27 Aug
2005
27 Aug
'05
10:20 a.m.
On 8/27/05, Hans <hansfong(a)zonnet.nl> wrote:
I'm new to drums and drum machines, trying to work
with Hydrogen. Want
to do some home recording with bass and guitar. Need a cool drum groove
to play with and try to make that from scratch (love to learn :-). Take
a listen to this and you will know what I am talking about:
http://hit.tweakdsl.nl/hh-beat.mp3. It's a little less than 500kb in size.
It's the hi hat that I want. The rhythm isn't so complicated, just a
beat on every count. What I can't get is the same sound as the
recording. It's lush (not quite a closed hi hat, I presume) and has a
long decay. So far I've only achieved a mechanical sound. So the
questions....
What drum kit are you using? The standard GM sounds that come with
Hydrogen are, like most GM sounds I have used for any other drum
machine, a bit to be desired. Get the UltraAcousticKit for Hydrogen,
there are lots more sounds (32 total, I think) and they sound pretty
good.
Also, do some experimenting with the 'humanization' feature of
Hydrogren, it can help remove the mechanicalness of the drums by
slightly varying tempo, attack and pitch.
-- Brett
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