Chapter 4. Overview

Table of Contents

4.1. Main User Interface
4.2. Drumkit Concept
4.3. MIDI-mapping and Virtual Keyboard
4.4. Recording in Hydrogen
4.5. Session Management
4.5.1. NSM
4.6. Command-line Options

4.1. Main User Interface

Figure 4.1. The Main UI in Single Pane mode

The Main UI in Single Pane mode

The Main UI comes in 2 flavors : the (classic) Single Pane mode (ideal for large- and medium size screens), and the Tabbed mode (optimized for netbook screen sizes).

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You can switch between these two modes in the Appearance tab of the Preferences.

Below you can see the main UI split up in 5 parts: the Main Menu, Main Toolbar, Song Editor, Pattern Editor and the Instrument and Sound Library Editor. These sections will be explained in detail further down in this manual.

Figure 4.2. The Main UI in Tabbed mode

The Main UI in Tabbed mode