[linux-audio-user] stupid hydrogen question

[Noah Roberts]

On Apr 11, 2005 7:58 PM, Paul Coccoli <pcoccoli at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to write a drum part in hydrogen, but it needs to be in 3/4
> time.  I see no way to do that in version 0.9.1.  The forums at
> www.hydrogen-music.org recommend changin the "pattern length" to
> achieve deifferent time signatures, but doing so doesn't have any
> affect.

After selecting the patern you are working on, click on the right hand
drop down in the patern editor pane.  Select 6.  This should put you
in 3/4 time.  You will see the 4th beat greyed out and if you play the
pattern it won't play that beat...you'll see.
> 
> Even if that did work, I would have to triple my tempo, right? 

No.  Your BPM is your BPM whether there are 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, or
whatever beats per measure.

 The
> tempo control, besides disallowing manual entry and requiring you to
> use the spin button (yuck), only goes up to 300.  Since the song is in
> 112, I would need it to go up to 336, right?  Or do I misunderstand
> what patttern length means?

There is some sort of misunderstanding going on.