Hi-Hat 1

Short, bright closed-hat voice. Pair with Hi-Hat 2 for a full closed + open hi-hat kit.

Available on: Track 5
Built on: Mutable Instruments Plaitshi_hat model (closed variant).


Character

A six-partial metallic noise source shaped by a bandpass/highpass filter and a fast decay envelope. Tuned for short, crisp closed-hat hits with musically-pleasing inharmonic partials.


Parameters

Parameter Range What it does
f0 low → high Centre pitch of the hat partials
tone warm → bright Bandpass / highpass colour
decay short → long Decay time (short = closed, long = half-open)
noisiness metallic → noisy Blend between tuned partials and white noise
accent soft → hard Velocity / emphasis

Lock decay per step to mix closed and half-open hits on a single track, or run HH1 closed and HH2 open on adjacent tracks.


See also

  • Hi-Hat 2 — open-hat companion on Track 6.

Origin & credits

Based on Mutable Instruments Plaits’ hi_hat model (Émilie Gillet, MIT-licensed). HH1 and HH2 wrap the same DSP with different default presets. TBD-16 integration by Robert Manzke / CTAG (GPL 3.0).

  • DSP source: plaits/dsp/drums/hi_hat.h
  • TBD-16 wrapper: rack/RackHH1.hpp / .cpp