Electro hi hat loop 125 bpm, 2 bars, robotic 808 hats

About this sample

This two-bar, 125 BPM loop pairs bright white noise with a metallic cluster of sine tones at 7,200, 9,300, and 11,100 Hz. The noise is band-passed from 6,500 to 15,000 Hz, then shaped by a swept high-pass moving from 9,000 to 7,200 Hz; alternating hits raise the tonal frequencies by 12%. Each 220 ms hit has a 3 ms attack, 80 ms decay and release, and 0.28 sustain, followed by soft saturation and short anti-click fades. Accented, selectively omitted 16th notes alternate between left and right, with a slight pan of 0.22.

Use it for electro, machine-like grooves, or as a crisp layer over a drier hat pattern at 125 BPM. Its 16th-note pulse and sustained high-frequency tails can crowd busy cymbals, so check the top end and shorten the hits if the mix needs more space.