Figure 9.7. Pattern Editor in Piano Mode

The Pattern Editor can be used as Piano Roll Editor pressing the Input button.

While the Drumkit Editor focuses on using Hydrogen as a drum machine, you can also use it an instrument via the Piano Roll Editor. It gives you a complete 'piano keyboard' so you can easily put down your tunes.

You can compare the Piano mode to the NoteKey property in the Note Properties Editor. Only here you have a complete piano keyboard, so you don't have to select the octave first.

	Note
	When entering multiple notes in one column - as a chord - the corresponding symbol in the Drumkit Editor will be prepended with e.g. a 3x to indicate the presence of three separate notes. Also, to adjust the note properties of the individual notes within a chord can be done by right-clicking on the note and dragging the mouse up or down.