Quick and dirty trick: throw some delay and/or flanger on just the hats. Experiment manually with the delay timing or lock it to a particular step amount. Gets a shuffle feel going quick.

yeah, but why would you want that? All good mics have a xrl male connection, and the mixer too. So get a xrl male to female.

I totally get what you're saying, but on the other hand if the OP already has a mic that he likes, then eff it. A xlr to 1/4" converter is a hell of a lot cheaper than a ...