► Support us:   / ​   In this video we show you the best techniques to make your Hi-Hats (or any other drum you want) less robotic, less monotonous and more lively in an instant. As a bonus we look at what made the Linn LM-1 Hi-Hats special and how to recreate them on a sampler like the Elektron Digitakt.

Featured drum patterns - transcriptions available on Patreon:
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
Prince / The Time - 777-9311

Gear used:
Elektron Digitakt
Elektron Syntakt
Roland TR-6S
Roland TR-08
Arturia DrumBrute Impact
Synthstrom Audible Deluge
IK Multimedia UNO Drum

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Table of contents:
0:00 Introduction
0:47 Microtiming
2:36 Swing
3:04 Sample Start
4:35 Pitch
5:27 Hold and Decay
6:50 Filter
7:13 Dynamics
7:49 Automation
8:28 Linn LM-1 Hi-Hats
11:31 Probability
12:46 808 + 606
13:47 777-9311

Produced by Jean-Claude Dirckx and Sophie Hoppstädter