Hydrogen (64-bit)

Hydrogen is an advanced drum machine program. Its main goal is to bring professional yet simple and intuitive pattern-based drum programming. Very user-friendly, modular, fast, and intuitive graphical interface based on QT 4. Check it out now!

Sample-based stereo audio engine, with the import of sound samples in .wav, .au, and .aiff formats. Support of samples in the compressed FLAC files. Hydrogen 64-bit is a software synthesizer that can be used alone, emulating a drum machine based on patterns, or via an external MIDI keyboard/sequencer software. Hydrogen drum machine software compiles on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Features and Highlights

• Very user-friendly, modular, fast, and intuitive graphical interface based on QT 4.
• Sample-based stereo audio engine, with the import of sound samples in .wav, .au, and .aiff formats.
• Support of samples in the compressed FLAC files.
• Pattern-based sequencer, with an unlimited number of patterns and the ability to chain patterns into a song.
• Up to 192 ticks per pattern with individual level per event and variable pattern length.
• Unlimited instrument tracks with volume, mute, solo, and 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 via rubberband cli. Require the rubberband-call package.
• Playlists with scripting function.
• Advanced tab-tempo.
• Director Window with a visual metronome and song position tags.
• Time-line with variable tempo.
• Single and stacked pattern mode.
• Export/Import single patterns into song projects.
• Midi learning via Shift+MouseClick on many GUI controllers combined with a midi settings editor.
• Ability to import/export song files.
• Unique human velocity, human time, pitch, and swing functions.
• Multiple patterns playing at once.
• JACK, ALSA, PortAudio, and OSS audio drivers.
• JACK MIDI, ALSA MIDI, and PortMidi input with an assignable midi-in channel (1..16, ALL).
• Import/export of drumkits.
• Export the song to wav, AIFF, flac, or Ogg file.
• Export song to midi file.
• Export song to lilypond file.

Also Available: Download Hydrogen for Mac