12 Apr
2005
12 Apr
'05
12:58 p.m.
On Apr 11, 2005 11:58 PM, Aaron Trumm <aaron(a)nquit.com> wrote:
Well, it was late and I was confused...but it's still not crazy talk.
What I meant was this: the default pattern length value is 1, which
gives me a pattern with 4 beats. So I inferred that setting the
pattern length to 3 would give me 12 beats, which I could then use to
get a single 3/4 time pattern.
The thing is, I understand what BPM means and I understand time
signatures since I've been playing string instruments for (oh my god)
20 years now. What I don't understand is hydrogen. Changing the
pattern length dropdown did NOTHING. No matter what I set it to, I
got a single 4/4 count measure. Hence the confusion.
I was kinda tired, but I'm pretty sure that's what was happening.
I'll try again tonight.
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.
I may be over simplifying your question, and I'm not really a hydrogen
expert but the thing is, if your pattern length is, say, three beats long,
it's not gonna sound any different, say, when the metronome's clicking,
because that's just click click click click - what defines any time
signature in music in general is accenting - so for it to end up sounding
3/4, I'd add some notes in there - perhaps just on the quarter notes, and
make the first one a little louder so instead of
one two three
you've got
ONE two three
ONE two three
Even if that did work, I would have to triple my
tempo, right? The
no that's just crazy talk :)