Kontakt Tutorial: How to Work with Hi-Hats
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.
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.
In this Kontakt tutorial, I show how to make mic level knobs using instrument busses.
Download the samples here: https://www.decentsamples.com/product/box-violin-harmonics-kontakt-ableton-sfz-free/ For the last four months, I’ve been living in London — meeting people, recording stuff, writing music. While I was there, I built two violins in the flat where I was living. If you haven’t seen those videos, I highly recommend checking them out (I think they’re a lot of…
In this video, I make a functioning reverb unit out of stuff I bought at the dollar store: party balloons, a plastic container, and some tiny speakers.
I made a synth plugin for synthwave producers (VST, AU, AUv3, Mac/Win standalone). Introductory price is $20 until December 9th. Check it out: Buy it here: https://www.decentsamples.com/product/analog-coast-synthwave-synth/
Two videos ago, I built a violin from scratch. At one point while I was working on that video, I began to doubt my ability to construct a playable neck, so I ordered a pre-made neck from China. Well…that neck finally arrived. In this video, I build a new instrument by attaching that pre-made neck…
For the next few months, I’ll be living in London. The thing about taking long transatlantic trips is that at some point you start to miss your physical instruments. Lately, I’ve found myself missing my violin which I had to leave back in Philadelphia. My solution? Build a new one right here in my Airbnb.
In this video, I build an actual physical synth out of resistors, capacitors, and a 555 timer. I then sample it and turn it into a synthwave-inspired Kontakt patch.
In this video, I show how to make drums out of regular, run-of-the-mill party balloons. As a bonus, I’ve sampled some of mine and turned them into a free Kontakt / SFZ instrument. You can download a free Kontakt / SFZ sample library of the balloon drums here.