Hydrogen is an

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created by Alessandro Cominu, an

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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

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, and later ported to

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and

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. The

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for the application uses Qt

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, 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

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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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