Smaller 909 manual : Hi-hat

Hi-hat

The 909 hi-hat sounds are digital samples of a closed and open hi-hat, with decay knobs to change the decay.

S909 Hi-hat

One octave of closed hi-hats, one octave of open hi-hats. Each key has a different decay knob setting. This makes it easy to create hi-hat patterns with for example two different closed hi-hat decays.

The keys without hi-hat sounds have a special function: They mute the hi-hat sound. Use them to mute the open hi-hat with silence instead of the closed hi-hat.

Keyboard layout:

C-2Mute
...
B1
C2 Decay 0Closed hi-hat
C#2Decay 1
D2 Decay 2
D#2Decay 3
E2 Decay 4
F2 Decay 5
F#2Decay 6
G2 Decay 7
G#2Decay 8
A2 Decay 9
A#2Decay 10
B2 Decay 11
C3 Decay 0Open hi-hat
C#3Decay 1
D3 Decay 2
D#3Decay 3
E3 Decay 4
F3 Decay 5
F#3Decay 6
G3 Decay 7
G#3Decay 8
A3 Decay 9
A#3Decay 10
B3 Decay 11
C4 Mute
...
G8

Smaller 909 manual : Hi-hat