i need a little help

[ravefeind]

rite basically ive listened to a lot of psy today and was wondering how i can get my hi hats to get a proper triplt timing and for them to be pronounced properly i use ers drums 4 my kicks and snares and eq them the best i can and use the lm7 4 my cymbles yes i know the lm7 is quite laim but thats all ive got ne1 have ne suggestions cheers also ne1 listened to the scorb album ne1 know how i can get that phat sound effect thats on track 5 its at the beggining if u listen to the track u will know which one im goin on about cheers

 

[AEON]

people always suggest a touch of distortion on hi-hats to get them nice and crunchy.

i like to cut a whole lot of low frequencies out of my hats so that they're like a thin layer of cling-film stretching over the top of the track a tiny bit of reverb is good too sometimes.

one thing that really helps when getting groove into hihats is to think about pitch & velocity. if you're going to have 16th hi-hats 'ticking' along the top of the track to give it energy, just subtly tweaking the pitch and level can make all the difference.

i don't know what LM7 is i'm afraid but there are lots of good hat samples out there if you want? i tend to look for natural kits recorded by drummers.

 

[Sturdy Pete]

i've also found that using 2 or 3 differnt samples to make one hi-hat pattern - sometimes but not always the closed/pedal/open - gives more of a natural & interesting sound.

defo agree on the low cut! makes all the difference, particularly with less than perfect samples

 

[evilwill]

triplet timing is just 3 hihats for each kick, spaced out evenly... should be pretty easy to do in the piano roll of whatever app you're using