Koala Sampler vs Absolute－Develop Perfect Pitch

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 track 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 process 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 * Load your own samples * Choose from one of 250 built-in sounds * Resample the output of the app back into a new sample * Export loops or entire tracks as professional quality WAV files * Direct export to Ableton Live Set * Copy/paste or merge sequences just by dragging them * Create beats with the high-resolution sequencer * Import samples from the Files app or even from videos * 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 * 6 Choke groups * Attack, release and tone adjustable on each sample * Mute/Solo controls and note repeat * Add any (or all) of the 16 effects to the entire mix * AUv3 compatible - use in GarageBand, Logic, Cubasis etc etc * MIDI controllable - play your samples on a keyboard, map the effects to knobs * Jam with others over WiFi with Ableton Link * Free copy of Ableton Live Lite included * AudioShare compatible * Use AI to separate samples into individual instruments (drums, bass, vocals and other) * Set your own background image and choose from a growing list of background visual FX 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 (5 modes: Modern, Retro, Beats, Re-pitch and Cyclic) * Piano roll editor * Auto-chop (auto, equal, and lazy chop) * 3 Band EQ * Pocket operator sync out * Quokka Synth - powerhouse polyphonic synthesizer * MIDI Out - control external MIDI hardware with Koala's sequencer * Chopper - multimodal sample chopping instrument Features included in MIXER In-App Purchase * Mix your beats professionally with a 4 channel mixer + main bus * Route any sample to any channel * Mute/solo, faders and accurate metering on every channel * 5 effect slots per channel * 29 high-quality effects - compressors, filters, phasers and more, with new effects to come * Host AUv3 plugins - both audio effects and instruments

Absolute is an app that helps you to develop Perfect Pitch - the ability that allows you to identify and recall musical pitches quickly and accurately. WHO CAN USE IT? The widely accepted position is that Perfect Pitch can be developed only by kids within the so-called critical period of learning. However there are some studies that show that some adults also could acquire this ability with appropriate and consistent training. So it is not guaranteed that you acquire a genuine Perfect Pitch, but there are very good chances that with sufficient practice you will develop a good tonal sense and the ability to identify and recall pitches without any reference pitch. HOW IT WORKS? The app provides a well structured plan of exercises. The plan consists of 22 levels. Levels differ from each other by the set of pitches(notes) they include. Number of pitches in a level gradually increases as you progress through the plan. There are 4 types of exercises in a level: 1. For each note, you learn tonal mnemonics, called resolutions. A resolution is a short melodic phrase which always leads from the original note to the root note (note C). Resolutions allow you to form a unique mental picture for each of the 12 notes. The app plays you the resolution and visually indicates which notes are being played. You play the same sequence of notes in response. 2. You develop the ability to identify the resolutions by ear. The app plays you a resolution but doesn't show you which notes are being played. You try to identify the resolution and play it back. 3. You build up the association between a pitch and it's resolution. The app plays you a single pitch. You try to recall and play the resolution. 4. After you have sufficiently practiced the previous exercises you are given the task to identify pitches. The app plays you a pitch or a series of pitches and you play the same pitch(pitches) in response. There are two properties of your performance that allow you to advance through the plan: Accuracy and Tempo. Accuracy is the percentage of the correct answers in a given exercise session. You need to gain at least 90% to pass an exercise session. You also need to complete an exercise at a specific tempo (passing tempo) to unlock the next exercise. The key idea behind the increasing tempos of the practice sessions is that the shrinking time constraints force your brain to internalize the mental processes involved in the pitch identification activity. In other words, the brain moves the processing from the conscious to the unconscious realm. And as the result, at some point, the process of pitch identification is optimized to a level where you don’t need to use the resolution mnemonic any more. You just hear and immediately recognize a unique image of a musical pitch. A NOTE FROM THE DEVELOPER: I am a musician myself. I play and teach fingerstyle guitar. I don’t have perfect pitch. So partially, I developed the app for myself and my kids. I made a lot of research on the subject and investigated multiple methodologies used for developing perfect pitch. The method used in the app looks the most promising for me. My kids and I have just started to practice using the app and I already see some good results. So, happy practicing! Dmitry PRIVACY POLICY: We take your privacy very seriously. Absolute does not collect any user data. All your practice progress data is securely stored in your private iCloud data storage.