Emulates heavily gated, sampled hi-hat sound very well.
The Paiste Noiseworks Hi-Hat Cymbals deliver a dark, warm, and soft sound character with a wide range and complex mix making it well-suited for articulated playing. It's extremely responsive and has a papery, hissing open sound. Chunky, meaty chick sound.
Introduction: 2002
Background: Paiste creates Hi-Hats and Cymbal Stack Combos for modern electronic musical applications such as Dance, House and Drum & Bass - Emulate sampled and electronically processed cymbal sounds in a natural drum set environment
Innovation: Created extremely interesting alternative crash, ride, hi-hat and x-hat functions for most modern musical settings - Individual cymbals used are true and useful cymbals in themselves
Alloy: Patented Signature Bronze, CuSn8 Bronze, also known as "2002 Alloy", NS12 Nickel-Silver, MS63 Brass
Quality: Professional
Production: Manual Craftsmanship - Hand Hammering, Hand Lathing, Proprietary Methods
Applications: Soft to very loud > Live and Recording - Modern Electronic Genres and any application that requires a fresh and unusual approach
Users: Working Musicians, Enthusiasts, Specialists - Drummers and percussionists who love to experiment
Sound: Includes articulate, buzzing, hissing, explosive, crunchy, splashy, metallic, gated, chunky, clangy, shattering, fuzzy, crisp, woody, papery, trashy, compact, and strange sounds
Looks: Extremely varied shapes, surface colors and textures, hammering and lathing patterns - Prominent black silk screening
Recognition: Paiste NoiseWorks cymbals have been critically acclaimed by numerous international drum magazines as exceptionally useful even beyond their intended application and highly stimulating to your creativity
