Tonecraft Tokyo HATGRAFT
Do your half-open and pedal hits sound like a different instrument, or your programmed 16th-note hats like a machine gun?
HATGRAFT is an instrument for hi-hats only. Closed, pedal and open are not separate samples: they are one pair of hats, opened more or less. Press a foot controller (CC4) and the hat goes closed, half-open, open while staying one sound all the way; an open hat stops with the sound of the cymbals closing (CHOKE), and half-open hats sizzle (SIZZLE). It plays out of the box from three synthesized layers, and you can layer your own hi-hat samples on a closed and an open slot. Every hit varies a little in strength, where the stick lands and timing (FLUX), yet the same spot in your song always gives the same sound, so playback from anywhere and your bounce match.
Don’t want to program hi-hat patterns from scratch? 12 phrase keys (default C3–B3) play tempo-synced hi-hat patterns, sending CC4 too where they open or use the pedal. Press RANDOM to re-roll them, LOCK to keep the ones you like, and drag a key into your DAW arrangement as MIDI.
Hover over any control and the bar at the top explains what it does in English or Japanese, following your OS display language.
Mac users: the plugin is not notarized. After copying it, run the xattr command described in README_EN.txt, or macOS will say the plugin “is damaged”.
HATGRAFT Pro adds FLUX adjustment (STRENGTH, POSITION, DRIFT), every control on the EDIT page, drag-and-drop WAV export (full mix and per way of playing), individual outputs for CLOSED / OPEN / PEDAL, and user preset management: HATGRAFT Pro
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Free on Gumroad: Gumroad (also on itch.io).
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