How To Create Hi Hat Riff in Superior Drummer 3

[pacificm]

Hello,

I’m not a drummer – but I love great drum riffs.  I have neither an acoustic nor electronic drum set.  I only have a midi keyboard controller.  I create music with my DAW and typically record drum grooves from Superior Drummer 3 (SD3).

I want to create a particular drum riff sound if possible in SD3.  The sound I’m interested in creating is a certain driving Hi Hat riff.  I attached a MP3 edited clip which includes the Hi Hat riff I am talking about.  I’m not referring to any of the other drum elements in the clip, just the driving Hi Hat riff.

I’ve not been able to locate any grooves in SD3 which have this kind of riff.  I’m not sure either what you would even call this kind of riff.  The only thing I can think of doing to create it is possibly attempting to create the sound within SD3 using the keys on the midi keyboard controller.

Please advise if you have any suggestions how to create such a Hi Hat riff in SD3.  Thanks!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.4
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

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[James]

The easiest way would be to just create the MIDI in SD3 Grid Editor (Piano Roll).

I would start by searching my library using the Tap To Find input – tap in the kind of Hi Hat Riff you want and see if you have anything to get you started, then edit the MIDI in the Grid Editor to give you what you want.

Good luck!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.4
Operating system: macOS Big Sur (11)

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