The Ultimate HiHat Collection

F9 Audio are back with another installment in their Argon Drum Series, this time a wall-to-wall encyclopedia of Hats! The collection features over 7,000 Hi Hats - with 1800 digital hats, 22 Live Hi-Hats (sampled with 8x round-robin layers), 11 Live Lo-Fi Hi-Hats sampled with 8x round-robin layers, 121 Synth Hi-Hats sampled with 8x round-robin layers and 180+ Patches, Menus, as well as Articulation Tools. As will all F9 releases, expect this to be the most comprehensive collection of Hat sounds recorded and crafted in the highest fidelity possible. Here's more... 

The Hi-Hat: Humble in name, impossibly vital to the groove. It's the rhythmic thread that elevates a beat from ordinary to unforgettable. Welcome to F9 HAT!, the third instalment in our acclaimed Argon Drums series, where we've poured exhaustive expertise into crafting the ultimate hi-hat collection for contemporary producers. Building on the foundation of our chart-topping F9 KICK! and F9 SNARE! volumes, F9 HAT! delivers an encyclopedic array of hi-hats sampled with precision, passion, and unparalleled depth.  

More details below:

• 1,800+ Digital Hi-Hats: A vast sonic palette spanning contemporary crispness, vintage warmth, experimental FX, and resampled rarities. We hacked the TR-909 playback circuit using custom-burnt EPROMs for that legendary club punch, and injected new sampling into a Linndrum, Casio RZ-1, Kawai R-100, and Korg DDD-1. We've even revisited the Commodore Amiga's iconic sampling for authentic 8-bit 12bit and 16bit flair thanks to rare sampling carts from the late 80s. Other highlights include Foley-layered experiments, Haas-spread spatial effects, and genre-defining staples that cover everything from clean and clinical to distorted and daring.
   
• 22 Live Hi-Hats: Captured in pristine sessions at the acoustically stunning Salvation Studios in West Brighton and F9 HQ. Each set features 8 dynamic articulations (closed, mid-open, open, and more) with 8x round-robin variations for organic, human feel. These hats add soul and realism, perfect for injecting life into programmed rhythms.
   
• 11 Live Lo-Fi Hi-Hats: A bonus mono ribbon mic capture from the same sessions, delivering crusty, vintage textures ideal for lo-fi breaks, hip-hop, or subtle stereo movement without muddying your top-end. These gritty variants open up endless creative possibilities for retro-inspired productions.
   
• 121 Synth Hi-Hats: Not just the 808, 606 classics (although we have these in abundance), we carefully sourced and multisampled analog and digital synthesiser based hi hats with lost classics (Boss DR110, Yamaha MR-10) as well as the full gamut of modern examples, Brute rhythms, Eurorack innovation and dedicated analog rhythm machines from the 21st century - all samples with 8x round-robin layers, offering more choice, unique tone and inspiration than any other collection. 
   
• 180+ Patches, Menus, and Articulation Tools: Fully mapped instruments with intuitive GUIs, macro controls, and MIDI files for effortless integration. Selector patches let you audition flavours on the fly, while custom envelopes, EQs, compression, and effects (including impulse responses) provide the best starting point possible.

Here's what you can expect to see in the main video... 

0:00 Intro

0:26 Demo track - French Touch WITHOUT Hats

0:53 Demo track WITH Hi Hats

1:24 F9 Hats in Solo

1:44 Hats as Percussion

3:05 Open Hats To Cymbals

3:58 16th Part

5:13 Velocity to Volume is Vital

6:19 Its all about the details / contrast

6:40 Swing tutorial

10:08 Adding humanisation

12:05 Mixing Live hats with digital hats

13:01 22 Real Hi Hats Sampled

13:22 Live Hi Hats Key Mapping

14:24 Midi Files included

14:40 Offbeat pulse

15:46 Length of open hats = Powerful

17:15 Halion Sonic GUI - Fully Featured!

17:33 Hi Hat Fills

18:39 extra 16th pattern work - stereo & Haas

20:28 Balancing Hi Freq elemetns 2 X Very Simple tricks

21:30 Lofi Hats Demonstration

23:21 Laying hihats back a little against the groove

23:51 Differences between Lofi and Hifi Live hats

24:26 Outro

F9 HAT supports the following formats... 

• Logic Pro X 10.5.1 Onwards (including Apple Silicon and all recent operating systems) - Logic patches (sampler based)
• Ableton 11.1 / 12 Onwards (Standard or Suite) - Racks
• Bitwig V4.4 onwards  - Bitwig Devices
• Kontakt 7.10 onwards*
• Halion Sonic 7.1.40 onwards (Latest version)
• MPC V2.15 onwards  (including MPC Standalone and MPC Beats)
• Serum V2.18 onwards
• Full WAV file Support - 24bit 44.1Khz

Find out more here: https://www.f9-audio.com/products/f9-hat-argon-drums-volume-3-hi-hats

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