Hi-Hats: Before, After, or During?

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How and when do you record your hi-hats?

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2 PADS?

By hhtmpc Sat Apr 03, 2004 5:47 pm
I CAN SCROLL DOWN 4 ROWS AND CHOOSE SOUNDS?

WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SIMULATION MODE AND REGULAR

HOW DO U DO GHOSTING

By hhtmpc Sat Apr 03, 2004 5:53 pm
AND HOW WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT GHOSTING??THANKS
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By Iceberg-Slim Sun Apr 04, 2004 8:30 am
ugghh at caps bro...
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By dubmunkey Mon Apr 05, 2004 9:38 am
thats what i find funny about these polls...as if anyone does the same thing for every tune......

greg

By Aster Mon Apr 05, 2004 2:45 pm
Hope this isn't on atangent but what do people mean exactly by ghost hits? Are they a lower velocity copy of the same sound immediately following it? Or what? Can some one share a technique for ghosts?
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By descartes Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:30 pm
Iceberg-Slim wrote:No you dont actually have to assign to different pads

I have one pad for hat, one for kick, and one for snare

I just play it like how a drummer would, I still do go back over to do ghosting for my kicks to get them smoother


so what hand do you use for what sound? right now im using my right hand for the snare and hi hat and my left for the kick (im right handed).
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By Iceberg-Slim Wed Apr 07, 2004 1:16 am
^ Im pretty good with both hands, but typically hat is one of my 4 fingers and the snare is my thumb on my right, and the kick is one of the fingers of the left hand

By Toecutter Wed Apr 07, 2004 2:59 am
I usually either do my hats and snare first, or my kick and snare first then my hats on a separate track... it depends. I seen Alias play drums live on the MPC... looks like it takes DEEP concentration to do that... I got two hands, 10 fingers... and guess what? separate tracks and the overdub button are my best friend.
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By Phatz Fri Apr 09, 2004 4:51 am
I am not a drummer although I can play the drums......some times I track my sh!t out like this, It keeps me from over doing it......pratice does make perfect and it also builds up finger speed

By Waxdatass Mon Apr 12, 2004 6:08 am
A drummer named Kenwood Dennard, who is actually deaf plays behind a drum kit and uses his left hand to bang out beats on a drum machine while he is playing his kit. Also Futureman, from Bela Fleck and the Flecktones plays a Synthaxe drummitar, which is basicly a Drum Machine shaped like a guitar with a bunch of trigger pads and he sounds exactly like a drummer. You honestly can not tell the difference but of course he really is a drummer but it is truly amazing to see.
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By binger0 Mon Apr 12, 2004 6:16 am
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how do **** do you play drums deaf?

By Waxdatass Fri Apr 16, 2004 5:36 am
That's the synthaxe but Futureman modified it even further, no strings on the neck just trigers. As for how Kenwood Dennard plays deaf? Now that is a good question but I take it he must have had his hearing at least at one point in his life.

By Toecutter Sat Apr 17, 2004 6:52 am
Stevie Wonder plays keys blind so I guess anything is possible...
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Re: Hi-Hats: Before, After, or During?

By Boogie Man Sat Apr 17, 2004 9:03 am
descartes wrote:
Its easy to record kick and snare and then place the hi-hats on the second go around, but I want to take it to the next level and record the whole thing at once.
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How is that "next level"??? It doesn't matter how you recorded it, what matters most is how it sounds when your FINISHED with it.....
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