Hydrogen

Categories: AudioVideo Sequencer

A Real-Time Drum Machine and Sequencer

Hydrogen is a software synthesizer which can be used alone, emulating a drum machine based on patterns, or via an external MIDI keyboard/sequencer software. It features a modular and graphical interface based on QT4, has a sample-based stereo audio engine, with import of sound samples in PCM formats. Furthermore, a pattern-based sequencer with the ability to chain patterns into a song. Up to 64 ticks per pattern with individual level per event and variable pattern length are possible. 32 instrument tracks with volume, mute, solo, pan capabilities are provided, and there is multi-layer support for instruments (up to 16 samples for each instrument). Human velocity, human time, pitch and swing functions are implemented as well.