Koala Sampler Tutorial - EP 19 - Updated Looping & EQ Features

In todays episode I look at the new looping and EQ features added to Koala Sampler. Enjoy
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[@besone179]

Great video, just a heads up I found that if you double tap and hold the eq dot with one finger it lets you change the Q without the point moving up or down. I find it more convenient than the 2 finger method. Cheers✌🏾

[@nervouscooks]

Nice!! Thanks for that! 👍

[@730productionsllc]

Koala is fine the way it is. The eq is perfect.

[@MegaToneProductions]

Who updates the backgrounds he has sold because he cares? The best type of person! Respect Due.

[@ibrahimmajeed2564]

human greed is a specimen of its own, koala is not supposed to overwhelm you like a full fledge daw but its effective enough to be a daw thats the point of the dev, good job at pointing that out lol

[@thekeysman6760]

I think the point of the dev is to keep it like the MPC hardware or the Boss SP-303. The sequencers of these are more basic than a daw. Daws aren't "supposed to overwhelm you", they are supposed to have all the facilities we have expected of them for the last 25+ years, which include facilities for other production mediums too. Coming from Logic since the 90s, the Koala sequencer is just fine for this stuff imo. And we're spoilt with bonuses like the stem algorithm! 😁

[@Fecho33]

Im with you my friend, i love the simple and amazing koala, lots of people needs would be solved if they work in ableton, koala is a sampler, it would be a shame if it looses its dna, i have maschine, ableton and a couple other tools, but for some reason koala triggers some cool creativity in me, without having to spend a lot of money and time learning a new workflow with things like the sp404.

[@nervouscooks]

Yeah absolutely. If it evolves beyond a point it would just become another DAW with too much choice/options. I’ve got Ableton for when I want to get lost in plugins and technical stuff. Koalas genius it’s down to its simplicity. Don’t get me wrong there’s room to evolve but I think it should evolve carefully and keep its spirit! 👍

[@anjovimusic]

DAAAAAaaamn! that 2nd loop point is huge for creating instruments. Didn't even notice it LMAO! thanks for sharing

[@thekeysman6760]

Crossfade is for creating nice synth notes for nicer synth pad chords, imo.

[@nervouscooks]

That’s definitely a way to use it! 👍

[@jscruffins8767]

dude i just cringed so hard watching you loop half a waveform. that said these videos are awesome and i appreciate you making them, thanks for going into all the details.

[@GrimyGrafhic]

Making you wake you early, tell your girlie turn my tape up. - Artifacts - “Art of Facts” Big chune!!!! Informative video. Thank you.

[@bananepoep]

Thanks you explained that very well I like how the creator is trying to keep this app intuitive and simple to use but very powerful. This is my most used app I just love it 🙌

[@nervouscooks]

Thank you!! 👍

[@creamfiend84]

The eq feature finally arrived, allowed me to enhance and clean up a lot of my beat files 👍🏿 Also would love to see it incorporated to the whole mix like what perform does.

[@C0llinsW0rth.]

OMG BOUNCE; I had no idea that's what it was doing. than you so much! That alone is worth the sub!

[@nervouscooks]

Glad I could help!! 👍

[@DizzyMakavelli]

I’m glad they give you a option to turn the EQ off. This function make my old device drop some FPS. 😂

[@nervouscooks]

😂😂

[@jtrskaos]

Exactly what was missing, hope it updates the mac version too.

[@johnnygoodyear270]

Good tut and more than fair comments. Thanks.

[@wulftif]

Your videos are awesome! Thanks for sharing all your knowledge :) Do you have any tips for mixing? My mix sounds alright in koala but as soon as I export a scene, especially low end starts clipping.

[@nervouscooks]

I find if I want to do any serious mixing I still stem out to Ableton or similar. The only things I can think of would be watch your overall volume. You can definitely clip out if everything is too loud. Maybe bring all your pads/sequences down a bit for the headroom. The other thing would be to bring in a few tracks you like from other artists that you think are mixed well, open up the EQ and take a look at the spectrum. There’s no freeze but you could probably take a screenshot whilst it’s playing and just look at what db/frequencies are like. Then you can try and get your own track to have a similar frequency range. It is very tricky in Koala to get that last mix right. I don’t want Koala to be flooded with new features but a standard mixing window with sliders and db meters would be great for checking levels. 🙂

[@wulftif]

@@nervouscooks Thank you so much for your tips, I appreciate it! :) I totally agree - the limitations in Koala are exactly why I love this app. A small 8 channel mixer would be awesome though haha

[@nervouscooks]

@@wulftif absolutely 👍 😂

[@frankieeager1215]

Great videos my man! Could you do one about finding bpm's for samples to match the beat?

[@nervouscooks]

I’ve just uploaded a video doing just that! Episode 21 👍

[@frankieeager1215]

@@nervouscooks Thank you! Keep up the videos they are very well made! 👍

[@thekeysman6760]

So what happens to old projects that used the 'Tone' fader...? 🤔 Edit. Oh, we still have it. Doh.

[@nervouscooks]

I’m assuming there is no issue as the tone fader still exists and hasn’t been removed. 🙂

[@TheChameleon2008]

Why not use the ipad in landscape? then the pads will be square again and guess will line up again but i guess in the future the theme3s wont line up in horizontal vs vertical.

[@laughingthrushmusic5269]

Is your ipad 11 or 12.9?

[@Midiroom-vu4ig]

How do you update to get the eq band??? Help

[@nervouscooks]

Are you Android or iOS? I can only speak for iOS, I went into the App Store, looked at purchased apps and refreshed and got the option to update. I don’t know on Android.

[@tzodearf2596]

Is EQ an iOS thing only? I'm on Android and have Samurai but no EQ... I wish I could sell my ZenBeats to the whiners. Koala is supa dupa for a $4 app.

[@false-set]

No option to manually updade?

[@wwddwi2183]

Bro get you a used ipad 8th generation. Koala is the only reason I got on iOS. Life changer🎉 This app is growing, take advantage.

[@nervouscooks]

I assumed it was available for Android but I have no way of testing it. Let me check the Facebook group and see if I can find an answer. It was obvious on iOS, I had to refresh my App Store etc to get the update to show.

[@tonyrickerby4454]

@@nervouscooks its available as an update,i just got it

[@tzodearf2596]

​@@nervouscooks I have to free up memory that's probably why it didn't update

[@BB-mt5sb]

Hey man, good overview. It would be awesome if you started uploading videos in 60fps for better bitrate/quality on YT.

[@nervouscooks]

It’s on my list as things grow but at the moment I’m working with limited equipment as far as cameras go etc. I’m hoping if the channel grows I’ll be able to invest more in equipment. 👍

[@terryriley6410]

It doesn't really matter. The audio will be the same for 60fps and only his hand movements would be a bit smoother, doesn't worth the cost of upgrading cameras just for that.

[@BB-mt5sb]

@@terryriley6410 Video quality would be better, mate. Look into how the yt compression works regarding the bitrate/resolution/fps.

[@terryriley6410]

@@BB-mt5sb I understand, I'm saying that in this case it is fairly irrelevant. Look into what "diminishing returns" means.

[@BB-mt5sb]

@@terryriley6410 Except you said only the movements would be smoother..