Hydrogen (software)

Uses your system voice; voice and rate in settings.

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Hydrogen is an open-source drum machine created by Alessandro Cominu, an Italian programmer who goes by the pseudonym Comix. Its main goal is to provide professional yet simple and intuitive pattern-based drum programming. Hydrogen was originally developed for Linux, and later ported to Mac OS X and Windows. The graphical user interface for the application uses Qt library, and all code is released under GPL-2.0-or-later.

Hydrogen is an open-source drum machine created by Alessandro Cominu, an Italian programmer who goes by the pseudonym Comix. Its main goal is to provide professional yet simple and intuitive pattern-based drum programming. Hydrogen was originally developed for Linux, and later ported to Mac OS X and Windows. The graphical user interface for the application uses Qt library, and all code is released under GPL-2.0-or-later.

Features

These are some of the features of Hydrogen: Pattern-based sequencer, with unlimited number of patterns and ability to chain patterns into a song. 192 ticks per whole note with individual level per event and variable pattern length. Unlimited instrument tracks with volume, mute, solo, pan capabilities. Multi-layer support for instruments (up to 16 samples for each instrument). Sample editor with basic cut and loop functions. Time-stretch and pitch functions. Time-line with variable tempo. Single and stacked pattern mode. Ability to import/export song files. Support for LADSPA effects. Real-time slide control for swing. Option to slightly randomize velocity, time, pitch and swing functions to give a more "human" playback. Multiple patterns playing at once. Various drumkits available to download (Rock, Jazz, Electric, Percussions...), plus support to create a custom drumkit.

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