Normally hats are gonna be done in 8ths hat hat clap, hat hat clap or 16th which seem really fast hat hat hat hat clap, hat hat hat hat clap.
Then you should have something that looks a little like this: Now here is where we spice things up.
This crescendo does a nice job of ramping up my roll towards beat one of my loop which should be emphasized to drive the pulse along.
The pros are so good because they know to take these concepts and turn them into something special and unique to their own sound.
If your grid has 4 grid-squares instead of two, zoom out;.
For now just leave it on velocity.