wsabol
Gold Member
I've never wanted to drill my top hat, but I would like to play the Eric Harland style hats.. he uses a K EFX cymbal with all the cut outs in it. That would be cool.
The scalloped, wavey edges are for venting. The purpose of venting in hi hats is to get a shorter note, and a more pronounced chick sound from your hi hat.. its not really for air lock. As other people have alluded to, air lock is when the two cymbals actually are suctioned together. If you've ever marched cymbals in drumline, you know what I'm talking about.
The quiet, strange feeling note you are referring to Larry is just when the two cymbals land perfect flat on top of one another. That's why the tilt helps you. It'll offset that angle and flam the two hats together, so you don't get that feeling. Its the same concept as crashing orchestral crash cymbals.. You always flam the two sides: CR-ASH. You never want to smack them together flat, because they won't make a sound, and they will get stuck together.
I personally think vented hats sound choked, thin, and wimpy. It like a piccolo snare versus a 402. Non-vented hi hats have body and resonance that completely goes away with venting. I like the idea of sizzle hats, and I'm in the process of fixing me some of those, but just plain venting isn't for me.
The scalloped, wavey edges are for venting. The purpose of venting in hi hats is to get a shorter note, and a more pronounced chick sound from your hi hat.. its not really for air lock. As other people have alluded to, air lock is when the two cymbals actually are suctioned together. If you've ever marched cymbals in drumline, you know what I'm talking about.
The quiet, strange feeling note you are referring to Larry is just when the two cymbals land perfect flat on top of one another. That's why the tilt helps you. It'll offset that angle and flam the two hats together, so you don't get that feeling. Its the same concept as crashing orchestral crash cymbals.. You always flam the two sides: CR-ASH. You never want to smack them together flat, because they won't make a sound, and they will get stuck together.
I personally think vented hats sound choked, thin, and wimpy. It like a piccolo snare versus a 402. Non-vented hi hats have body and resonance that completely goes away with venting. I like the idea of sizzle hats, and I'm in the process of fixing me some of those, but just plain venting isn't for me.
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