HATS

USER GUIDE

v1.5
HATS.............................................................................................................3
INSTALLATION.....................................................................3
REGISTRATION....................................................................4
PARAMETERS....................................................................... 5
LOADING EXTERNAL ESAMPLE..................................................................6
FEATURES.....................................................................................................7
PARAMETER LOCK................................................................7
EDIT VALUE.........................................................................7
SETTINGS........................................................................... 7
BOUNCE TO FILE..................................................................8
AUTO PLAY..........................................................................8
ENABLE/DISABLE NOTIFICATIONS..........................................8
SWAP MOUSE BUTTONS........................................................8
END...............................................................................................................9
WHERE IS EVERYTHING?.......................................................9
CREDITS............................................................................. 9
EULA.................................................................................. 9
THANK YOU.........................................................................9

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HATS
Hats is a drum synthesiser plugin dedicated to hihats and cymbals sounds. It features
two independent sources: synthesised noise and custom sample. Instead of generic
white or pink noise, the noise section features 6 square wave oscillators with diferent
pitches and phases, like the famous TR808.
The result is a noise sound with a controllable metallic character.

The factory bank comes with more than 50 samples, ranging from rare analog drum
machines to real acoustic hihats and cymbals. Some of the samples were also
processed with a classic Aphex Aural Exciter and recorded to tape with a vintage
Revox B77 MkII.

Both sources can then be processed with 4 efects: Ring Modulator, Bit Crusher, Filter,
and Reverb. The efects can also be arranged in any order with a simple drag and
drop. The flter section features an HighPass and BandPass in series; both flters are
12dB/oct state variable flters with zero delay feedback.

INSTALLATION
MAC OS
• Double click on the DMG archive to extract it
• Right click on the PKG installer and click open
• Follow the instructions to install the plug-in(s)

WINDOWS
• Extract the ZIP archive
• Double click on the setup fle (.exe)
• Follow the instructions to install the plug-in(s)

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REGISTRATION
In demo mode the plug-in will output silence for 3 seconds every 45 seconds, and you
won't be able to save presets.
You can open the registration window by clicking on the icon next to the bypass
button, in the top-right corner.
You can choose between Online and Ofine authorization.

ONLINE
• If you haven't created an account yet, you can signup here using the same email
address used at check out.
• Just input your credentials into the text felds and click on Log In

OFFLINE
• Download the license fle from your account.
• Copy the fle to your ofine computer.
• Just drag and drop the license into the registration window or click on the
Load License File button and browse to the downloaded license.

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PARAMETERS
Noise
Grain Controls the metallic character of the noise by tuning the 6 square
wave oscillators
Level Controls the volume of the synthesized noise

Sample
Pitch Controls the pitch of the loaded sample from -24st to +24st
Gain Controls the volume of the custom sample
Sample Start Controls the start point of the sample in %
Filter Pre/Post Controls whether the custom sample should be fltered or not by
placing it before the efects (pre) or after (post) the flter
Loop If enabled will loop the sample form the end to the Start Point

Envelopes
Attack Controls the Attack time of the envelope
Decay Controls the Decay time of the envelope
Lin/Exp It's possible to choose between Linear or Exponential curve for the
Envelopes

LFO
Rate Controls the rate/frequency of the LFO
Depth Controls the amount of modulation to apply
Destination It's possible to choose between multiple LFO destination

Ring Mod
Frequency Controls the rate/frequency of the Ring Modulation
Depth Controls the amount of Ring Modulation to apply

Crusher
Bits Controls the Bit depth of the signal
Rate Controls the amount of downsampling to apply

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Filter
Frequency Controls the cutof point of the flters
Resonance Controls the amount of emphasis of the flters

Reverb
Size Changes the size of the Reverb room
Wet Controls the amount of the Reverb wet signal

Master
Randomness Controls the amount of random changes applied to the sources
Gain Controls the overall volume of the instrument

LOADING EXTERNAL ESAMPLE

You can load 2 samples in Hats. One for the Short sound
(closed), one for the Long sound (open). You can also choose
to use only one sample for both sounds. Click on the arrow in
the Sample Section to choose which sample to edit.

By clicking on the Load button (folder icon in the Sample

section), you can choose between 4 options to manage the
sample and sample folder.

You can also drag and drop your samples anywhere on the
interface.

Load Sample Will let you browser for a sample to load (.wav/.aif)
Unload Sample Will unload the custom sample
Set Sample Folder Clicking this option will let you set the custom sample folder.
The default paths are:
PC – Documents\AudioThing\Samples\Hats
MAC – ~/Music/Audio Music Apps/AudioThing/Samples/Hats
Open Sample Folder Opens the current folder used for the custom samples

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FEATURES
PARAMETER LOCK
If you want to keep the value of one or more
parameters while changing presets, or when
using the randomizer button, you can use the
Parameter Lock feature.
Right click on a parameter and choose Parameter
Lock.

Lock/Unlock If locked, the parameter won't be updated when changing presets

Lock All No parameters will be updated
Unlock All All parameters will be updated

EDIT VALUE
You can also manually change the value for knobs and
sliders. Right click on a parameter an choose Edit Value.
You can also access this feature with a SHIFT + Click.

By clicking on the icon you can access additional features.

SETTINGS
You can choose to change the root notes of the short and long sounds (it will work
only if Tune Samples is selected), and you can also change the split note which
separates the two sounds.
Additional options:
One Shot Will play the sound until the end, without
stopping the envelope
Mono Will enable only one voice so every time a
new note is played the old one will be
stopped
Velocity When enabled, the instrument will
respond to MIDI velocity. You can also
choose between three velocity curves
(soft, linear, hard).

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You can choose to save these settings as Global Settings overriding any preset
settings.

BOUNCE TO FILE
You can export the processed sounds as a single WAV sample to use in other drum
machines or samples.

AUTO PLAY
By selecting Auto Play you can automatically trigger 4 notes (3 short, 1 long).
This feature is useful when you need to tweak a preset without creating a MIDI region.

ENABLE/DISABLE NOTIFICATIONS
You can enable or disable the notifcations for updates and news (shown by the bell
icon). This option is global and it will afect all AudioThing plugins.

SWAP MOUSE BUTTONS

If you are using the right button as your primary mouse button, the plugin might not
recognize it. Use this option to enable it internally in the plugin. This option is global
and it will afect all AudioThing plugins.

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END
WHERE IS EVERYTHING?
The installer will place the plugins, presets and other data in these folders.

MAC OS
AU: /Library/Audio/Plug-ins/Components/
VST: /Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST/
VST3: /Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST3/
AAX: /Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins/
Data: /Users/Shared/AudioThing/

WINDOWS
VST: custom path from installer
VST3: \Program Files\Common Files\VST3\
AAX: \Program Files\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins\
Data: \Users\Public\Public Documents\AudioThing\

CREDITS
DSP & Code: Carlo Castellano
Design: John Gordon (vstyler)
QA Engineer: Giuseppe Marrazzo

EULA
Please visit www.audiothing.net/eula/ to review this product EULA.

THANK YOU
Thank you for your purchase! We hope you will have as much fun using it as we had
making this product.
For help or any question, feel free to contact us here: www.audiothing.net/contact/

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