MrWriter
Active Member
So, is this just how electronic Hi-Hats on a traditional Hi-Hat stand are or is there a fault or set-up issue with mine?
I have a Roland V-drums kit, decent one, with a Roland VH-11 Hi-Hat mounted onto a Mapex Hi-Hat stand.
The trouble I have with this (and I’ve heard from a V-drummer friend of mine that this is just how electric kits are) is that about 30 percent of my open hi-hat hits don’t sound open, they sound closed, and to compensate for this I have to open the hi-hat slightly in advance of what I’d do on an acoustic kit with traditional hats.
It’s annoying having to adjust my technique to open up the hats just a little bit sooner than typical to avoid getting closed hat sounds when I want an open hat. This proves problematic when playing fast stuff with semiquaver patterns with those quick jazz-funk type snappy open close hat sounds, lots of them don’t sound.
So, is my friend right, is this just a flaw of electronic kits or is there something I can do?
I was thinking a better hat stand from the likes of Yamaha or DW. I was looking at the Yamaha HS850 or the Tama Iron Cobra HH605 perhaps, in the hope that the spring system might be more whippy and when I lift my foot the new stand might open with a more rapid response. Course, this is on the assumption that my budget Mapex is perhaps a little sluggish to open?
Which would you guys get between the Yamaha HS850 and the Tama Iron Cobra HH605?
I’ve tried various adjustments to the VH-11 and the stand - to no avail.
Anybody else having this issue? Is there a fix?
I have a Roland V-drums kit, decent one, with a Roland VH-11 Hi-Hat mounted onto a Mapex Hi-Hat stand.
The trouble I have with this (and I’ve heard from a V-drummer friend of mine that this is just how electric kits are) is that about 30 percent of my open hi-hat hits don’t sound open, they sound closed, and to compensate for this I have to open the hi-hat slightly in advance of what I’d do on an acoustic kit with traditional hats.
It’s annoying having to adjust my technique to open up the hats just a little bit sooner than typical to avoid getting closed hat sounds when I want an open hat. This proves problematic when playing fast stuff with semiquaver patterns with those quick jazz-funk type snappy open close hat sounds, lots of them don’t sound.
So, is my friend right, is this just a flaw of electronic kits or is there something I can do?
I was thinking a better hat stand from the likes of Yamaha or DW. I was looking at the Yamaha HS850 or the Tama Iron Cobra HH605 perhaps, in the hope that the spring system might be more whippy and when I lift my foot the new stand might open with a more rapid response. Course, this is on the assumption that my budget Mapex is perhaps a little sluggish to open?
Which would you guys get between the Yamaha HS850 and the Tama Iron Cobra HH605?
I’ve tried various adjustments to the VH-11 and the stand - to no avail.
Anybody else having this issue? Is there a fix?
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