Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I know I'm late with this suggestion, I've only just caught up with 
the question ... but there's a song with a very fast hi-hat I play 
with my country band - "You're Gonna Love Me Some Day". I'm sure an 
experienced drummer could manage it, but my relatively inexperienced 
wrists get very sore when trying to keep pace. It's too damn fast. 
Using both hands kinda made it sound less smooth, a little lop-sided.
So, as it was a straight beat timing (not shuffle), I worked out that 
I could get my metronome to count out that rhythm, and all I had to 
do was change the metronome sounds to match the hi-hat sound.  I 
created a new main song, and stored the metronome timing to it, also 
adding a few other things in.  And now, whenever we go to play the 
song, all I have to do is hit a pad to get the song going and I just 
mime playing the kit.  I produce perfect timing and nobody except the 
band needs to know!

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Sakamoto" <sakamotj@y...> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>    I was wondering if there is some "trick" to doing a type of 
double 
> time on the high hat.  There is a song by 311, called "Amber" and 
the 
> high hat sounds very different than most songs I've heard.  My 
friend 
> says he hears this high hat beat alot in reggae songs...In order to 
> duplicate that, assuming you don't use 2 hands, is there any 
trick?  
> It kinda sounds like tik-kit tik-kit tik-kit..
> 
> Right now, I'm pounding(not literally....;)) away on the HH on the 
> DTXpressII, but it doesn't sound quite right.  Wondering if it 
might 
> be something you can only do on a real HH?
> 
> Thanks!
> Jon