Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Sakamoto" <sakamotj@y...> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>    I was wondering if there is some "trick" to doing a type of 
double 
> time on the high hat.  There is a song by 311, called "Amber" and 
the 
> high hat sounds very different than most songs I've heard.  My 
friend 
> says he hears this high hat beat alot in reggae songs...In order to 
> duplicate that, assuming you don't use 2 hands, is there any 
trick?  
> It kinda sounds like tik-kit tik-kit tik-kit..
> 
> Right now, I'm pounding(not literally....;)) away on the HH on the 
> DTXpressII, but it doesn't sound quite right.  Wondering if it 
might 
> be something you can only do on a real HH?

When I used to play acoustic kit I used to get this hi-hat effect by 
playing alternate strokes on the edge (with the shoulder of the 
stick) and the main body (with the tip of the stick).

However, this doesn't help when one is using a single zone pad for 
the hi-hit on a electronic kit.  Maybe it could be achieved by using 
crossfading between an edge sound and a non-edge sound but I haven't 
tried this personally so I can't comment on its effectiveness or 
otherwise.

I plan to replace the cuurent hi-hat pad with a TP65S cymbal pad so I 
can have two zones for just such an occasion.  Others on the list 
have a setup like this already and recommend it heartily.