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Hydrogen Drum Machine

$1.53 Price Tier: Budget

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Page last updated Dec 04, 2025

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Hydrogen allows exporting songs or patterns as individual instrument tracks, offering flexibility for detailed mixing.
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Offers downloadable and customizable drum kits with articulated drum sounds influenced by hit velocity.
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Hydrogen allows for note placement flexibility by turning off grid and quantization, enabling users to position notes freely for custom rhythm patterns.
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Users can access 1/4th, 1/8th, 1/16th, 1/32th, and 1/64th note resolutions, along with triplet options, enhancing beat customization possibilities.
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Particularly valued by Linux users for its compatibility and natural sound quality.
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Hydrogen's interface is preferred by some users over other DAWs for drum programming, but integration issues with DAWs like Mixcraft are noted.
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Ideal for those who prefer plotting entire songs manually and want to avoid loop repetition.
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Ideal for creating rock music drum tracks, offering a practical alternative to finding pre-existing tracks that match song compositions.
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Aesthetically similar to 80s and 90s drum machines, appealing to users familiar with older equipment.
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Despite being free, Hydrogen developers appreciate donations, with some users contributing modest amounts for continued support and development.
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4.5 out of 5

Based on 1 Review and 9 Ratings

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mrthraz

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over 10 years ago

Gotta have it

as a Linux hip-hop produce, this app is indispensable. supposedly just for drums but I use mine like a software MPC 3000. Midi'd to my SP-606, I lay sample chops on top of drums and pitch notes for bass: this thing is great.

allows pitching of individual samples (16 levels.), A great sequencer, a song editor, a mixer with ladspa efx's, mute groups, and time stretching.

who said you can't do hip-hop in Linux?

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Rapper Composer Music Producer

Genres:

Electronic Pop Hip Hop

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