This is the hydrogen documentation page.

Manual

The Hydrogen manuals are available in English for the following versions:

Hydrogen 1.2.3

• single page HTML
• chunked HTML

Hydrogen 1.1

• single page HTML
• chunked HTML

If the manual is not available in your language, you want to contribute to this project, and you have some spare time at hand, why not considering translating it? For more information please see the dedicated Github repo or just drop a mail via our mailing list.

Tutorial

The Hydrogen tutorial is available online in the following languages:

• English
• French
• Italian

Videos

In this section you can find a number of selected video’s. Most video’s are Hydrogen tutorials, but there are also a number of video’s on related topics.

If you have made a good (tutorial) video, or know of any good video’s, drop us a mail. The best video’s will be added on this page.

Special thanks to Kris (aka Metalx1000) for some great videos (including the great intro video) !

Tutorial videos: Basic functionality

Tutorial 1.1: Pattern editor

Tutorial 1.2: Drumkits, basic controls

Tutorial 1.3: Mixer window

Tutorial 1.4: Song editor, export song

Tutorial 1.5: Create, customize, import and export drumkits

Hydrogen tutorials: Advanced functionality

Tutorial 2.1: Creating flams

Requires Hydrogen 0.9.5 or higher.

Tutorial 2.2: Using mute groups

Requires Hydrogen 0.9.4 or higher.

Tutorial 2.3: Using rubberband with Hydrogen

Requires Hydrogen 0.9.5 or higher.

Tutorial 2.4: Using the sample editor (german)

Requires Hydrogen 0.9.5 or higher.

Tutorial 2.5: Playing with samples (add instrument, edit sample, rubberband …)

This is a must-see video for anyone that wants to use Hydrogen as a sample editor / sequencer !!

Requires Hydrogen 0.9.5 or higher.

Other useful video’s

Video 3.1: Connecting a midi device to Hydrogen via Jack

Video 3.2: Syncing Hydrogen and Ardour

Video 3.3: Configuring JACK