Import a Hydrogen Drumkit into Multi-Sampler

Our goal is to import an existing 808 drumkit into the Multi-Sampler, configured so that:

• each drum is triggered by a single key on a midi keyboard
• each drum sends stereo out to its own track in the drum subgroup

This allows us to program a full drum kit using a single sampler and to mix, modify, or add effects to each drum individually.

Download a Hydrogen drumkit:

There are a lot of free Hydrogen drumkits available on the internet. For now, lets start with the 808 kit that comes with Hydrogen.

Import the Hydrogen drumkit:

• create a new midi track with lsp-sampler x24.
• open the lsp-sampler plugin and click on the blue LSP button
• select import >> hydrogen drumkit file and navigate to the drumkit.xml you just downloaded

Test the kit:

• select the Working area dropdown in the top left of the screen and choose Mixer 0-11 or Mixer 12-23
• click the white listen button at the bottom of the screen to hear the drum sample
• NOTE This kit only has 18 different samples so instruments 19-23 will be blank.

Create a template

Adjust panning

The good recommendation to start with every instrument panned to the center and then adjust panning per session as desired.

• Open the LSP-Sampler plugin
• select the Working area dropdown in the top left of the screen and choose Mixer 0-11
• To pan an instrument to the center
• double left click on the (%) for instrument 0 pan left
• enter 0.0
• repeat for pan right
• To pan an instrument to the left
• double left click on the (%) for instrument 0 pan left
• enter -100
• double left click on the (%) for instrument 0 pan right
• enter 0
• To pan an instrument to the right
• double left click on the (%) for instrument 0 pan left
• enter 0
• double left click on the (%) for instrument 0 pan right
• enter 100
• Repeat for all instruments

Set one channel and note per instrument

Right now if we use a midi keyboard every sample is triggered at the same time.

Let's configure it so that each sample is triggered by a single key and sent out on a single channel.

• Open the LSP-Sampler plugin
• select the Working area dropdown in the top left of the screen and choose Instruments
  • Instrument 0 Note: C 3
  • Instrument 1 Note: C# 3
  • Instrument 2 Note: D 3
  • Instrument 3 Note: D# 3
  • Instrument 4 Note: E 3
  • Instrument 5 Note: F 3
  • Instrument 6 Note: F# 3
  • Instrument 7 Note: G 3
  • Instrument 8 Note: G# 3
  • Instrument 9 Note: A 3
  • Instrument 10 Note: A# 3
  • Instrument 11 Note: B 3
  • Instrument 12 Note: C 4
  • Instrument 13 Note: C# 4
  • Instrument 14 Note: D 4
  • Instrument 15 Note: D# 4
  • Instrument 16 Note: E 4
  • Instrument 17 Note: F 4
  • Instrument 18 Note: F# 4
• Now play the corresponding note on your midi keyboard or the Ardour piano roll and you should hear the appropriate drum sample.

Save your kit

• click on the blue LSP button
• select export settings to file and save your file
• you can now load this ready to use drumkit into Multi-Sampler into any session!