Hydrogen – An advanced drum machine for Linux

319 点作者 ferrantim大约 8 年前

21 条评论

I 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.

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trickell大约 8 年前

Check out LMMS (Let's Make Music). It's like Ableton for Linux and already has VST's like Hydrogen, etc. built into the software itself: <a href="https://lmms.io/" rel="nofollow">https://lmms.io/</a>

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badosu大约 8 年前

For anyone interested in checking the state of Linux and Free/OS software for music making I strongly recommend checking out: <a href="http://libremusicproduction.com/" rel="nofollow">http://libremusicproduction.com/</a>There have been great improvements on the latest years in regard to plugin availability and support for professional workflows/devices that might be overlooked.

shams93大约 8 年前

It's great on the pi3 runs well in arm. It's nice this isn't abandonware a lot of the open source projects for Linux audio became abandonware.

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dsr_大约 8 年前

I used Hydrogen a few years ago to build a tutorial of [doumbek](<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblet_drum" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblet_drum</a>) 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.

unicornporn大约 8 年前

For full av more fully featured Linux sequencer I'd recommend Renoise. It's a tracker (and is not floss), but is super impressive.

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xatan_dank大约 8 年前

The interface reminds me a lot of FL Studio (which I currently use on Ubuntu via Wine, works great). Hydrogen looks interesting, but I think most DAWs simply have almost all of these features and far more. That being said, this looks to be FOSS, which I really admire. I'll have to check this out after work.

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toFret大约 8 年前

Been using this for a couple of years, synchronized with Ardour DAW through the JACK sound server.Works great.

betaby大约 8 年前

Only I hear cracking sound at the end of every beat? Removing pulseaudio helps to shorten it but not completely eliminates.

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catwell大约 8 年前

This brings me way back. I used to play drums, and I used Hydrogen to help with drums patterns practice. I translated the manual and tutorial in French back in 2004, and 13 years later my name is still there in the changelog :)

camtarn大约 8 年前

Beta 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 :)

3131s大约 8 年前

I've made a bunch of stuff with Hydrogen. I really like it and it's more stable (as in, does not crash all the time) than it used to be. It has its limitations, but in general I am easily able to create the sounds I want with it.

_joel大约 8 年前

If you like this, then take a look at <a href="https://www.dyne.org/software/dynebolic/" rel="nofollow">https://www.dyne.org/software/dynebolic/</a> (probably a bit old now) or the Ubuntu Studio distro <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/" rel="nofollow">https://ubuntustudio.org/</a> that have a lot of Linux based DAW and multimedia creation applications.

gntech大约 8 年前

I have heard a lot of good stuff about DrumGizmo[0] lately, it has a very active development as well. Havent had the oppurtunity to try it out yet. But I have recently heard people moving from Hydrogen to DrumGizmo.[0]: <a href="http://www.drumgizmo.org/wiki/" rel="nofollow">http://www.drumgizmo.org/wiki/</a>

dyeje大约 8 年前

I'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.

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stevehiehn大约 8 年前

Does anyone know if it Hydrogen can be controlled via api/commandline? I would like to try generating patterns with machine learning.

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phatbyte大约 8 年前

Good stuff here, and nice to see an OSS GUI application with a good UI/UX for a change.

andresgottlieb大约 8 年前

Works perfectly in macOS Sierra

ndh2大约 8 年前

Landing page == news feed -> nope

mrcactu5大约 8 年前

everyone on Instagram puts music tracks to their videos. they could be ironing their clothes but they will attack a hip-hop track our country music tune and get 10000 views quickly

spednar大约 8 年前

why is this on HN? Hydrogen has been around for ages no?bump for Tidal if you're looking for interesting ways to arrange sample playback: <a href="https://tidalcycles.org/" rel="nofollow">https://tidalcycles.org/</a>