Making a beat with Koala Sampler - Chops 101

[@natepuza]

that tip about holding down clear and pressing a pad to clear it in a sequence just changed my life

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

yeah I didn't know about it at first either, it's a game changer! You can also remove a single note if you record that note over again and then hit undo. That used to work, anyway, and that's how I would clear before I realized you can hit clear + pad

[@FeelLykeWise]

oh wow this is a game changer forsure I'd just clear and redo all

[@wasimoto_7540]

Two years later, your comment changed my life. Why they don't explain this stuff in the app?! haha anyways thanks for the vid and comment

[@patrickbodine1300]

Bravo!😀👍 I hook my android phone with koala installed to my nts-1 and mangle the crap out of all of my samples to get my sounds. I barely know what I am doing, but having a blast doing it! Thanks for the tips.

[@shropmedia]

Love the style you have for teaching! Thank you.

[@drumthony]

El ChopO is great bro well done!!

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

Thank you bro ! 🙌

[@kutuzov79]

Top, please give us more, learned so much from it

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

Thanks Denis! I have more on the way 👍

[@TheIsolatedGamerz]

Really appreciate the knowledge man. Big ups from UK!

[@Ribbitbeats]

Great tutorial!

[@NorthGameStudio]

ddduuuuude, this is probably the best koala performance i have seen. did you use koala for the whole album?

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

Thanks!!! 🙌 El ChopO is 100% Koala, yep. I recorded the output of Koala in AUM and mastered it with FabFilter MB compressor and EQ

[@DerekMcCullar]

Bake! I did NOT know about bake bro, thank you!

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

No problem! It’s an awesome feature

[@kutuzov79]

@@-ronzoni-beatslife5251 is it the same as Bounce in the latest version?

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

@@kutuzov79 yep! the behavior is the same I believe. I've realized after making this video that sometimes the performance effects aren't "baked" or "bounced", it depends on the effect and whether it's dynamic like gate or static like pitch . If it's dynamic like gate or vibroflange, you'll need to resample instead of "bounce"

[@kutuzov79]

@@-ronzoni-beatslife5251 oh, good to know! 🙏

[@koalacreativecommunity]

Great 👍

[@DerekMcCullar]

I would be interested to see your mixing workflow with AUM and Koala.

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

The screenshot I showed is it, really :) Just the file recording and FabFilter plugins. I use the multi-band compression and cycle through the presets until I find something I like, then I tweak a little. It's post processing on the song as a whole, not very powerful, but it is helpful I'm working on using AUM more right now, hooking up instruments and other iPad apps and recording, so I may have something there to show soon 👍 !

[@DerekMcCullar]

Okay, you are able to get “car stereo” ready mixes from just AUM and Koala?

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

@@DerekMcCullar well I'm mixing with plugins in AUM, so at this point Koala is not involved. And AUM is just the host app for the plugins. The plugins I'm using are top of the line (FabFilter), and I'm happy with the results, though I'm sure an audio engineer could do it better :)

[@JoshuaDb_The_Witness]

Such a good video I had to stop it to try something ... I'll be back. Cheers !

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

Thanks! Be sure to check out the samurai update for Koala as some of these tips may be obsolete after that in-app purchase

[@JoshuaDb_The_Witness]

No doubt - I'm deep into Samurai... it was the fact that you could bounce the FX from the performance page to individual samples... that was news to me.

[@geodigimedia]

DopE-WorkFlow 👍

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

Thanks 🙏

[@vadykk]

Dope stuff man. Thanks for a video.

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

Thank you 🙏 a Koala App update dropped yesterday, making some of these techniques unnecessary, be sure to check it out

[@jedfriesen]

Fantastic record man! Lmk if you do online lessons?? Like some finishing w fab filter etc. mastering. The way you do it. Thx much. I’m new to it all w fab.

[@wolfbronski2212]

Where’d you go?

[@noartifacts1983]

So you can record while your ipad is playing?

[@reasOneMusic]

great video man.

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

Thanks, appreciate the support 🙌

[@AmazingJayB51]

That’s a serious mustache!

[@Pluto-Ice9]

Is your newest album also made on koala? Cause goat curry, gizzlor, moqueca, and wine time are all insanely good.

[@nathansparks8856]

How did you "tap to record" as opposed to "hold to record"? I really want to be able to record from the mic, but still have both hands free.

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

It's under settings, there's an option for Hold to Record

[@delro9987]

Awesome video man! Just wondering, how did you record the sample into koala? Whenever I try that on my iPad, it ends up picking up background noise as well.

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

Good question, J Deli. I realized I forgot to mention that in the video. I have an audio interface and I can record from the iPad to itself. If you don't have an audio interface, you can do a screen recording on your iPad/iPhone, and then from Koala Sampler, select "IMPORT VIDEO" from the menu. This will import the audio and discard the video, and you'll have perfect audio to work with

[@nateluna2765]

I’ve got Koala on my iPad and I’m seeing the bake function anywhere?

[@AxelMuhr]

Amazing talent. God job!

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

Thanks appreciate the support 🙌

[@tom-541]

I'm sorry if this is a silly question - how did that recording work? Normally I can select mic or IAA, I think what's happened there is you commenced a screen recording, and Koala was able to hook into that somehow - is that right?

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

I plug my usbc from my audio interface into my iPad. I route the outs of the interface back to the ins and through my SP404. I go over it in another video about Maschine and my SP404. Not a silly question. Was crazy hard to get this setup for me back when I did it. Lmk if you can’t find the video or it’s not clear how it works

[@snoooozer]

So nice. thanks for doing this!

[@HerEvilTwin]

Bro got that oldschool 🌽 ⭐️ mustache

[@Boronoise]

I use a 404, just got koala and just started rocking the same stache like 3 weeks ago. Im confounded, bamboozled

[@grapu.basmati]

bro using koala onna laptop, disrespecting the new digital era of a mobile SP404

[@Pluto-Ice9]

That's not a laptop 😂

[@Skulptursound]

Tight af bro!! I been using koala on my android, haven’t tried it on my iPad, but my android powers my mpd32, I programmed it and mapped it to koala, shits a beast, I need to post a video, makes me feel like I’m on a dope hardware sampler.. dope video man.. mad love 🙏🏽✌🏽🖖🏾

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

Thanks man! Appreciate that 🙌! Koala and a good midi controller are all you need! When I'm really in the zone chopping a sample I have one hand on my mpd28, and one on the Koala tweaking the chop. It's the best setup I've ever had. I also though make a lot of beats just on Koala on my iPhone laying on the couch lol

[@tyronethomas820]

U are good

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

Thanks Tyrone :)

[@someblackguy100]

Taking notes

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

Awesome work - liked and sub'd, cheers ❤🍻🇬🇧

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

Thanks Bear 🙌

[@gabalbass]

Thanks for uploading these videos, they are very useful, I'm listening your songs on Spotify, good job!

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

Thanks Andres! Glad you enjoy the videos and the songs, more on the way 👍

[@michaelnervOus]

great video

[@christienayers1789]

Great video! Watched your other video and I’m still unclear about something: how do you sample audio on your iPad back to Koala? I see you use the 2i2, but could you explain how you route back to your iPad?

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

The iPad is using the audio interface, anything routed to there will be coming into the iPad audio input as the mic in. I have a video on my setup with Maschine and the SP404. It’s exactly the same setup except I plug my usb from my audio interface into my iPad instead of my laptop kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2aodJ9qg5yXmas

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

If you don't have an audio interface yet and just want to record audio from the iPad back to the iPad, you can even get this small audio interface and route the output back to the input: www.amazon.com/Behringer-U-Control-UCA222-Ultra-Low-Interface/dp/B0023BYDHK/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=behringer+audio+interface&qid=1610063890&sr=8-9

[@christienayers1789]

@@-ronzoni-beatslife5251 Ok gotcha. Thanks for the help!

[@kuramasun8621]

Do video about tutorial of how we can sample like kanye

[@Iglooo666]

So what does the choke do? I'm still confused on how that works.

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

When a pad is playing in choke group 1 and you hit another pad in choke group 1 the first pad will immediately mute. This concept is in all DAWS. Sometimes it can be called mute group. It’s great for sample chops to cut each other off, or an open high hat getting cut off by a snare or a kick on the beat

I use it as a outlet

[@yonatorres6361]

❤buen video

[@rushdontrun]

Did you import audio from a screen record or did you somehow record straight onto a pad?

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

I recorded straight to the pad. I have my iPad connected to my audio interface which loops through my SP404 and back to the iPad

[@rushdontrun]

@@-ronzoni-beatslife5251 ok cool. I will see if I can route it the same way but maybe throw my laptop in place of the sp

[@brentricekc]

Hey, what kind of iPad is that? I’m looking into getting one myself

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

2020 iPad Pro, the 11 inch. Pricey but if you use it a lot, worth it. I'd recommend getting the magic keyboard too if you have the budget

[@brentricekc]

@@-ronzoni-beatslife5251 dope! yeah I was looking into getting that. Did you get the 128g or larger?

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

@@brentricekc larger. I had a 128 and I had to sell it because I ran out of space

[@khrix1185]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sol.yolteotl]

…and handsome

[@ruliwahyuandika5634]

Need a subtitle sir

[@-ronzoni-beatslife5251]

Oh? I didn’t even know that was up to me. I’m such a noob 😂 will look into it!!

[@ruliwahyuandika5634]

My english is very² bad,I'm only can transleting to my language if I read cause I hearing your voice like a mumble in under water im sorry sir

[@kuramasun8621]

Do video about tutorial of how we can sample like kanye