Koala Sampler
Koala Sampler gives you a sample-based way to make music on your Mac, whether you’re building beats from microphone recordings or sounds you already have.
by Mazbox Limited
What you get
Turn sounds around you into beats and finished tracks.
You can turn your voice, a desk tap, or another sound into the starting point for a track. Record through your Mac’s microphone or drag in existing samples, then arrange those sounds into beats. You can keep up to 64 samples in a project and copy or combine sequences by dragging them.
You can change a recording’s character with effects, play it backward, or play it at different pitches using chromatic notes or one of nine scales. Quantization helps you tighten the timing, while swing gives your rhythm a different feel. You can also capture your processed mix as a new sample and build on it again.
When you’re ready to take the music elsewhere, you can export a loop or a complete track as a WAV file. If you prefer playing to programming, you can trigger your samples with a MIDI keyboard.
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Make beats from everyday sounds
You can record your voice or nearby sounds and use them as the raw material for a track.
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Find the right rhythmic feel
You can tighten loose timing with quantization or add swing to change how your beat moves.
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Build new sounds from experiments
You can reshape recordings with effects, then resample the result to use it in another part of your music.
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Take your music elsewhere
You can export individual loops or complete tracks as WAV files.
Best for
- You want to build beats from your own recordings
- You enjoy experimenting with samples and effects
- You want to play sampled sounds with a MIDI keyboard
Skip it if
You don’t need it if you only want to listen to music rather than create sample-based tracks.
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From the developer
Koala is the ultimate pocket-sized sampler on iOS, now available for Mac. Record anything with your computer's mic instantly. Use Koala to create beats with those samples, add effects and create a track! Koala’s super intuitive interface helps you make a tracks in a flash, there is no brake pedal.Read the full description
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