House hi hat loop 124 bpm, 2 bars, offbeat open hats

About this sample

A dry, crisp two-bar house pattern runs at 124 BPM, with closed noise hats on each quarter-note beat and brighter open hats on every offbeat eighth. The closed hits use fresh noise band-passed from 7–16 kHz and decay over 75 ms; the open hits use a 5.5–15 kHz band-pass and decay over 280 ms. Both have short attack and fade ramps to soften clicks, with alternating subtle pan positions and stronger accents on the first beat of each bar. The loop is stereo and lasts 3.87 seconds.

Use it for house and other four-on-the-floor grooves around 124 BPM, or time-stretch it to suit a different tempo. It can sit over a kick and bass as a tight rhythmic layer; if the top end feels crowded, lower its level or filter some highs, and check that the open-hat tails leave space for other percussion.