Hi Hats

[klooptheloop]

A short room verb on hats can be cool to just make them a bit bigger and dispersed sounding.

Nice ............

[NuEra]

Ok, interesting. Thanks Jesse. I feel much better about tackling hi hats now.

[James Stichbury]

I might be a little late here, but sidechaining always helps to make the hats sound less monotonous and have some more swing... so they aren't always at the same volume...

[admin]

Yup great idea, sidechaining can work really well for this.

[NuEra]

Yup great idea, sidechaining can work really well for this.

I've done this before and liked the results. Don't think I did it again because I chickened out thinking it was improper technique, thus knowingly breaking the first rule of making music. I'm disappointed in myself.

[admin]

NuEra,

I've done the same before, shied away from something as I thought it wasn't 'correct' or 'this isn't how everyone else does'. So don't feel bad, just go and sidechain some hats now

[Waylo]

using a de-esser on your hats can sometimes sound great too. Takes out some of the harsher frequencies and leaves you with a softer sound.

[sebas]

What I do is making my hats mono with the dfx monomaker (freeware). (http://www.kvraudio.com/get/665.html) . This is to prevent phase problems..

Then I'm using the mda stereo , freeware (http://www.kvraudio.com/get/797.html), now the hats are more stereo and have a kind of delay. This makes your hats more exciting.. I don't no if it's a good idea , but it works for me