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.
small plates music
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.
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