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Exclusive footage of my new video being hit by copyright claims:

https://youtu.be/dUDwoTB9z98

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This man is making pure magic with a Circuit Tracks / Rhythm ​: ‪@guinan6631‬

He just dropped a recreation of Block Rockin Beats which includes all of the synths I didn’t attempt:

https://youtu.be/HgnhLlCylpw?si=N_yaD...

And his version of I Feel Love is amazing

https://youtu.be/8ucC8e7uGZw?si=YAQvQ...


Well worth a look!

1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 2

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I’m back with another one of those… videos that people like!


The Chemical Brothers- Block Rockin Beats, they won a Grammy for this you know; “Best Rock Instrumental”. For a song with vocals and no guitars.

The usual drill- I went back to the original samples, found out a few interesting things about them, then remade the song on Koala. Will put up the source file on here later on in case anyone wants to play with it.

How The Chemical Brothers Built “Block Rockin’ Beats” | Sample Breakdown & Koala Rebuild
https://youtu.be/dEQI9-oLE-k

1 month ago | [YT] | 1

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Thinking about splitting into two channels:

1) Making music ("how to" stuff in Koala, jamming with synths etc.)
2 ) Appreciating music (sample breakdowns, stories behind songs)

I figure there are a decent number of people who are interested to see 2 but do not care at all about when I start posting about a new feature in Koala or whatever.

What do you think?

Most of my subscribers come from the videos that fit into 2, so this would mean creating a new "Making Music" channel.

1 month ago | [YT] | 5

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Here is the source file for my remake of Gotye- "Somebody That I Used To Know"

drive.google.com/file/d/167C5arUfDWitJs7p3xQqeEoyj…


I have tried to organise the Koala file a little- The first page of samples and sequences are the “final” versions, my workings are on other pages.

Page B of samples is the Luiz Bonfa sample broken up into bits, the first sequence on Page 2 is how it is played- notice how B9 is played as two different notes, and how B4 and B6 are actually the same sample, but it was easier for me to get my head around it to have it twice.


Page C is the Chaino loop chopped up, played by the third sequence on the second page. Those little timing changes are worth it when you have a few rhythm samples, otherwise the little inconsistencies stack up and the whole thing starts to sound like a drum kit falling down the stairs.

Page D and second page, 4th sequence is the Los Machucambos sample - it’s all about making the cowbell fall on beat here, which hopefully it now does.

The second page, 5th sequence is the xylophone melody.

There is a guitar sample in there somewhere too from Lonnie Mack's "Memphis"- but as far as I know there is no way in Koala to do what Gotye did with it(!!). To me it sounds like the sampled chord is played twice at the same pitch as the record, then shifted up a step - I think a D chord then an E. But if you just do a pitch shift of the first chord you'll get D major and E major, which sounds wrong, you need to make it E *minor*. Easy enough on a guitar, and possible with some software, but not possible with Koala! Anyway I didn't get into it on the video, and am recovering from finding out this app does actually have limits.

Anyway once I’ve got a sequence right (e.g. a drum beat, or the xylophone bit), I use "Resample Loop" to save it to a sample. If I tried to keep playing everything as a sequence, my phone heats up and starts crying.

3 months ago | [YT] | 4

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I don't know if this is a good idea or not, but it might be a fun idea for someone. Below is a link to the Koala source file for my breakdown of "Praise You".

It is kind of a mess with some samples which are not used because
a) I got a better version and didn't clear up the rougher draft
2) They are samples used in other sections of the song that I didn't use in the breakdown
iii) Lots and lots of short vocal samples as I tried to cobble together the main vocal line.

Page D actually has most of the good stuff on it.

Sequences are also, quite frankly, a damn mess. Page 3 shows a lot of my struggles in getting the timing for the vocals!

It's fun to use the "Note Repeat" option from the Sequence tab and use it on the sample labelled "ping poing vocal".

If you do manage to put the vocal snippets together better than I manage, please share back!

drive.google.com/file/d/1yqzcV_K23utXoDpsyBIk8jF_4…

4 months ago | [YT] | 12

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And another thing- a lot of people are saying the sample is from DJ Gunshot "Wheel and Deal" but it's actually from Top Cat "Request The Style"

4 months ago | [YT] | 3

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Not sure how Communities works, but YouTube just let me turn it on. Hi!

4 months ago | [YT] | 3

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RE: "Bruk wine" / "Bruk wild"

This came up in a video- what is the vocal saying on Double 99's Ripgroove? I asked the man himself:

5 months ago | [YT] | 5

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I have been trying to download my thoughts on essential tricks and tips for Koala, the amazing sampler that I play with all of the time.

First up I've shown how to grab a sample from YouTube (or wherever) and make a loop with it, then how to build on top of that loop with percussion and melodic stuff. Finally how to use the bus, main, and performance FX to bring it to life.

Hoping it's useful for some people! First vid is here:

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