Documentation
This is the hydrogen documentation page.
Manual
The Hydrogen manuals are available in English for the following versions:
Hydrogen 1.2.3
Hydrogen 1.1
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:
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