On 8/27/05, Hans <hansfong@xxxxxxxxx> 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 -- Programmer by Day, Guitarist by Night http://www.chapelperilous.net http://www.alhazred.com http://www.revelmoon.com
