How to Make Beats with Hydrogen Drum Machine
My favourite thing to do with a drum machine is make beats. I can do it ALL DAY!
Hydrogen makes it easy to create beats and it gives us some tools to make the creative process a productive as possible.
I will be focusing on the pattern editor at the bottom of the Hydrogen interface.
The pattern editor is organized into musical devisions of the beat. In this example I use a 4/4 metre. Hydrogen lets us choose a 'resolution' of a metric division we would like to work with - 1/4, 1/6, 1/16 and so on. In this tutorial I go over a variety of ways to work with rhythms using Hydrogen's resolution setting.
In the pattern edit entering notes is a simple as just clicking on the location of the bar you want your note to sound. Clicking the spot again will delete that entry.
I encourage you to spend time experimenting with Hydrogen to get used to the note entry process. It will not take long until entering notes will be second-nature for you. Be sure to save your work often and keep your beats in an organized folder.
Hydrogen is an open source application, which means that it is free for everyone to use. Please consider going to the developers' website and show your support for the project - http://www.hydrogen-music.org/
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So cool!!
Thanks @downtowngirl
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Seems like a solid drum UI. I’ve been stuck on the reason one for so long, maybe it’s time for an update haha.
Always refreshing to try new things. I try to put exploration of new tools in my schedule. This always results in new ideas.
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