What are the last words a drummer says in a band? …”Hey guys, why don’t we try one of my songs?” As you should know if you read my previous beat templates post, Hydrogen Drumbeat Templates – A Non-drummer’s Best Friend, I have been creating beat templates in order to help non-drummers write better songs [...]
Okay, by now you should have a drum track recorded in Ardour as the first step for your recording project. If not, check out Audio Recording in Ubuntu Studio – Part 2: Recording a Hydrogen Drumbeat. The drum track really is the backbone to your recording because it is often filled with the most emotion [...]
How do you know the stage is level? …the drummer is drooling out of both sides of his mouth. Yeah, yeah… I’ve heard them all. I know as a non-drummer it is very difficult to think like a drummer. Especially when most non-drummers reckon that drummers don’t have the capability of thinking much :). However, [...]
Okay, so you’ve planned your recording project like I told you to do in Audio Recording in Ubuntu Studio – Part 1: Plan your Project. You now want to create a Hydrogen drumbeat as the backbone to your track. To begin, start up JACK and then Hydrogen. You can begin messing around with beats and [...]
This post aims to cover the basics around the Hydrogen Drum Machine interface and hopefully get a newbie feeling comfortable with the setup. Firstly, start up JACK and then Hydrogen. Once in Hydrogen, you want to select a drumkit which will suit your song the best. You can do this by opening the View menu [...]
