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ByOnesimus Sun Dec 05, 2004 10:20 pm
Alright I just got this machine and I'm tryin to figure out how to do the hi-hats on this machine cuz I know nothin bout makin the beats.Can I change the tempo,do I play the hi's only between the the snare or all the way through the beat.One more question can I do the drums last and or do I always have to do them 1st?

By spectre Sun Dec 05, 2004 10:23 pm
Do what you want to do.
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By DSTRUCT Sun Dec 05, 2004 10:30 pm
theres no rules. If there were, id tell you to do the opposite to find your own style.
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By BRAVO Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:24 pm
Id lay the pattern 1st....Then lay the hats compliment it and give it movement/groove.

Maybe bang out the patten on a table then use you mouth to do the hats where u 'feel' they should go.

There are really no rules tho. Try out different ways to make u comfy with your machine
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By Hypes Tue Dec 07, 2004 7:02 pm
under a sequence

play each instrument on its own track

hi hats on track one

snar on track2

piano on track3 etc...


how you play them - like they already said - is totally up to you
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By ryancee Tue Dec 07, 2004 7:06 pm
Although everyone has their own style, it is always easiest for me to get my main loop/sample, then set my hats to go with that and tighten it up - after my hats are set, then i'd usually do my drum pattern and snare to fit the loop and hats perfectly .... Pete said it correct in issue 8 of wax poetics - get that issue - he says it better


like I said - to each his own - - find YOUR own way

peace