Best Friend for K.O. II

Name: Best Friend for K.O. II
Price: 7.99 USD
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)
Author: Brian Holt

by Brian Holt

iPhone

Active Last checked 5 Aug 2026

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At a glance: $7.99

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Music

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Music

Key functions

Function	Availability	Access	Scope	Evidence
Family Sharing	Yes	Unknown	App Store	Store published

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Price: $7.99

Last verified 5 Aug 2026

Ratings & reviews

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5.0 1 ratings · App Store

5/5Works great!
Very happy to not have to have a laptop nearby to make adjustments to the ko2!

fuenciso_ · 5 Aug 2026

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1.0
2.0
New features: - Save Bank Snapshots to quickly reload a previous bank of samples. - Move, delete, and share multiple samples from the Sample List screen. - See all loaded samples per Bank. - Zoom into samples. Pinch to zoom in. Double-tap to zoom out. While zoomed in, swipe to pan around the wav. While zoomed out, move the cycle region by tapping the centre of the highlighted region. - Support for firmware v2.5: Previews play through USB Audio; 40s sample time for mono; Lo/Med/Hi sample rate options; reverse playback in Time Mode. - Trigger Previews in Import and Edit Sample by cycling through the Bank Pads. - Revamped icons. See your selected project on the Pad screen icon. Fixes: - Disconnecting your sampler no longer requires app restart to reconnect. - Improved wav render performance. - Improved sample caching performance.
2.1
New features: - Multi-samples! Import a series of samples to combine them into a multi-sample (only available on EP-1320 and EP-40) - EP-40 support with loop mode, Supertone, and multi-samples - Share, save, and backup Bank Snapshots - Native iOS actions: long-press or swipe on Sample rows or Bank Snapshots to rename, share, or delete; haptics on UI controls; improved accessibility labels Fixes: - Improved cache performance - Improved wav zooming, trim handle snapping, and more predictible cycle grabs - Prevent upward scaling fidelity artifacts - Edit sample could get stuck on a previous sample - Moving multiple samples could crash the device - The pad label was incorrect
2.2
New features: - Long-press to load a sample from the Sample List Screen directly to the active pad Fixes: - Improved live pad setting performance - Sample display fixes: cycle region was too eager, now long-press to move; edge markers were too narrow, now easier to grab; render performance could become choppy with large files; Sample canvas hijacked scroll with multi-samples. - Moving samples was restricted to existing bank range - keyboard was intermittently inaccessible on Sample Edit screen
2.3
New features: - Create Project and System backups. Restore directly from Best Friend. Import your pre-existing backups to keep everything all in one place. - Converted .epbank to an archive file. On your computer, rename it to .zip, unzip it, and get access to the wav files. Fixes: - Sample List playback performance improvements - Data transfer performance improvements - Audio, .pak, .ppak, and .epbank files will prompt to open directly in Best Friend - Reset waveform zoom between sample changes
2.4
New in v2.4: - Brand new effects! EQ, Compression, Distortion and Saturation, Phaser, Chorus, Tremolo, Delay, and Reverb New in v2.3: - Create Project and System backups. Restore directly from Best Friend. Import your pre-existing backups to keep everything all in one place. - Converted .epbank to an archive file. On your computer, rename it to .zip, unzip it, and get access to the wav files. - Sample List playback performance improvements - Data transfer performance improvements - Audio, .pak, .ppak, and .epbank files will prompt to open directly in Best Friend - Reset waveform zoom between sample changes
2.5 · 1 Aug 2026
New features and improvements: - Stem Splitter. Extract drums, bass, vocals, guitars, and other instruments from your samples then use them in isolation or blend them together in a new mix. - Improved Preview playback peformance. Preview will no longer stop when changing fidelity, repitch, normalize, and other values. Fixes: - Compressor attack and release ranges were off by a decimal point. Now attack = .1ms -> 2ms; release = 40ms -> 1000ms. - Double tap effects faders to reset. - When sample was reversed playhead played backwards, which was technically showing forward play. Now playhead always begins from the left. - Deleted samples no longer re-appear after delete. - Prevented backup attempts across devices, which could fault the memory.

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