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This menu offers file related functions.
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| If you are using Hydrogen within a NSM session, some of the options below will be called and behave differently (see Section 4.5.1 for details). | 
Show Info: sets general properties of the song such as name, author, license, and generic notes.
Open: opens an existing song (a .h2song file).
Open Demo: opens one of the demo song shipped with Hydrogen.
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	            The demo songs are stored in  | 
Open recent: opens a menu showing the last used songs (ordered from most recent to least recent).
Save: saves changes to current song.
Save as: saves current song as .h2song file to a path of your choice.
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	            In order for Hydrogen to automatically list it in the Songs section of the Sound Library, you have to store it in 
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Open pattern: opens a pattern (a .h2pattern file) belonging to the current drumkit.
Export Pattern As: saves a pattern as a .h2pattern file.
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	            In order for Hydrogen to automatically list it in the Patterns section of the Sound Library, you have to store it in
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Export MIDI file: exports the current song in MIDI format.
Export song: exports the current song into an audio file.
The Export mode option Export to a single track will export one stereo downmix of your song - the master output. Export to separate tracks will create files for each 
              instrument/track. Both will create a stereo downmix + audio files for all individual
              instruments.
              
Export Lilypond file: exports the current song to LilyPond.
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| It has the following limitations: Only the GMRockKit and no triplets are supported. | 
Quit: exits Hydrogen.