Bringing Character To Your Drums
Learn how to use reverb, vintage EQ, compression and saturation to deliver a distinct character to your drums. Programming drums using a variety of sound sources can result in your drums...
Audiotent Tip 424 // Crispy Techno Hi-Hats There are multiple ways to create and process techno hi-hats. Recording drum machines or layering the top loops seems a common practice. However, we wante...
Audiotent Tip 421 - 3 Ways to Process Hi-Hats 808 and 909 are the classic choice for sourcing hi-hats in techno and tech-house genres. Purists will use them raw, however, there is so much to be gai...
Audiotent Tip #419 - How to Synthesise Techno HatsIntricately crafted and ever evolving hi-hats are a trademark of the melodic techno sound. Inside this step-by-step guide we are going to walk you ...
Audiotent Tip 390. Layering with Hi-Hats.A hi-hat can often be used as a layer for your percussive bass, synth or keyboard sounds.It will add an extra transient bite and definition, helping to sit ...
Audiotent Tip 384. Hi-Hat Definition.Cutting the high frequencies from a hi-hat seems like a counterintuitive idea.However, hi-hat samples can often be over-processed and contain too much fuzzy top...
Audiotent Tip 322. Tremolo hi-hats.Automating the panning of your hi-hats left and right gives some extra movement and excitement.You can also achieve a similar effect by using a tremolo. Insert th...
Using swing to add groove to your music
#AudiotentTip 234. Swing & Groove.A simple but sometimes overlooked function is the ability to add swing to your samples and MIDI. Swing can be a very powerful production trick, helping you tra...
Arpeggiated hi-hats for interesting rhythms
#AudiotentTip 231. Arpeggiated Hi-Hats.A great technique to come up with interesting hat rhythms is to use an arpeggiator. Use a MIDI arpeggiator (such as Xfer Cthulhu) as a source to trigger your ...
#AudiotentTip 203. Synthesised Hats.White/Pink noise oscillators are a great place to start when synthesising hats. Use a band/high pass filters to refocus the frequencies. Finally, use the amp env...