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Originally posted by Looney4Clooney Some tracks that sample grooves Or are programmed that way will inherently clash. Drummers would typically play the hihat a little ahead of the tempo if they wanted the groove to feel rushed. So you feel like the tempo is quicker than it is. It will never feel locked.

True, but that's a rhythmic thing; you can still lock the BPM by one element like the kick or hats (or those tomes etc) and it's actauly in time, but the odd hat will make the rhythm sound like it's out. usually you can get away with it by mixing it in to something sparse, where that "rushing hat" has space to repeat as part of the grove. It's when it gets mixed with straight up timing that the groove sounds "out".