Message 11/12
Date: 24-Jul-02 @ 08:56 AM -
RE: Hi Hat Programming
Try this, it works in trance as well as house. If you want the hi hats to groove, you must make them move around. I assume youre talking about the high hats and not the open hats that fall between the kick drum.
First, make them tight by using a tight gate time,but every once in a while open the gate up
Screw with the velocities, use a random velocity,
this makes it sound like a real drummer.
If the hats are in 16ths, use 32nd note hats like at the begining (1st beat of said measure) or end(last beat of said measure) of every other few measures. Also try using a breakbeat. Dont program a hit in every 16th note. Let it drop out just before a snare hit or open hat. Generally you also have to tune all of your drums to match the pitch of your track. And as for effects, id stay away from them. If you wanna add something more, just tweak the reso or cutoff to get a cool effect but dont over do it. Try this, I hope it helps, just dont over do it, Just 2 or 3 of there tricks is enough.
Jesse