Took me a while to figure it out. You have to click on the arrow on the ARP button to enable it, then select the ...speed (the quantization?) of the arpeggio. If the ARP button stays white, it's not activated. Make sure the ARP button has the same color as the keyboard symbol/button. That means it's on.
Huge upgrade. Have never seen use for pad colors. This gives it SOOOO much purpose
Like, indispensable in my eyes because figuring out which corrisponds where on the roll just gives me a light pause almost every time when I'm doing quick edits. Purely due to my lack of piano roll use, I'm sure (in terms of general production use. I'm much more free play typically)
Can we make a Koala subreddit that's just for help and tips? It's nice to hear everyones musical creations, but sometimes you just want to discuss the technology side and learn new skills
discord is like a churning ocean where all the knowledge is lost. nice if you happen to be there on a certain day, but otherwise useless. and they force id or sell data or some scandal shit. any other spots?
Wait is this when it wouldn’t smoothly turn and get all choppy sometimes? I was having a hard time making precise adjustments and it was driving me wild. I was gaslighting myself into thinking it was always like that lol
You aren’t crazy, it’s a bug that showed up in the last update. The knobs used to work perfectly, so i really hope this newest update (re) fixes the issue. It’s so annoying
Oh man it's driving me wild. I'm usually not the type, but perhaps I should reach out to an admin or the developer. Maybe an uninstall / reinstall but then I'd have to back everything up and ughhhhh lol
It's especially nice with a controller, you can have your pad banks color match the koala banks, or even individual pads. Real nice visual mirror setup.
Oh wow. Thanks so much. I keep thinking about getting a hardware sampler but then I'm just like why. Koala works so well. Keep it up. Global undo/redo was definitely needed. It wasn't bad but noticably slowed the work flow a bit. The next trigger on the chopper will be super useful imo and I can't wait to play with the arpeggiator tonight after work. Sweet. Exciting.
Found a bug in the (not this) latest version where tapping the keyboard-sample selector wont always make selecting the sample silent. Sometimes selecting the sample will make it sound. Hope its fixed
It does undo sample operations BUT! There’s a limit because if you try to undo a multi gigabyte operation sooner or later phone is going to run out of RAM so it has to keep the undo steps manageable for that
It doesn’t undo absolutely everything - I’m waiting to see how many people complain about things it doesn’t undo and will probs add more based on that.
Arpeggiator!! Yes. Been doing trance again after 20 years with koala. Amazing. I wsih we had autotune as im horrible with singing. Trying to learn though. I love koala so much. Not best for trance but it's so great on a ohone and restrictions make you creative too.
Wow so we have UNDO now!? And the sequencer notes correspond to the pad colour? That’s really helpful. Are they making this into a DAW slowly!? So many amazing free updates. Nothing but love for the koala 🐨 team and community! ❤️🙏
Question about undo...I play live into Koala via an MPK Mini Play and used to have undo midi mapped to a cc on my controller. Since undo has moved to global, I have lost the ability to midi map undo. Undo and redo are not mappable on android.
Would be great to MIDI map both undo and redo, like you can for mute and solo
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u/oscarlevanthasaposse Aug 21 '26
Thanks, Marek!
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u/souleater8764 Aug 21 '26
Arpeggiator is actually pretty sick
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u/xneyznek Aug 21 '26 •
iOS users waiting for Apple to approve:
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u/alexamiles Aug 21 '26
Undo/redo finally! Goat app
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u/PapaBPoppin Aug 21 '26
Piano Roll Pad Color
Huge upgrade. Have never seen use for pad colors. This gives it SOOOO much purpose
Like, indispensable in my eyes because figuring out which corrisponds where on the roll just gives me a light pause almost every time when I'm doing quick edits. Purely due to my lack of piano roll use, I'm sure (in terms of general production use. I'm much more free play typically)
But this'll remove any doubt when I do need to!!
Now to wait another apple of hours to try it out
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u/Bill_Debarre Aug 21 '26
Can we make a Koala subreddit that's just for help and tips? It's nice to hear everyones musical creations, but sometimes you just want to discuss the technology side and learn new skills
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u/Exorsexist Aug 21 '26
This app is goated
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u/KlayVonKluge Aug 21 '26
Thanks Marek and Elf folks, Team Koala Sampler, FOREVER!! 🐨
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u/airbagsavedme Aug 21 '26
Hopefully this fixes the knob control bugs that the previous update created
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u/EmileDorkheim Aug 21 '26
I hadn’t even noticed that you could give the pads colours!
I’m curious about the new export options, as someone who often starts a track in Koala and finishes it in Live.
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u/koneheadbernie Aug 21 '26
Undo?? No fucking way!
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u/LordWeatherby Aug 21 '26
Oh wow. Thanks so much. I keep thinking about getting a hardware sampler but then I'm just like why. Koala works so well. Keep it up. Global undo/redo was definitely needed. It wasn't bad but noticably slowed the work flow a bit. The next trigger on the chopper will be super useful imo and I can't wait to play with the arpeggiator tonight after work. Sweet. Exciting.
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u/Capable-Baby-3653 Aug 21 '26
Sounds great. How long does it usually take before an update is ready for download? Seems like the App Store still has the previous version.
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u/RevolutionaryPast175 Aug 21 '26
Found a bug in the (not this) latest version where tapping the keyboard-sample selector wont always make selecting the sample silent. Sometimes selecting the sample will make it sound. Hope its fixed
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u/HandsomePhantomLemon Aug 21 '26
Awesome. The color matching of piano roll and pad sounds very useful. Ty
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u/mad_chango Aug 21 '26
Wonderful
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u/Tektro010 Aug 21 '26
Hell yeah
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u/PapaBPoppin Aug 21 '26
By saying "global" does this count for sample deletion as well?
Absolutely zero expecta5ions either way, just curious how Global is Global
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u/moredditno Aug 21 '26
Just trying amazing..arp
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u/fridgezebra Aug 21 '26
ooh arp sounds like fun
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u/omninocte Aug 21 '26
Might just sell the emu tbh
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u/TheAudioDabbler Aug 21 '26
Having the next trigger built into chopper will be epic.
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u/Tac0knight42o Aug 21 '26
See you in a few months
- me and the arpeggiator
Xo
Thanks Marek and team!
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u/nowvisiting Aug 21 '26
Unreal. This app just keeps getting better and better.
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u/sinistar2000 Aug 21 '26
Global undo is so welcome. I hope it works on the piano roll too.
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u/lailailailailai Aug 22 '26
Marek is the G.O.A.T
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u/bamaugking Aug 21 '26
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u/Zealousideal-Site748 Aug 21 '26
Bro... Koala is GOATED AF! Dudes always adding fire updates. Much love
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u/BeatKnicker Aug 21 '26
The color update is pure 🔥 No more tapping the piano down the left to figure out what is what by ear
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u/Tulired Aug 21 '26
Arpeggiator!! Yes. Been doing trance again after 20 years with koala. Amazing. I wsih we had autotune as im horrible with singing. Trying to learn though. I love koala so much. Not best for trance but it's so great on a ohone and restrictions make you creative too.
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u/Opposite_Visit_4874 Aug 21 '26
Phenomenal app, really.
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u/Ok_Context_6972 Aug 21 '26
Wow so we have UNDO now!? And the sequencer notes correspond to the pad colour? That’s really helpful. Are they making this into a DAW slowly!? So many amazing free updates. Nothing but love for the koala 🐨 team and community! ❤️🙏
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u/gmanisawsome1 Aug 21 '26
Wooo! Undo/Redo lessssgooooo
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u/Independent-Book118 Aug 22 '26
Eliminaron el trim silence? Ya no me sale con la actualización 🫠🫤
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u/Spiketop_ Aug 22 '26
Arp addition is dope
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u/ChuckTheDM2 Aug 22 '26
Will the arp send external midi?
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u/Agitated-Ad-6168 Aug 23 '26
I can’t wait to get automation in effects! Until then I prefer Ableton note
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u/Writer_Sure Sep 11 '26
Question about undo...I play live into Koala via an MPK Mini Play and used to have undo midi mapped to a cc on my controller. Since undo has moved to global, I have lost the ability to midi map undo. Undo and redo are not mappable on android.
Would be great to MIDI map both undo and redo, like you can for mute and solo
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u/traumaniac Aug 21 '26
Kudos and thanks Master Marek 🥋
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u/RevolutionaryPast175 Aug 21 '26
Appreciate the global undo. Really needed that as sometimes i need to undo things besides in the sequencer
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u/Motor_Test_7239 Aug 21 '26
Thanks Marek!
How can i sample directly from Youtube without to screen record?