Koala Sampler

As a software alternative for the SP-404 it already had 4 stars for me, but it went to 5 with the recent update. Now it also integrates with Roland’s hardware. From competitor to companion… a collaboration where the user wins, great work!

A fantastic tool!
There is no undo? A minor swipe can erase a sample. Happened again yesterday.

Having tons of fun with Koala! Simple and fast with samples, sampling anything, jamming stuff and using it with AUM to play and record. Well worth the price, also get the add ons!

Still trying to figure out the sequencer and performances but I got it to have a sampleplayer and this works great. Would be nice however to give names or colors to the pads. More easy to know where wich sample is. Hans

Love this app . What I really
Like to see on this is individual holds on the performance effects.

That would be great if i could add/remove notes in a grid like sequencer.
After a few weeks of use , i think the samples goes off in pitch or speed after a while. A loop i recorded in 85bpm and playing perfectly in first few days , now started to go off in beat. I chcked sample’s pitch as well as the pitch effect in perform mode. They are both off. Don’t know why this happens but makes the app unreliable

Like the app, but interaction with AudiOShare fails each time. Hope they’ll fix that.
Buscrates brought me here. Really enjoying Koala. Highly recommended!

Koala is a fun and effective app for making music. It has a very clean and fast workflow. It helps me to experiment and approach music making in a playful way. By recording sounds with the microphone effects or by resampling with the performance effects, you can create an unlimited ammount of interesting sounds from recordings made with everyday objects. The sequencer lets you quickly build and develop loops.
The developer (who is active on the Audiobus
Forum) is open for suggestions and has already announced an upcoming update which will allow sample import via AudiOShare. I have no doubt he will also add other extras in future updates.
If you, like me, have a tendency to get lost in all the options that DAW‘s have and would like to concentrate on making music without thinking to much, I highly recommend Koala. It is easy to use and uncluttered, yet offers the right tools to experiment and develop your ideas in an intuitive way without thinking to much.
Great app and amazing value for the money!

Think of it like a simple sampler like an Roland sp 202/303. With some limitations, but lots of creativity. Samples can be played in scale. Output can be resampled. Bought it on day one release, more features are coming. Dev is active on the Audiobus forum.