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minimal house hi-hat loop 125bpm 4 bars

HIHAT 125 BPM 7.7s 2ch
hihat minimal house hi hat loop 125bpm bars

About this sample

This hi-hat loop features a crisp and thin texture created from white noise filtered with a steep high-pass filter at 8 kHz. It uses tight exponential decays with short 25 ms for closed hats and longer 120 ms for open hats, producing a clear "clicky" versus sizzly sound respectively. The pattern is a 16th-note groove with MPC-style swing at about 58%, delaying every second 16th note for a rolling feel. Each hit has subtle velocity variations and random stereo panning for width and movement, all normalized and softly saturated to glue the elements together.

Suitable for minimal house or other electronic genres around 125 BPM, this loop works well as a rhythmic foundation or layering element. Its sparse, dynamic pattern avoids clutter but benefits from complementary bass and percussion. In a mix, watch its high-frequency content to avoid harshness, and consider subtle EQ or compression to blend it smoothly with other percussive elements.

Specs

Format
WAV, 44.1 kHz, stereo
Length
7.68 s
Tempo
125 BPM
Size
2.6 MB
License
Free to use, royalty-free (CC0)