Hydrogen – An advanced drum machine for Linux
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Hydrogen – An advanced drum machine for Linux
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Re: Hydrogen – An advanced drum machine for Linux
#2I used Hydrogen a few years ago to build a tutorial of [doumbek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblet_drum) patterns. It was too difficult to get it to sound like a human was drumming, but for teaching the basic patterns and getting the timing exactly right, it was pretty good.
Re: Hydrogen – An advanced drum machine for Linux
#3Beta versions work on Windows too, although they're a little buggy.
This has pretty much been the standard-issue software for composing and distributing drum patterns for Edinburgh's Beltane Fire Society drum crews for years - amused to see it crop up here :)
Re: Hydrogen – An advanced drum machine for Linux
#4Works perfectly in macOS Sierra
Re: Hydrogen – An advanced drum machine for Linux
#5If you like this, then take a look at https://www.dyne.org/software/dynebolic/ (probably a bit old now) or the Ubuntu Studio distro https://ubuntustudio.org/ that have a lot of Linux based DAW and multimedia creation applications.
Re: Hydrogen – An advanced drum machine for Linux
#6Been using this for a couple of years, synchronized with Ardour DAW through the JACK sound server.
Works great.
Re: Hydrogen – An advanced drum machine for Linux
#7I've checked out Hydrogen a few times, but have been turned off by clunkiness in the UI each time. I'd rather use an web based one for quick one offs or just boot up my DAW for something more in depth.
That said, it's a nice little tool if you're not willing to shell out for a DAW.
Re: Hydrogen – An advanced drum machine for Linux
#8Only I hear cracking sound at the end of every beat? Removing pulseaudio helps to shorten it but not completely eliminates.
Re: Hydrogen – An advanced drum machine for Linux
#9Only I hear cracking sound at the end of every beat? Removing pulseaudio helps to shorten it but not completely eliminates.
Pulse/alsa/jack shenanigans make audio production the only thing I still use MacOS for.
Re: Hydrogen – An advanced drum machine for Linux
#10I have tried Hydrogen some time ago when I tried to build a linux audio workstation with Jack and Ardour.
As much as it pains me to say this, don't expect it to be even remotely as good as commercial software drum machines like EZDrummer, Superior Drummer or Studio Drummer in terms of sample quality or usability.
Generally, I found it prohibitively complicated to set up a well-working low-latency audio workstation, even though I had one of the few soundcards that had drivers for Linux (Edirol FA-101).
EDIT: That was like 5 years ago, maybe the audio landscape has changed until then. 2017, year of the Linux Audio Workstation!
2nd EDIT: Today I use Reaper on Windows. Reaper is amazing and the only reason I have Windows installed on my private computers. It is to audio editing and recording what Sublime Text is to text editing: slick, fast, inexpensive, easy to install, easy to use.