New: creates a new and empty drumkit by clearing all the instruments of the current one.

Open: opens one of the registered drumkits and replaces the currently loaded one.

	Note
	Via this option you can only load drumkits that have been already imported into Hydrogen. If you just received a new one from an external source, be sure to use the Import option described below.

Properties: sets general properties of the drumkit such as its name, author, license, general information, image, and image license.

Save: saves all settings of the current drumkit (including those of their instruments and sound samples).

Save As: saves all settings of the current drumkit (including those of their instruments and sound samples) as new drumkit.

	Note
	The new drumkit will be a physical copy of the old one and is stored into the $HOME/.hydrogen/data/drumkits/ folder.

Export: compress and stores all instruments samples and settings of any drumkit (not just the current one) into a folder of your choice as .h2drumkit file.

	Note
	For compatibility reasons you can also export your drumkit in a format used in older versions ( <= 0.9.6 ) of Hydrogen. By doing so you need to select a single component to export since this functionality was not supported back than.

Import: imports a drumkit (a .h2drumkit file) from the local filesystem.

Online Import: imports another drumkit from a remote location through a XML feed. The XML file that should be provided is NOT RSS compliant (see Hydrogen website for an example).

Figure 6.2. Import Drumkit

The Import window will pop up with the Internet tab selected. By default the link to the drumkit list (on hydrogen-music.org) will be filled in, and after pressing the Update list button you will get a complete list of all drumkits that are available for download. In the status column you can see if a kit is installed or not.

If you select one of the drumkits you will see info about this kit in the right pane of the Import window: name, description, author and also the license type.

You can install a drumkit by selecting it and clicking Download and Install.

Once the kit has been downloaded it will be available in the Sound Library under User drumkits.