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| advocate |
Yes "Hats"... I struggle with them!
I've been producing for about 2-3 years now, but I can never fit my hi hats nicely into the mix and they always seem out of place.
Could anybody give me a description of where to place the different kind of hi hats? For instance are the open hats meant to be centre, or panned left and right?
I could give you a loop if it would be easier to tell what I'm doing wrong, but I have'nt any webspace.
Any help would be appreciated... Thanks! |
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| serp |
| well, don't make them too loud, and try adding a slight delay to them, play around with the settings, also mess about with the pitch (does it sound better up a note?) also try lots of different samples until you find one that works well with your mix |
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| Mr.Mystery |
I usually keep my open hats in the centre and pan the closed hats.
I also use multiple layers of closed hats, all playing a different pattern, possibly slight amount of delay on each pattern as well. When you combine all the layers you usually get a pretty thick and driving hat pattern :) |
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| advocate |
Hi serp thanks for the quick reply...
The main problem that I have is where to actually place the hats in the mix. I will make a loop and feel that its sounding good, but when I listen back the next day it always sounds too mono, if you know what I mean?
I use RM IV for all my drums by the way. |
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| advocate |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
I usually keep my open hats in the centre and pan the closed hats.
I also use multiple layers of closed hats, all playing a different pattern, possibly slight amount of delay on each pattern as well. When you combine all the layers you usually get a pretty thick and driving hat pattern :) |
Thanks for sharing how you do it mate... I will try that out.
Everybody else's thoughts are welcome. |
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| serp |
dont just use hats then, use a whole bunch of things for your percussion ! then all you'll probably need is one open hat in the middle
perhaps you could upload us a clip so you can show us what you mean |
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| advocate |
Yes I'd like to upload a clip but I have'nt got any web space to host it. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks |
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| DJ KaRiM NeT |
1- lower da volume of hats
2- give it a delay & little amount of reverb
3- try lots of samples to see which one is the best
:) |
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| serp |
| the sample without the bass sounds fine but the one with the bass sounds terrible, what exactly are you doing? are you applying some kind of compression to the mix? |
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| advocate |
Yeah I agree the one with bass sounds terrible. I think I left a comp on the master while rushing this morning.
I'm more interested about opinions on the hats in the drum loop, do you think they sound ok? |
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