyk0]

Brilliant tutorial, thank you!

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

You are more than welcome 🙏 Have a look at this playlist- kzbin.info/aero/PLO36LpORUSaa2hQEKtoW-FyuhOBCwlfRs

[@Bricks_shakur]

Great tutorial gave me Andy Mack vibes

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Haha wow! That’s a compliment. I’ll take that! Thank you. 🙏

[@hArtyTruffle]

Very helpful indeed. Thanks 🙏 subbed for sure 👍🏼

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Awesome. Thanks 🤩

[@clementpimentmusic]

Thanks JP, very intersting as usual. With the mic can you record playing instruments (guitar, piano and others)? Is it still worth getting a proper looper pedal (like an RC-505 or others) with all this evolving technology? Would you say this is the future of sampling/looping ?

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Hey 👋 Your gonna HATE my answer - it depends. It totally depends on what you want to do. If you want to trigger pre-recorded stuff then sampling is the way to go, if you want to record and “loop” yourself live, then.. well.. looping is the. Way to go. They are separate things but there are some blurred lines. For me.. I have gigged and made money with the looper app on my phone and the same with hardware. I know lots of musicians who have boss pedals - and I know loads who use an app on their phone or iPad - it’s down to some serious preferences on what you want your setup to be and HOW you want it to be and what you want it to do. Hardware wise - checkout the Aeros Loop Studio (amazing new loop pedal) - Headrush Looperboard (that’s what I have now and is a monster that outdated Boss IMO) - TC-Helicon Voicelive Touch 2 or voicelive 3 and of course the boss RC range or if you want a simple one phrase looper, Boss ve-8, ditto, RC-1, there are loads.. I’ve even seen some amps now that have a 30sec one phrase looper built in! Software / app wise look at - LoopyHD, Quantiloop, AudioKit L7 looper, Again IMO they are the top three Loop apps but the list goes on.. My best advice is figure out what you want to loop wether it is a guitar, voice, keyboards etc or a mixture and then figure out how many phrases or loops you need or want and then look at what is out there based on your budget. The great thing about the apps are they are really cheap in comparison to hardware loopers however you then end up spending more money on things like foot controllers or extra equipment to make that work. Hardware is more expensive initially but then they normally have more control and less set up time but can be limiting due to lack of firmware updates. Sorry this response is long but I wanted to give you my full in-depth view. Get a piece of paper and a pen sketch out what you want your setup to look like. Hope this helps 👍🏻

[@clementpimentmusic]

@@JohnPaulMusicUK I was expecting the "it depends" but not all the rest, so I actually absolutely LOVE your very detailed answer. Thank you so much for taking the time to summarise and advise, it definitly helps. Thanks again.

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

You’re welcome. There’s so much out there and happy to talk about it.. its my passion. 👍🏻

[@mikedun3065]

This was a amazing video , I am able to understand the app much better also the beat you made was cool could we get a mp3.

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Hey Mike. Awww thanks 🙏 Haha. Should I release it or use It in a bigger song then? Hehe. The app has had some improvements since making this video. Hope you enjoy. 👍🏻

[@YAOG]

Downloading it now. How bad is the latency? I usually run into latency issues with app looping type software. I haven't finished watching the video yet, but so far it's great. Thanks.

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

It’s not a looping app.. it’s a sampling app. Latency.. zero.

[@YAOG]

@@JohnPaulMusicUK I'm sorry John, and please excuse my ignorance, but can you explain the difference? I appreciate your time.

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

No worries Yaog. A looper is a recording device where you create something by recording and then singing or playing directly in, live without stopping.. you can use a looper with sampled sounds instead of live sounds but those sounds are not normally stored in the looper.. they would come from somewhere else.. like a sampler. A sampler is where you sample snippets of sounds first and then play them or trigger them back. A sampler stores a library of your sounds to bring up and then use. In this app it also has a sequencer which is just triggering those pre recorded sounds in the order that you want by using midi commands to tell the sampler which samples it wants and when. Hope that makes sense.

[@onejreaper2420]

Brilliant mate. Thanks

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Welcome 🙏

[@Mack12.]

Thanks JP!

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

You are welcome Mack 🙏

[@issiewizzie]

hey the good old days of the açai sampler.. Koala is the sp404 in app form

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

ahhh the sp404.. nicely put

[@MultiMam12345]

Awesome app, needs basic pattern editing.

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Its great! Get in contact with eld audio and let them know. 👍🏻

[@allieboy181]

So how does the keyboard work with an actual sample of a bass note? You can't select a key,.only the scale, What good is the scale with key selection?

[@Ian-gw2vx]

Great tutorial. It's a shame you can't have effects on individual tracks, not the whole mix.

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

That would be a great addition. Maybe consider email the people who develop it to see if that could be done. You never know 🤞

[@TheChameleon2008]

yea, i have tried to get it working by looping a sample/sound and put it in hold so that it keeps playing and then i try to adjust the effects and when i try to copy the sound to a new slot is when it gets weird ;)

[@MusicWizard85]

You can by resampling!

[@onejreaper2420]

can you add Chords to this like the machine mk3 and they have also a pad you can move your finger up and down to create effects. also can you make the fruit effects something we can use to record on a pad with as well, and not just perform with. the edit on this is really quick and easy its brilliant. but could you have an option where you could move the pointer to a certain part of a sample? cause sometimes it takes ages to play through the Whole sample. oh one last thing...when I put this app on split screen so I can record KZbin you can't press the buttons no more it goes all weird. could you sort that out if that's OK. Thanks for a great App

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Wow.. you have so many great ideas for this app. I would suggest reach out the Koala team and see if they can bring some of those features into it on an update!

[@wignallyt]

Great video. Thank you!

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Your welcome - the new update makes it even better!! :-)

[@shyborc]

Hi very helpful video was wondering am I able to sample songs from my phone's music library without any special ad ons I would like to sample directly from my ph.s music library

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

You wont be able to directly pul the files from the phone into Koala but if you have a copy of the songthat has come from a computer, save them to the files app on iOS or look at pulling it from using something like audioShare (a brilliant app) and then you will be able to import them from there. If it is Apple Music or a subscription based service, then you wont be able to.

[@NotYourUncleRuckus]

You can but not On a Apple phone

[@dontageevamonquaise7423]

is it possible to sample something like a Korg Volca directly to koala from the Volca headphone output direct to the app on an ipad or are you stuck with the mic? nobody would seriously be able to get anything usable via an onboard mic..I keep trying to sample direct audio but not having any success...to me it could never replace the immediacy I get with my Roland SP404SX but people are trumpeting Koala as a better sampler....what am I doing wrong? I want to like Koala but am struggling

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Hey Son 👋 With the Volca range it’s all about 3.5mm jacks (headphone ports). What I would do it use a 3.5mm to 1/4” stereo splitter and input that into an audio interface that is connected to the iOS device. This way you get a higher quality and you can also send the signal (of koala) to speakers - you can pick up an audio interface really cheaply (around £40/£50) and just need that splitter cable.

[@init-crioxica]

How about realtime effects? They cover the whole track, which makes the sound not very pleasant, I would like the bass to continue playing without the influence of such effects as the stutter, your video was released quite a long time ago and a lot has changed after many updates, can you contact support on this important issue? Many thanks for this great tutorial, thank you!

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Yeah maybe it’s time for an updated video.

[@jonnyhead]

Great tutorial 👍👍

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Thanks 🙏

[@andywason3414]

Excellent! I just downloaded this app to my android galaxy, and your tutorial has saved me a ton of time. Is there anyway to hook up a midi keyboard or an mpk or mpd device to my phone or tablet? Thanks!

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Aww you are more than welcome. Yes, there is. It’s midi compliant so with the right adapter you can plug in a midi keyboard and it should understand it. 👍🏻

[@pulpobazamte786]

Hola gracias por el.video una pregunta.como.paso mi sampler al cubassis 3 por audio??

[@koalacreativecommunity]

Awesome video

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

You are welcome 🙏

[@Khordmaster]

Dope video JP! I just subscribed! I just put out a video on the koala samplers new features in a new update. Have you had a chance to check those out?!?!?

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Not yet.. on my todo list. Hehe

[@Khordmaster]

@@JohnPaulMusicUK haha. A little something to look forward to!

[@thegroove2000]

The akai is badass and Koala can't do what the akai can. I'll have it if your so happy with koala. I also use Koala and it is fun and fast but missing a lot.

[@thegroove2000]

Also sampling thru the onboard mic sounds hidious. I wont use it.

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Haha. I hear ya. Was just a little tongue and cheek at the beginning showing how far weve come from dedicated hardware to basically an app on your phone.

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

And yeah.. I would plug in an audio interface with a mic.

[@dafingaz]

Nice!

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Thanks 🙏

[@dafingaz]

No problem!

[@nigelreadon8381]

this won't work on my windows PC i followed the instrustions.

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

It works on iOS, android and mac. its not currently available on Windows PC

[@SirMalikCobra]

Anybody experience the sequences not starting at bar 1 when you touch one to transition to another? If so how do you fix that?

[@SirMalikCobra]

@moonbears I thought I was the only one…

[@komatoce]

So I had the same issue but how I went about it was just making sure that both sequences have the same amount of bars. Just hit the double up button if u have to. Not sure if u figured it out yet but thought I’d comment just in case.

[@aikighost]

Nah come on man the old akai S/Z and MPCs can do all sort of stuff this app cant (and isnt meant to as its meant to be fast and simple), like layers, sample per key, synthesis, etc. Beatmaker 3 however... well thats a full sampler studio in a single app basically.

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

I know.. i know.. 🤣 It was a little bit of a cheeky intro. 👍🏻 I know there is a-lot more to it but the S/Z range was very daunting to loads of people and for most was completely out of their grasp. BM3 is a MONSTER of an app and is amazing, no doubt or argument there. The developer of Koala Sampler is looking for constructive feedback - maybe an opportunity to add features they haven’t thought off and get it even more powerful. 👍🏻 Thanks for posting. 👍🏻

[@aikighost]

@@JohnPaulMusicUK If I would add one thing to the koalla app it would be edit/mute/solo sequence layers. Also maybe a couple of FX sends for reverb and delay per pad.

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Awesome! Let them know here : www.elf-audio.com/contact.php Tell them I sent you. 👍🏻

[@jajaj33]

This is better

[@practicallysocial]

Does it still work even when you don't have the internet?

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Yes the app can be used completely offline. 👍🏻

[@mikedevlin2048]

The bass beat at the start of your jingle is WAY TOO LOUD....

[@JohnPaulMusicUK]

Thanks for letting me know Mike. I’ll look at getting it resolved for the next video. 👍🏻

[@trapbeatproducer]

omg you’re poisoning my ears bye