An advanced drum machine software with pattern-based programming for Mac

Hydrogen for Mac

Hydrogen 1.2.1

  -  80.6 MB  -  Open Source

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of Hydrogen 1.2.1.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of Hydrogen for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


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What's new in this version:

Changed:
- Update French translation

Fixed:
- Fix reopening of last used Playlist. In addition, in case the PlaylistDialog was opened at the end of the last session - when "Reopen last used playlist" is checked in the Preferences the dialog will be reopened too at the same position.
- Fix spurious marking of opened songs as modified.
- Fix MIDI (output) feedback for metronome toggling and pan setting.
- Fix superfluous MIDI event - Action bindings. An incoming MIDI event can be mapped to an Action only once.
- Fix tool tips of MIDI-learnable widgets. All bounded MIDI events will be shown.
- Fix MIDI note output for channel 16 (previously only channel 1-15 were accessible in the InstrumentEditor).
- Fix spurious tempo changes to 120bpm when switching songs or
between pattern and song mode Support "START", "CONTINUE", and "STOP" type System Realtime MIDI messages in PortMidi and CoreMidi
- Fix MIDI action binding to incoming MMC_DEFERRED_PLAY event
- Fix missing MIDI driver restart when adjusting corresponding parameters in Preferences
- Fix MIDI Machine Control (MMC) event type handling on Windows
- Fix loading of legacy drumkits. All layers but the first one were dropped during drumkit upgrade
- Fix MIDI input handling with "Discard MIDI messages after action has been triggered" checked. Incoming NOTEON message were dropped without triggering a sound
- Fix beat and bar calculation in pattern mode
- Fix compilation in GCC with -Werror=format-security
- Explicit usage of Python3 in stats.py script
- Fix build against Musl