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How do you make your hi-hats?
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___PsyTom
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Posted : Jul 17, 2001 02:09:26
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Hello everyone,
I'd like to know (if you're willing to share your professional secrets ;)) how do you do your hi-hats.
I mean, how do you spice 'em up, not creating them.
Personally, I use one open hi-hat sample and add slight delays which make the hi-hats part more complete (IMO). I use EQ to modify the sound until it's good, and that it.
Do you have any other ideas?
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___MichaelA
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Posted : Jul 17, 2001 02:11:20
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Umm.. only one sample of hi-hats?
My synth (CS1x) has like 500 types of them, I use some with a variating velocity and panning and stuff... |
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___PsyTom
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Posted : Jul 17, 2001 02:25:57
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Oh yeah, panning... I use ping-pong delay + panning. It's pretty cute.
I really love the OHH sample from the TR-909 which I've found on the web (I know it's not healthy to use sample from the net, but i can't help it...) so I usually use it, but i use other samples too, and of course closed hi-hats.
I don't like my Virus' hi-hats at all (sounds too much like slightly modified white noise), Although I should create some hats of mine...
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___kaz
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Posted : Jul 17, 2001 05:00:34
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A reverb can give hihats a thicker sound and volume fadeouts can give it the proper length for the usage, or make the fadeout faster/longer.
And of course, you can create your own tailor made ones before you start playing with them :). |
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___pacman7331
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Posted : Jul 17, 2001 07:55:20
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Hi-Hats... I personally find them overwhelming at times. One of the worst things about dance music is that if u can't hear the melodies all you WILL hear is the Boom-Tss Boom-Tss. And that's porno music...(music in, like movies with nudity). I dunno, sometimes when i'm making a mix i will even try and filter them out by lowering high frequency sounds. I'm a weirdo. BUT... when you do your hi-hats, make sure they are not TOO loud (makes it hard to hear music). And try new things, like instead of a hi-hat sound it could be a pop or yelp or any a percussion sound that are not cymbals. Really anything that's short and interesting...
After all, Hi-hats seem to be in almost EVERY track. Why have the same piece of music in every song?
...check out the unique beat sound in MFG-New Kind of World.
GL
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___GuyShanti
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Posted : Jul 17, 2001 09:59:58
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take fruity loops (no kidding), make one pattern of hi hats (4 beats - 1 bar) and take them down 1/2 or 1 note, mabey 1.5 tones. it makes them lower and meaner. put some reverb on them for extra flavour. export the wav and drop it on cubase for delicate eq.
heres something I prepeared earlier: tsss tsss tsss tsss......
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___yuli
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Posted : Jul 17, 2001 13:15:28
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Good one Ganti,
In fact I would urge anyone that has a Sampler or does it via PC to check what 12! semitones down makes to a hi hat - u might b surprised. |
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___DCQ
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Posted : Jul 17, 2001 14:49:03
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wel...try piling a load of different hihat sounds together... say about ten. have your key sound panned at centre, and the rest panned at verying degrees out from middle, with some panned hard left and hard right, take some of the bass out of the ones going further out from the centre (or take it out from the ones nearer the middle, that sounds cool as well)... and then do a reverb with very high perception, and short attack, and short overall echo... i used to make new sounds like this a while ago, when i was doing everything more complexly. this would be for the most prominent hihat in the treack, though
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___GuyShanti
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Posted : Jul 17, 2001 14:53:22
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now u gone over the top mate...:) all this for a hi hat? I wonder what treatment yours snears go through....
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___PsyTom
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Posted : Jul 17, 2001 15:59:41
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10x guys, your tips are really helpfull. Lowering the pitch is neasty indeed 8).
Tom
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___pacman7331
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Posted : Jul 18, 2001 07:33:56
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wow id love to hear how that sounds Queen....SURROUND SOUND HI-HAT... heh, nifty |
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___skazi
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Posted : Jul 26, 2001 23:36:24
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more then one way to do your hh:
1 you can use a noise(sundforge) and sepe it^
use a netal rev. and pitch antil you get your
hh
2 you can use senpel off hh and then pitch it
and rev it(488)
hh or all most evry sund you can do
from sintis in the tool in sundforge
thry and see
p s if you can not do it e-mail me i send you some
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___kaz
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Posted : Jul 26, 2001 23:42:18
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just get loads of samples and improvise the SHIT out of them (pitch, reverb, panning, cutoffs, flangers, etc.)... Eventually, you'll get a feel for what you want. |
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___KhelProject
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Posted : Aug 4, 2001 20:04:53
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Say Mike, why did you buy the CS1X?
The AN1X is better! |
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___ChillCrew
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Posted : Aug 5, 2001 00:15:54
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Project, is this a "Mine is a better synth" competition or somthing? |
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