Original Message 1/5                 Date: 26-Apr-01  @  06:30 PM   -   hi-hat programming

seenull

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Hello all, hope this isn't too similar to len's post ;) I'm having trouble with my hats. Sound quality is fine, but they just don't roll. I'm working on some D+B breaks, and the hats are definitely a problem. Are straight sixteenth notes the way to go? Mine sound very stiff. Adding swing doesn't sound right, and delay seems to just muddy things up at that tempo. Also, when I use very short notes, the hats sound too choppy, but long notes are too noisy. Should I be timecompressing long hats into short hats? AAAGGHHH!!! Any help here would be much appreciated.

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Message 2/5                 Date: 27-Apr-01  @  03:13 AM   -   RE: hi-hat programming

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reverse reverb. mmm.

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Message 3/5                 Date: 27-Apr-01  @  12:22 PM   -   RE: hi-hat programming

Jasper

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try using decay to shorten the notes rather than a shorter note on the sequencer.

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Message 4/5                 Date: 27-Apr-01  @  06:50 PM   -   RE: hi-hat programming

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Try to lower velocities of every second note. Try to put them so quiet that you can't almost hear them. Also try to cut off attack and hi frequencies a bit from the notes that are lower velocities.

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Message 5/5                 Date: 27-Apr-01  @  07:50 PM   -   RE: hi-hat programming

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post up a file - thats what it's for !!!! - then we can load the groove and take a look at the problem

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