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Mr Lager is right on point with the side chaining, what i like to do is program a hi-hat pattern as close as you can get it to the way you like, then throw abletons gate plugin on the hi-hat track and side chain it off the kick and snare. Adjust the attack and release controls to taste ( i personally like short attack, and release and a longer Hold) set the threshold for just the amount of cut you want and presto.... on top of that i then assign the hi-hat volume fader to a actual fader on my midi controller and then just cut it in and out like a dj fader ... give it a try

ryjan

The Designer Drums for Operator comes with some really cool hihat sounds. Automate the decay parameter for instant goodness Try to Automate all parameters just slightly to get a good groove. With operator hihats you can get stuff that is impossible to do with sampled sounds.

Also slice a hihat loop and play with the drum rack parameters.

My 2c.