HiHats and Superior 2.0

[schust]

I've been struggling lately with getting a good hat sound in my drum mix from Superior. I primarily use the Metal Foundry add-on.

As we all painfully know, hats are probably the toughest piece to get right, sound "real", in a completely sampled situation. And although Superior has some of the best hats I've ever heard (and algorithms for altering samples via their Humanize function) - I still hear a cheesy, tingy kinda of sound. I've tried everything from EQ, comp to playing with bleed in the OHs and room mics to no avail.

Anyone got a hat sound in Superior they're proud of? Willing to share any tips/tricks?

 

[Fbarre]

Drummers usually hit cymbals a bit harder when hitting the snare at the same time. Simply add a bit more velocity to the cymbal note when the snare also plays. Other than that I dind't use anything else. Would like to hear some other tricks as well.

 

[Mago]

SD2 MF on the overheads on my bands album

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lots of humanizing in timing and velocity done to make it sound decent and as "real" as possible.