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Re: reducing the harsh metalic sound of hi-hats
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:57 am
by morerecords
Do what the pro guys do in pop production, slap a de-esser on the offending peaks
Re: reducing the harsh metalic sound of hi-hats
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 4:52 am
by mc1392
Some of the Ableton drums have a knob on them called 'Click'.
You can adjust that.
Re: reducing the harsh metalic sound of hi-hats
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 5:54 am
by Sepp Ultura
memes_33 wrote:use a notch filter with a high q and crank the gain all of the way up, then sweep around the frequencies in question. find the harshest frequency, then change the gain so you are attenuating the frequency.
This.
Re: reducing the harsh metalic sound of hi-hats
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 8:42 am
by Forge.
Warrior Bob wrote:Turn them down maybe? This has worked surprisingly well for me.
+1 was going to say this
might not need to cut out as much HF then
but in terms of filter to use - just boost/sweep until you find the freq that is most grating, then cut a little with bell curve, or even notch it out
Re: reducing the harsh metalic sound of hi-hats
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 1:57 pm
by The Carpet Cleaner
I just fell in love with Waves RDeEsser.
the R version is really smooth. THe regular version (Deesser) is just ok.
Re: reducing the harsh metalic sound of hi-hats
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 9:43 pm
by Poibles
Reverse them. Non pro tip.