Kontakt Tutorial: How to Lay Out Hi-Hats @DavidHilowitzMusic

Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Last week, Jon Meyer released in his fantastic Soft Drums library (link below). In this video, I tinker with his samples–adding hi-hat "choke groups" to his kit.

Download the new version of the patch on the Pianobook site here: pianobook.co.uk/library/soft-drums

Watch Jon Meyer's Soft Drums Video: youtube.com/watch?v=wevOqzRQpzA

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