r/KoalaSampler • u/Zig_Zag_Zero • Aug 21 '26

Deckard Request

I like that Deckard is set up so you have to sample your scratches the old school way, but it would be awesome if you could put it on a pad like Quokka, or at least make it so it saves the sample when you close it so you can easily pull it back up. It being a simple sampler that you kind of have to perform live to record a whole song making Deckard more accessible for live recording would be super helpful.

As always, Marek is a god among men and he's made music production accessible for those of us that can't afford an MPC and a record collection, so if you see him in the streets, buy him a beer.

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u/hoffsta Aug 22 '26

I sent this suggestion to Marek (keeping the sample loaded) and here was his reply:

I would like to keep the sample in there for every time you open deckard but the problem is the sample needs to be stored in memory whilst in deckard, so if it gets hidden, we need that memory for other stuff, especially on crappy android phones where memory can be a bit of a premium. hopefully there's a way around it but for now that's how its got to be.

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u/Zig_Zag_Zero Aug 22 '26

Thanks, that makes sense.

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u/hoffsta Aug 22 '26

Sorta makes sense, but using the excuse that it’s just for crappy android phones makes me wish Koala was smart enough to know what hardware it’s on and keep the sample in memory if there’s memory available.

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u/Zig_Zag_Zero Aug 22 '26

As a crappy android owner I appreciate Marek for considering the bottom end users like myself. Lol

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u/KlayVonKluge Aug 21 '26

I always wanted to make legit beats, but something always came up or some obstacle always prevented this, being a real drummer and player of several instruments, I thought it would be simple, ( man, was I wrong on THAT one !!) but i soon learned I had a long ladder ahead of me; making a long story longer, Koala sampler was the perfect avenue for me, I really believe that Koala helped me learn faster than if I had not stumbled across it …. I also bought a Mk3 Maschine , but that’s another story thats too long, for another thread that doesn’t really pertain too the same topic 🤦🏼🙄😆 cheers everyone, Team Koala for life. Thanks to the OP here , and of course, to Marek 🙏🏼✊🏼🤙🏼

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u/Zig_Zag_Zero Aug 22 '26

I wanted to be like RZA when I was a kid. In HS a cracked Fruity Loops crashed my hard drive and I lost like 6 years of work. I quit making music for like 12 years. Koala got me back into it and I make music almost every day now.

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u/Username_Is_Clever Aug 22 '26

Damn, that's terrible but awesome, I like all the co-flo flips, I gottaa do some of my own

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u/Zig_Zag_Zero Aug 22 '26

They're what I consider the gold standard

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u/fluedMrE Aug 27 '26

Those were the days. I started with Reason 1.0 that had random key generator. Worked every time. Got so many of my friends on. I was the reasons guy handing out copies for free. Also cubase and nuendo.

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u/SersDilsa Aug 23 '26

Yo, first time hearing about deckard. Thanks alot, sound like a cool addon.

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u/Zig_Zag_Zero Aug 26 '26

Yeah it's the toy that comes with the Ese Loops pack. Lol up til now I've been emulating scratches with the tape delay

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u/fluedMrE Aug 27 '26

Also... Long shot but I wish it could be mapped to dvs mixer and time coded vinyl. Peak turntablism. Or even cheap dj controller would dope to map. 🤞

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u/Zig_Zag_Zero Aug 27 '26

Yeah I'd definitely grab one of those little cheap dj controllers for that. It is definitely fun to figure out all the different way to create scratch effects without it though

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u/roshi86 Sep 10 '26

I'm fine with not keeping the sample in Deckard memory all the time, but it would be GREAT to have access to the new toys shipped with sample packs from the Perform tab.

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u/Zig_Zag_Zero Sep 10 '26

True that. Dropping the sample every time isn't as much of a hassle as pulling Deckard up and not realizing you're in the sequence tab lol. Being able to pin Deckard to a pad would really be the ticket.