28 Aug
2009
28 Aug
'09
1:40 a.m.
On 08/28/2009 01:26 PM, Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote:
On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, Atte Andre Jensen wrote:
The main feature of AL is the scenes and loop-based composition,
right? This is essentially a specialized sequencer/sampler. And
hydrogen is a sequencer/sampler.
Further, Hydrogen is based on the idea of have several patterns
(like a loop) that you set up. Then the song is composed in a
sort of paint-by-numbers fashion. This is a lot like AL's scenes.
Hydrogen also has some DAW-like features, including some primative mixing
and FX.
Hydrogen lacks any code for looping or beat slicing. Also, the audio
internals are a little ugly IMHO -- but I've been working to improve that.
When I'm done, I expect the backend to be *very* DAW-like.
It does have code for looping a sequenced list.
It doesn't have is an AL like grid for triggering samples.
It does have the ability to trigger a sample manually.
IIUC, it doesn't have functionality to play multiple patterns at the
same time.
So adding multi pattern support and a sample grid for triggering a
pattern manually on/off would be a major leap towards AL like
functionality. The grid should allow for unlimited patterns to be
assigned to a session. The buttons would need to be assignable to midi
triggers too.
All the ground work has been laid and it is just a case of having the
motivation to do it.
I have been planning to contribute some code to this for a while but
have not been able to make the time yet.
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd
Hydrogen
has some similarities to AL... so I've pondered if it could be
forked (or developed) to become a live DAW.
Could you elaborate? What similarities, what's missing (just the big
picture), it's been a while since a glanced at hydrogen.