diversify the hi hats

does anyone have any advice for keeping hi hats from sounding like metronome clicks. not like the actual sound of the sample or anything, just very repetitive sounding (rhythm wise) as of right now i'm trying a closed hat and adding an open one in the mix but if anyone could lend some insight of their own techniques this would be great and a bunch of people could benefit besides just me. thanks again.

turn full level off and then listen to the beat and get a pattern in your head then record it in.

Yes, velocity is as important to a groove as timing.
What helps me too is copying the pad several times then adjust attack, decay and tune slightly.

nice! i'll give these a try

awesome ill try that out too

you can even use the same sample and modulate the filter or the attack via velocity on you sampler

dsp wrote:you can even use the same sample and modulate the filter or the attack via velocity on you sampler

co-sign...

also, on the 1000 (not sure about other machines) you can set velocity -to- pitch which helps to get slightly different tones without having to double up the sample.

in program edit go to the sample's pitch and press WINDOW.

careful though -- big variations here can produce unnatural (and sometimes really cool sounding) results.

but the best way by far is to get a whole bunch of different hits from the same sample.... if you're going for a more 'natural' sound that is.

dsp wrote:you can even use the same sample and modulate the filter or the attack via velocity on you sampler

CO-Sizzlac

check out how Black Milk does his Hi-Hats : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFiHKcYA4jY

Marvel wrote:check out how Black Milk does his Hi-Hats : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFiHKcYA4jY

nice thanks