Koala - the ultimate pocket-sized sampler

Krupa

@elf_audio said:
I decided against putting more sliders in for the stretch algorithms in favour of simplicity but they have a lot of interesting parameters internally.

A cheeky non simple mode switch in options would be interesting for tweakers 🥴

Artmuzz

This is a great mobile sampler on my iPhone 11 Pro and I’m really enjoying it. However, I’m baffled why stereo recording is only supported via usb when the later iPhones have stereo mics built in.

OscarSouth

@Krupa said:

@elf_audio said:
I decided against putting more sliders in for the stretch algorithms in favour of simplicity but they have a lot of interesting parameters internally.

A cheeky non simple mode switch in options would be interesting for tweakers 🥴

Introducing, BeatMaker3

Zerozerozero

@OscarSouth said:

@elf_audio said:
Or screen record garage band and import the video into koala

Quality workflow! Koala always seems to cut to the core of exactly what you want to do. It’s not ‘theoretically possible’ — it’s logically accessible and really flows!

Got to unlearn that iOS ‘workaround’ thinking mentality

+1
Never thought of that. Will finally get around to getting old projects out of GarageBand now 👍🏻

Pxlhg

Just have to show you this setup because it's a bit fun, but, mostly stupid. I mean - I do have TH-U and can record samples and import but I wanted a live input to Koala with a distorted guitar so here goes the knucklehead setup:

To clarify: iRig 2 (first version) in an iPhone 5s where IK iRig is used. Then a cable from there (iRig) to the Scarlett which is the sound interface my iPad use. Also have an Launchpad as a footswitch as I do not own a real one
I did mash together so I could get it in one shot, have a little better order than the photo, but not much.

elf_audio

Have you got REALLY pointy shoes or something?

elf_audio

Dude, there's only room for one elf on this forum.

israelite

@Samu said:

@israelite said:
I have built a pretty complex sequence in koala and wanted to export it to Cubasis or NS2 for further processing, but haven't found a way to do it.
Is it even possible? I need samples separately and most optimally the midi file with the sequence.

You can export the sequences as stems.

Exporting midi is kinda redundant since you'd have to re-build all the instruments in NS2 and Cubasis 3 and the samplers in them are not up to the task especially if time-stretching is used...

Export stems from Koala and in NS2 you can load the samples into slate pads and trigger them from a pattern.
In Cubasis drag the stem files to audio tracks.

That's one way to do it.

Thanks for explaining. That makes sense.

SpookyZoo

@elf_audio said:
Have you got REALLY pointy shoes or something?

hahaha

OscarSouth

@elf_audio said:
Have you got REALLY pointy shoes or something?

HAhahahah the first thing I thought when I saw that photo was "HOW?"

Janosax

Rediscovering Koala with Samuraï, what a great update!! Super cool to use this app in slide over to record sounds from AUM via Audiobus:

@elf_audio

Could you consider implementing IAP family sharing? It’s just an option to enable.

https://www.google.fr/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/12/4/22154178/apple-family-sharing-allows-subscriptions-in-app-purchases

Janosax

@elf_audio

I’ve already asked but could you consider add pads velocity playing?

I need that so I use often Xequence pads AU to play Koala:

Pads can be configured with Max velocity at center, bottom, top... much more expressive playing and dynamics nuances for beat making:

Koala would be even more complete

SpookyZoo

I thought there had been introduced a way to reverse / switch the incoming MIDI notes to trigger pads from bottom left when in portrait view, like a traditional MPC layout?

Am I wrong?

SpookyZoo

@SpookyZoo said:
I thought there had been introduced a way to reverse / switch the incoming MIDI notes to trigger pads from bottom left when in portrait view, like a traditional MPC layout?

Am I wrong?

I guess this would be confusing when switching between landscape views.

Perhaps I should just mod a custom layout on the Launchpad X to line up that way.

Pxlhg

@elf_audio said:
Have you got REALLY pointy shoes or something?

Do you mean my image? No feet are visible except to the right (black plastic) where my big IKEA desk show one of it's feet. Is that what you referring to or am I missing something obvious?

OscarSouth

@SpookyZoo said:
I thought there had been introduced a way to reverse / switch the incoming MIDI notes to trigger pads from bottom left when in portrait view, like a traditional MPC layout?

Am I wrong?

I also use it 'upside down' with my MPD controller. I just mapped it from the lower left pad instead of the upper left. My brain managed to figure out the mismatch quickly enough, haha.

bleep

@Pxlhg said:

@elf_audio said:
Have you got REALLY pointy shoes or something?

Do you mean my image? No feet are visible except to the right (black plastic) where my big IKEA desk show one of it's feet. Is that what you referring to or am I missing something obvious?

Probably referring to the LP mini as a footswitch But if you take off your shoes then the big toe is up for it!

Pxlhg

@bleep said:

@Pxlhg said:

@elf_audio said:
Have you got REALLY pointy shoes or something?

Do you mean my image? No feet are visible except to the right (black plastic) where my big IKEA desk show one of it's feet. Is that what you referring to or am I missing something obvious?

Probably referring to the LP mini as a footswitch But if you take off your shoes then the big toe is up for it!

Ah, damn I'm so dumb. Of course. Thank you.
Well, the pads don't care if you happen to press a few extra as only one can get recorded at the time so that's no problem. @OscarSouth I have programmed some for start/stop/record AUM but I did 4 pads with the same CC so I don't have to aim so sharply.. @elf_audio Your Elf status remain: the one and only.

robklotzby

Thanks Samu!

@Samu said:

@robklotzby said:
What would be the easiest way to sample GarageBand sounds into Koala?

Create a mixdown in GarageBand and use ‘Open In’ to send it to Koala...
...or go the lo-fi route, bump up the speaker volume, turn on background audio in both apps and sample the speaker output into Koala

manaftermidnight

I uploaded the Xequence-Kola template here:

http://preset.audiob.us/#B9NhtuktUBikbyU

Also attached is a zip which contains the following:

• midiMapping.json: copy to your local Koala folder (this will replace any current mapping)
• Koala sequence trigger.xeqdrums: copy to your local Xequence2 Drum Maps folder
• Reset CC Koala FX.mozaic: optional and can be used to reset the performance effects in Mozaic if they get stuck when playback stops

A few notes:

For transport I have enabled Link in Audiobus and Xequence 2, but not in Koala. In Koala I have enabled IAA sync and IAA sync is also enabled in Audiobus. Works best for me.

Since Koala does not have state saving in Audiobus its a good idea to keep track of which Koala project belongs to the Audiobus session. Also, the tempo sometimes is mismatched when loading the template so I always make a note of which BPM is used, saving the bpm in the filename for instance.

Use the Koala sequence trigger drum maps in Xequence 2 to trigger the sequences in Koala. I have a single drum map for all the 4 pages of sequence slots (A-D) in Koala. Seq A1 in the map corresponds to the bottom left sequence in Koala. Remember to enable midi mapping in Koala.

I have also made a few instruments in Xequence which have the CC controls set to control the different performance effects in Koala. They should be visible in Xequence 2 when you open the Audiobus preset.

I have not midi mapped triggering of the pads in Koala so you need to use onscreen pads in koala while midi mapping is enabled.

I use this template to make “songs” out of the sequences in Koala. Just start recording in Xequence and then you can jam and record changing sequences and effects from Koala.

Hope that you can have som fun with this

wim

@SpookyZoo said:
I thought there had been introduced a way to reverse / switch the incoming MIDI notes to trigger pads from bottom left when in portrait view, like a traditional MPC layout?

Am I wrong?

It was EG Pulse that had that feature added to it.

robklotzby

Can you use a bluetooth controller such as Korg nanokey for midi mapping?

wim

@robklotzby said:
Can you use a bluetooth controller such as Korg nanokey for midi mapping?

It makes no difference whether the midi comes from a Bluetooth device or from somewhere else. Any midi can be used.

Koala doesn't have the iOS Bluetooth connection dialog built-in, but you can connect the NanoKEY or any other BT MIDI device using the Korg BLE Midi app or any host such as Audiobus or AUM that has the connect dialog.

@elf_audio - I think the BLE Midi connect dialog is a fairly simple addition that might be worth considering to add to the MIDI settings page.

robklotzby

Excellent! Thanks

@wim said:

@robklotzby said:
Can you use a bluetooth controller such as Korg nanokey for midi mapping?

It makes no difference whether the midi comes from a Bluetooth device or from somewhere else. Any midi can be used.

Koala doesn't have the iOS Bluetooth connection dialog built-in, but you can connect the NanoKEY or any other BT MIDI device using the Korg BLE Midi app or any host such as Audiobus or AUM that has the connect dialog.

@elf_audio - I think the BLE Midi connect dialog is a fairly simple addition that might be worth considering to add to the MIDI settings page.

SpookyZoo

...> @wim said:

@SpookyZoo said:
I thought there had been introduced a way to reverse / switch the incoming MIDI notes to trigger pads from bottom left when in portrait view, like a traditional MPC layout?

Am I wrong?

It was EG Pulse that had that feature added to it.

Bingo! I had an inkling it may have been another app. Cheers.

yowza

@robklotzby said:
Excellent! Thanks

@wim said:

@robklotzby said:
Can you use a bluetooth controller such as Korg nanokey for midi mapping?

It makes no difference whether the midi comes from a Bluetooth device or from somewhere else. Any midi can be used.

Koala doesn't have the iOS Bluetooth connection dialog built-in, but you can connect the NanoKEY or any other BT MIDI device using the Korg BLE Midi app or any host such as Audiobus or AUM that has the connect dialog.

@elf_audio - I think the BLE Midi connect dialog is a fairly simple addition that might be worth considering to add to the MIDI settings page.

I found this a while back about BLE Midi. There may be something newer out there but I didn't really look.

https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/qa/qa1831/_index.html

AndyPawlak

Hi,
Is there any way to make the sample edit window go to full screen when it’s tapped?
Cheers.

elf_audio

@AndyPawlak said:
Hi,
Is there any way to make the sample edit window go to full screen when it’s tapped?
Cheers.

No, but can I ask why it would be helpful?

Janosax

I post this again :

@elf_audio

Could you consider implementing IAP family sharing? It’s just an option to enable.

https://www.google.fr/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/12/4/22154178/apple-family-sharing-allows-subscriptions-in-app-purchases

elf_audio

@Janosax Its easy enough to do, but I'm greedy and want all the money I can get. I've enabled it now.