Hihats- Triplet or Straight?

[hurlingdervish]

a third option "both" "depends" defeats the purpose...
if you use both then go with triplets


so what is it?

[ninjadog]

trips

[phrex]

really depends on the tune... the dubby tracks are usually triplets, to break the monotony of the kick, that is often held in 4/4. (the snare breaks it too of course)

[86.]

I like trips most of the time. add swagger.

but I've done em straight at times.

[decklyn]

Straight but syncopated
or
triplet and straight.
or
both

[DZA]

Never used triplets i dont think

[hurlingdervish]

i dunno something doesn't feel right about straight hi hats at 140, but thats just me i guess

[DZA]

All about whipping the mpd out and bashing away

[hurlingdervish]

All about whipping the mpd out and bashing away

true

[collective]

i dunno something doesn't feel right about straight hi hats at 140, but thats just me i guess

your just one step away from some snap music with straight hats at 140... mmmm

[Depone]

Totally depends on the tune. ,but for me 70% of the time i end up using straight but using a LOT of swing.

[abZ]

Never used triplets i dont think

I think you pretty much are required by law to use triplets in 2-step no?

I have always used straight 16ths but atmo I am all about the triplets. I probably only have one tune out there with a triplet groove but it won't be the only one for long. There is just a lot more triplet groove shit out there right now that I like than every before. It seemed like a few years ago there was hardly anything like that coming out. Personally I don't really like swing in dance tunes or better put, dj tunes, so hard to find shit that blends together like that.

[bandshell]

I just put them in where they sound good, I don't intentionally go for triplets or otherwise.

[abZ]

I just put them in where they sound good, I don't intentionally go for triplets or otherwise.

How does that work? You have make a decision to set your grid or quantization to one or the other there by making that your intention. Or do you just throw everything together Burial style?

[bandshell]

I just put them in where they sound good, I don't intentionally go for triplets or otherwise.

How does that work? You have make a decision to set your grid or quantization to one or the other there by making that your intention. Or do you just throw everything together Burial style?

I never have quantization on.

[yellowhighlighter]

i just play my hats out. but if i'm programming them in i go straight.

[strukture]

dotted

[lojik]

Straight definately, but usually with quite a heavy swing, especially if it's one of my more 2 step things. I think people have been lying on the voting though, I hardly ever hear tracks with triplets on the hats yet that is winning by almost twice as many votes.

Maybe people are getting confused between triplets and swing?

[Depone]

Straight definately, but usually with quite a heavy swing, especially if it's one of my more 2 step things. I think people have been lying on the voting though, I hardly ever hear tracks with triplets on the hats yet that is winning by almost twice as many votes.

Many people are getting confused between triplets and swing?

I agree. seems strange as i rarely hear triplet quantised tunes (12ths instead of 16ths).

[hurlingdervish]

Maybe people are getting confused between triplets and swing?

100 percent swing is triplets