Koala Sampler

Koala Sampler

elf audio · 4.8 ★ · $4.99

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Description

Koala is the ultimate pocket-sized sampler. Record anything with your phone's mic or load your own sounds. 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. You can also resample the output of the app back into the input, through the effects, so the sonic possibilities are endless.

Koala's design focuses totally on making the music making progress instant, keeping you in the flow and keeping it fun, not getting bogged down by pages of parameters and micro-editing.

"Been putting that $4 koala sampler to good use lately. Undeniably great tool that puts some of these expensive beat boxes to shame. A must cop."
-- flying lotus, twitter

* Record up to 64 different samples with your mic
* Transform your voice or any other sound with 16 superb built-in fx
* Resample the output of the app back into a new sample
* Export loops or entire tracks as professional quality WAV files
* Copy/paste or merge sequences just by dragging them
* Create beats with the high-resolution sequencer
* Import your own samples
* Use AI to separate samples into individual instruments (drums, bass, vocals and other)
* Keyboard mode lets you play chromatically or one of 9 scales
* Quantize, add swing to get the right feel
* Normal/One-shot/Loop/Reverse playback of samples
* Attack, release and tone adjustable on each sample
* Mute/Solo controls
* Note repeat
* Add any (or all) of the 16 effects to the entire mix
* MIDI controllable - play your samples on a keyboard
* Jam with others over WiFi with Ableton Link

NOTE: If you’re having trouble with microphone input please turn off "OpenSL" in Koala's audio settings.

8 Built-in Microphone FX:
* More Bass
* More Treble
* Fuzz
* Robot
* Reverb
* Octave up
* Octave down
* Synthesizer


16 Built-in DJ Mix FX:
* Bit-crusher
* Pitch-shift
* Comb filter
* Ring modulator
* Reverb
* Stutter
* Gate
* Resonant High/Low Pass Filters
* Cutter
* Reverse
* Dub
* Tempo Delay
* Talkbox
* VibroFlange
* Dirty
* Compressor

Features included in SAMURAI In-App Purchase
* Pro-quality Timestretch (4 modes: Modern, Retro, Beats and Re-pitch)
* Piano roll editor
* Auto-chop (auto, equal, and lazy chop)
* Pocket operator sync out

Developer

elf audio

Developer ID: 6130952961152642000

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Ratings & Reviews

4.8

2,963 ratings

100,000+ downloads

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Recent Reviews

Matthew Randle

amazing sampling

Apr 21, 2026

Travis

v1.4154

experience as not having an experience but I like five stars more than four stars cuz he wasn't on extra Star right I am curious why the stars are blue though

Apr 21, 2026

Fiononana RABARISON

v1.4154

wow

Apr 17, 2026

BOSEBY

Through black midi methods, there has not been anything I cant get koala to communicate with extenally

Apr 16, 2026

B A

v1.4154

The sampler works smoothly, but I am pretty disappointed at the lack of effects that can be applied to the sample after recording it, so that you can really play around with the sound. You can apply a single effect as you record but there aren't a lot of options to change it up after.

Developer Response

There is only one kind of reverb and 3 kinds of delay (dub, tempo and reverse delay) and 21 other effects you can resample from, how many do you need? Pls let me know! You can get the mixer upgrade which will get you 27 more effects, bringing it to a total of 51 effects. Is there another sampler with more effects than that? Pls let me know!!

Apr 6, 2026

Apr 6, 2026

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