How I make lo-fi ambient tape loops with koala sampler on my ipad

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2 жыл бұрын

I’ve had a few people asking how I make my ambient tape loop things on my ipad, and So I thought I can show you. I’m no expert, no musician, but maybe by watching this you can see how easy it is. More power to the people I say.
There obviously have been people much more talented than me doing this and I recommend these videos and channels to get the most out of this technique:
Loopop:
• Sampler trick: Steve R...
Playpm:
• Secret Loop Trick on S...
Pete sasquax:
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My Album:
danielolmos.bandcamp.com/albu...
Xkernal's Bandcamp:
xkernelmusic.bandcamp.com/
If you know any other koala black belts please let me know, knowledge is power!
If you start making music using this technique then please link your stuff below, I’d love to hear it!

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@thewanderingworshipper9205 2 жыл бұрын

Stop apologising for not being a musician!! Not all musicians are musical, and many non-musicians are musical (like you). Thanks for this. V useful.

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the lovely words and thank you for listening!! Hugs from Italy xx

@rolandpyle8914 Жыл бұрын

I've just rewatched this and you are indeed a magician. It's such a helpful description of your approach to using Koala to create some wonderful loops.

@sevenape Жыл бұрын

You are way too kind and I was simply standing on the shoulders of giants! But thank you thank you thank you!!

@The5thVolt 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant tutorial! This is a great way to make music on the iPad. Thanks for taking the time to explain all of this so well. After having "defected" to hardware I'm now being drawn back to my iPad again.

@madeINaBATHtub Жыл бұрын

Always love seeing ppl try new things w koala. Just when I think I attempted every possible technique u can do with this guy, I joyfully find myself proven wrong! (Over n over lol) Cheers great work 😊

@sevenape Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!!!

@gregshark751 4 ай бұрын

Your self effacing style is completely relatable to me and I have immediately subscribed. It’s cool to see these kinds of workflow walkthroughs and yours was entirely informative. Thanks for helping me see what else Koala Sampler could be good for, I had been experimenting with making synths out of samples but have always wanted to try making ambient music and this gave me tons of ideas to get going with experimenting on my own.

@sevenape 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so so much for the kind words and for watching! I’m super happy to somehow have been useful! My aim is to make another more up to date video concerning the mixer section and stuff like that! As soon as I get some free time I’ll do it! Thanks again!!!

@jonmaddison Жыл бұрын

Love your self-deprecating style in explaining this. Really helpful - I’d not worked out how to record the samples with koala effects applied. Boom! Resample from app. Thanks.

@sevenape Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! And for taking the time to comment! Means a lot!

@_boof 2 жыл бұрын

I’m more of an MPC and DAW guy but you’re opening my eyes up to koala

@akcoen2 2 жыл бұрын

This is great! I really dig your Liminal Vibez album. Much appreciated!

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for listening, and I'm glad to be of some help!!!! I'm really happy you liked my album!!

@dirtnoise0 4 ай бұрын

Hey man, Ive been producing for almost a decade and come by this video while researching if I should get Koala Sampler for IOS or Android, but this video presented something else. Unexpected and fantastic, and I really glad that I watched it. Thanks for this! :)

@sevenape 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching. Koala has changed a lot since I made the video making sound design much easier, but the basics are still the same!! Thank you!!!!!!

@diedforurwins 20 күн бұрын

The resampling notes with the keyboard tip is huge for me. I find I always have to tune melodic elements then have to bounce copy and do the next note with lock to semitone enabled. Huge

@sevenape 20 күн бұрын

@@diedforurwins glad it helped ❤️

@TinaJonesMusic 2 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely perfect! Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much, you've really broadened the scope of what this app can be used for! YAY!

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

Hey no worries!!! Thank you for watching! I’m glad to be a bit of help :))

@non-sequitur 2 жыл бұрын

Inspiring. Thanks. Hard to find non-hip hop ideas for Koala.

@sevenape Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!!

@slipperystar 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I like your style and I don't need a flash video..you bring great value.

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you, you are very kind! Thanks for watching!

@ColinPowell_AMultitudeofOne Жыл бұрын

That was a very interesting process. A very different approach to how I produce music but the end result sounded great! It has piqued my interest in exploring Koala in more depth than I have currently. Thanks.

@sevenape Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for listening!! Xx

@AfroCornrow 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your sharing! You are musician, no doubt. Looking forward to your next video.

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!!!!!!

@JasonSeward Жыл бұрын

Great stuff! Very inspiring!

@Lorichs 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this one. Very nice workflow.

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@tinshardz 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tutorial! Been thinking of downloading it to play with a sampler for looping on the cheap

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a really great, cheap, sampler! Have fun, and thank you very much for watching!

@DMTCYMATICSDreamMusicTemple 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I love ambient music. I just started using Koala and found your tutorial which is really helpful! Thanks for the links too.

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for listening/watching! Glad to be of some use!!!!

@DMTCYMATICSDreamMusicTemple 2 жыл бұрын

@@sevenape I appreciate it. I hope to see more from your channel. keep up the good work and sweet ambient sounds!

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

@@DMTCYMATICSDreamMusicTemple Thank you so much!!

@echo_opera 2 жыл бұрын

Really awesome vid! Thanks for sharing the process!

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching xxx

@MrPizzapepe 25 күн бұрын

Awesome video. Thx!

@sevenape 24 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching hope it can be some help :)

@GANGSTUHswagg 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely beast 🤯🤯

@kavendar671 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video : it’s one of the most interesting and helpful on how to make ambient music with Koala Sampler ! 🙏

@sevenape 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching/listening!!! There have been many changes with koala so I guess a new video is on the cards!

@kavendar671 11 ай бұрын

@@sevenape hope to see more from you 😉, and also thanks for the advice about Xkernel samples packs : they are very good and really not very expensive (many are free) 👍

@gregorioportela 2 жыл бұрын

I really liked this sound, I wanted to hear the full track, I really like this kind of sound, thank you in advance, keep on with the tutorials, very good

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! you are very kind!

@aquietgarden Жыл бұрын

I loved this video, and it's great to see you working through your process. Koala has so much potential for ambient looping. I absolutely love Koala. I'm just at the beginning of my Koala journey, and loving every minute of it. I absolutely love sample based music for ambient, and like you, love Koala, and physical tape as well as emulations. I'm having a whole lot of fun with it all.

@sevenape Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for watching! I’m glad you love koala too! We need to make sure it’s not just for the hip hop kids ;)

@aquietgarden Жыл бұрын

@@sevenape For sure we do.

@aquietgarden Жыл бұрын

@@sevenape One more question, if I may… You say you're using a decent sampler now. Can I ask what you use?

@sevenape Жыл бұрын

@@aquietgarden decent sampler is a sample player, so you can load instruments into it and play them with the keyboard and sample them into koala. You can get hundreds of instruments for free from a site called piano book! I still use koala! apps.apple.com/it/app/decent-sampler/id1530441977?l=en If you like asynchronous loops I really recommend the “ noises” app too… you can make a sample pack of 8 samples in koala, load them into “noises” and have them play. apps.apple.com/it/app/noises-creative-textures/id1661984586?l=en I really recommend going to the Audiobus site and checking the forum for tips on iOS music making there are a lot of friendly people on there :)

@chilly_daze Жыл бұрын

thanks for showing us your process, it's admirable 🌶️

@sevenape Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for watching!

@svetlovska 2 жыл бұрын

Very instructive. Hadn’t thought of using Koala in this way. :)

@sevenape Жыл бұрын

:)))

@Sacredcreative Жыл бұрын

love this. so well explained 🙏

@sevenape Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! 🙌

@PhilanderingBastard 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative, thank you!

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Xx

@pierfrancescocorbo6236 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, really inspiring

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

Than you so much for watching! Glad to be of help! :)

@AndrewJohnClive 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, a great tutorial.❤️🙏🏻

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for watching!

@PeteSasqwax 2 жыл бұрын

Ah, mate, this is glorious! I fucking LOVE seeing your workflow. Thanks for sharing!

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

Man thanks for watching, you are a constant inspiration!!!!!

@PeteSasqwax 2 жыл бұрын

@@sevenape likewise, man! No offence to anyone at all, but I personally don't want to see people doing the same standard lofi beat production stuff on Koala so the things you do with it always spark my curiosity and creativity!

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

@@PeteSasqwax Man,thanks very very very much foor sying so!!!! Right back atcha!!!

@rolandpyle8914 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video. Has opened up so many more Koalaian possibilities! Thank you.

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for listening!!

@BO-KBOBO-K 7 ай бұрын

Love this!

@sevenape 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Thanks for watching!

@ChristianKrupa 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff, excellent tutorial 👍👍

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much !!! Xx

@ChristianKrupa Жыл бұрын

Still great, and the kitten loved it too 😊

@tomwawer5714 2 жыл бұрын

Great content! Thank you!!

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching xxx

@matthewpollard2843 2 жыл бұрын

very good I like this a lot

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Matthew xxxx

@RomanPittroff 2 жыл бұрын

This was fun!

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks!!!

@gdcadam Жыл бұрын

Great video!!

@sevenape Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for watching and your kind words!xx

@cosmicslop1272 2 жыл бұрын

Nice job.

@sevenape Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!!

@koalacreativecommunity 2 жыл бұрын

Great video

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much!!

@RCAVDH 2 жыл бұрын

Good video, thank you!

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for watching!!!

@hagenpresser8721 Жыл бұрын

great workflow, sir (Y)

@sevenape Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for listening!! Xx

@sigaretto5035 Ай бұрын

This is the type of stuff I'm trying to get back to producing.

@sevenape Ай бұрын

The new "mixer" update makes koala even better for this kind of stuff!

@sigaretto5035 Ай бұрын

@@sevenape Yeah I got it quite a while ago. its pretty cool!

@sigaretto5035 Ай бұрын

@@sevenape Its also great with Loopy Pro.

@zhooahahah1133 Ай бұрын

Woahhh…!!!

@eiom Ай бұрын

Sorry, whats the other app you use where you add the tap delay? I mean, whats your apps and hardware setting?? Im trying to find out how to use my ipad for sound with mic and headphones, but im still in process, so your little advices would be huge. Thank you!!!

@sevenape Ай бұрын

No worries, it's an app called AUM. It's a host mixer app that lets you host several instruments (And mic) and effects and mix and record them all. Tap delay is a separate app that I bought, but there are many different tape effect apps, one very good free one is called CHOWtape. Basically AUM uses a protocol called AUV3 and any app that supports this protocol can be loaded into AUM. @gavinski did a really good video on AUM here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oq59ebyL3pO6gGQ.html Having said all that, the latest update to koala now has a built-in mixer in which you can use some built-in effects, it's pretty easy to get a tape sound, I'll do a video very soon about that. :)

@patrickboek1138 Жыл бұрын

Hi cool video! What ipad model do you use for music production?

@sevenape Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks very much!! I use the basic model from 2020 I think it’s the 8th generation. It’s the one with the a12 chip. It’s almost the last one with a headphone port.

@idiotsinc Жыл бұрын

The key I take away from all this is experimentation will be your guide

@sevenape Жыл бұрын

Yes!!!!

@wignallyt Жыл бұрын

Great video. Did you know that your voice sounds like Malcolm McLaren? True.

@sevenape Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha thanks very much and I will have to check out some interviews! I don't think we are related ;)

@wignallyt Жыл бұрын

@@sevenape And you are way more musical than him - Trevor Horn said Mal was the most unmusical person and worst singer he ever worked with. Hundreds of takes to get anything usable.

@maxDazzler 2 жыл бұрын

Cool technique and really well explained, cheers! Btw that vocal is from an old reggae tune by Aisha kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o55zgMyf1LLPoWg.html

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

Haha brilliant thanks for the info, and thank you for listening!!!!

@crnkmnky 2 жыл бұрын

10:30 😮 where did you get that “okey dokey” sample? I haven’t heard it in 25 years!

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha it's off the Future Music sample CD 1 drive.google.com/file/d/0Bznp06tqa_IdRWhqRnZVVnJjZ00/edit?resourcekey=0-DXPJVlLpN3EFtC4p2qkx6Q straight from the 1990s!

@crnkmnky 2 жыл бұрын

@@sevenape whoa, thanks for the share!

@sevenape 2 жыл бұрын

@@crnkmnky hey no worries!!!!

@cnmuc 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your ideas and the samples!

@noodlessoul8356 9 ай бұрын

Ipad recommended?

@sevenape 9 ай бұрын

I would say iPad is recommended if you wanna use lots of other apps alongside. I have an iPad mini. On the other hand phones are small and handy and can go anywhere. With the latest update koala is becoming more and more a complete package. So if you want/need a sp 404 alternative workflow it's all you need, so even a halfway android phone will do you proud.

@noodlessoul8356 9 ай бұрын

@@sevenape I'm selling the 404 SX as never could adapt to the workflow (lack of screen and SD usage I'd say as I was coming from Reason/Ableton). I'd indeed use a couple other iOS apps, so I guess an iPad is the right choice. I'd use a midi minikeyboard though and these new iPads having just an usb-c connection and not having the 3.5mm audio otput could cause some struggle 😅 Anyway, I think the mini 6 could serve but I'm a bit doubtful cos of the jelly scroll effect.. maybe a refurbished Pro 🤔

@sevenape 9 ай бұрын

@@noodlessoul8356 a refurbished pro probably would be best, but just to add my 2 cents, I’ve never experienced any jelly scrolling, or never noticed it at least. The lack of headphone out could be an issue though, I rarely use my mpk midi controller, so it’s not a big issue for me as I just use a USB’s adapter for my headphones. I think you can get adapters that can take both headphones and a midi controller so that’s something to think about. I have to say that I have no regrets about going completely iOS only based for my style of music so I can really recommend an iPad over anything else.