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808 + hi-hat · open

2 bars · 90 bpm · open on the offbeat

808 + hi-hat · open 2 bars · 90 bpm · open on the offbeat
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Same 808 pattern with the hi-hat opened on every offbeat

The same grid, one row speaking up

Same kick, same hi-hat positions as the closed-hat beat — but look at the numbers in the hat row:

  kick  x . . . . . . . x . . . . . . .
  hat   1 . 6 . 1 . 6 . 1 . 6 . 1 . 6 .   # 1 = tight, 6 = open

A 1 is a tight, closed tick; a 6 opens the hat up, airier, on every offbeat. The hi-hat instrument reads each cell’s value, not just whether a hit is there — so the number sitting in the cell is what shapes the sound. The positions never moved; the data in them did.