HiHAT pad increments the midi note by one. You can do a “quick click” to reverse direction. The GM
note for Closed Sound is MIDI note #42.
To define the MIDI note number for the Chick sound, step on and keep down the Note Edit Footswitch
and then tap on the HiHAT pedal. Every tap on the HiHAT pedal increments the midi note by one. You
can do a “quick click” to reverse direction. The GM note for Closed Sound is MIDI note #42.
To define the MIDI note number for the Splash sound, step on the Kit Edit Footswitch and while held
down, tap on pad #6. Each subsequent tap on the pad will increment the note number. Usually the open
sound MIDI note number #46 is used for the Splash.
Please note that the min/max velocity settings, curve and gate time settings are all programmed in the
normal way and that these settings affect all of the notes in the HiHAT.
CONTINUOUS HiHAT CONTROL
Most of the new drum machines on the market today use continuous controller information to create
various amounts of open and closed HiHAT. This permits your HiHAT pads to not just be open or
closed, but to play sounds that vary continuously from open to closed. As you more your eHAT or other
CC controlled HiHAT pedal, the trapKAT sends a stream of information to the sound source about the
changing position on the HiHAT pedal. This in conjunction with hits on the HiHAT pads, give you
varying HiHAT sounds.
Step on the Kit Edit footswitch, and tap on pad #18. This is your HiHAT Continuous Control Screen.
Manufacturers of drum modules use different Controller Numbers for controlling HiHATs.
The most popular is CC 4. On the trapKAT, we offer CC#01, CC#04 and CC#04F.
In the early models of drum modules, some manufacturers did not not use the full range of CC control.
There were two versions of CC4. One went from 0-64 and the other went from 0-127.
On the trapKAT, CC4 setting represented the limited range, and CC4F (full) represented the full range.
Today everyone that uses CC control uses the CC#04F version.
It is also possible not to send out CC data on the trapKAT. Just scroll to the value of “NONE” on pad
#18.
HATNOTE and HATNOTE OVERLAP
You may have noticed another choice on pad #18 called HATNOTE.
HATNOTE offers an 8 note hi hat feature to users with a HiHAT controller like the eHAT, and a sound
module that uses multiple sounds for the HiHAT. This is the what the trapKAT 5KS uses for the
Kurzweil sounds built in. Varying degrees of HiHAT open sounds appear when you strike a HiHAT pad
and have set the Continuous Controller function to HATNOTE. There is no need to program the note
numbers for this mode. These values are “fixed” and preprogrammed to work automatically.
HATNOTE OVERLAP
Hit pad #9 while holding down the Kit Edit Footswitch and you will see the HATNOTE Overlap
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