Hi Hat Programming

how often do you guys play straight 1/8th note hi hats ?
sometimes i hear this

sometimes i hear no hi hat on the snare, no hi hat on the kicks, and the hi hat after the snare the loudest? am i just listening too hard?

ie) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJJXbo_CyZk
is that straight hi hats on every 1/8th? it sounds like he only has the hi hats right after the snare or the hi hats are never played if there is a kick or snare.

another example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DBKVxDU ... re=related
the hi hat right after the snares or on the & of 2 , 4 seem the loudest?

tunnelno5 wrote:sometimes i hear no hi hat on the snare, no hi hat on the kicks, and the hi hat after the snare the loudest? am i just listening too hard?

No not at all.

Hi hats can sometimes prove to be the hardest element to get right in a track, so keep listening hard and trying to emulate your favourite patterns and you should get the results you want with practice.

tunnelno5 wrote:how often do you guys play straight 1/8th note hi hats ?
sometimes i hear this

sometimes i hear no hi hat on the snare, no hi hat on the kicks, and the hi hat after the snare the loudest? am i just listening too hard?

ie) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJJXbo_CyZk
is that straight hi hats on every 1/8th? it sounds like he only has the hi hats right after the snare or the hi hats are never played if there is a kick or snare.

another example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DBKVxDU ... re=related
the hi hat right after the snares or on the & of 2 , 4 seem the loudest?

MAYBE (i havent checked) that can have something to do with compression: the hats on the & of 1 and 3 will be quieter when theres a lot of low frequencies from the kick still present..

The "No Competition" main beat uses the Power of Zeus drum break ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEU5wvgudBk ), and that other beat also has a drum break (at least in the beginning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lSZrKAhUaA). So there's not hi hat PROGRAMMING to speak about when dealing with looped or barely chopped drum breaks.

Sometimes you might not hear hi hat under kick or snare because it is too short and it's covered nicely. That's also another technique. Dunno if u meant this