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Hydrogen 1.2.3 LATEST
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Hydrogen-1.2.3.dmg
Sample-based stereo audio engine, with import of sound samples in .wav, .au and .aiff formats. Support of samples in the compressed FLAC files. Hydrogen for macOS 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 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 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, 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-cli package.
- Play-lists 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-cotrollers 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 song to wav, aiff, flac or ogg file.
- Export song to midi file.
- Export song to lilypond file.
What's new in this version:
Added:
- Forward compatibility for .h2song and drumkit changes introduced in version 1.3.0
Fixed:
- Restore mute button state of master mixer strip on song load
- Recorded MIDI notes were inserted ahead of the beat
Drumkit Property Dialog:
- Images were written regardless whether one hits the ok or cancel button
- When using Save As to create a new drumkit, the added image was put in th
- old drumkit folder instead and not properly copied into the new one
- Allow to Save As drumkits derived from kits not found on the current system
- Audio Engine: In Song Mode with Loop Mode deactivated Hydrogen missed notes very close to the end of the song
- Fix crash on playing back notes with custom length
- macOS: fix naming of CoreMIDI header
- Fix various rendering issues with custom length notes
- Fix potential crash/failing startup on Windows in case PortAudio or PortMidi device is already occupied
- Fix crash on shutdown, song export, or driver changes in the Preferences while using JACK on Linux
Pattern Editor:
- Only delete stop notes clicked by the user
- Proper undo of moving notes out of DrumPatternEditor
- Custom note lengths are now only drawn till the next stop note
- Highlight selected stop notes too
- Update selected notes visually on left and right keyboard movement
- Fixed stop note color which was no different than the default note color
- Fixed grid line rendering on rational pattern size nominator
- Fixed grid line colors on very fine resolution
- Fix broken file browser dialogs on Linux when using translations
- Fix drumkit export on Windows
- Timing drift (and artifacts) in playback track rendering on some hosts is fixed
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