I’m sure many of you that use hydrogen or play drums, have made several beats which just lack spunk. So, in this post, I’m going to show you a very simple way of turning your bland beats into slightly funkier ones. Here is an .MP3 of a simple beat which is currently unpimped: Plain.mp3 (415kB) [...]
Recording acoustic drums can be extremely tricky. This is made even more difficult when recorded in a non-professional space. I found some articles which provide some decent insight into recording drums at home. Check them out: A Primer on Recording Drums at Home Record Drums – A Beginners Guide For the lazy buggers like me, [...]
There is a fantastic website called http://freedrumlessons.com/. There are many instructional videos accompanied with pdf music sheets which guide one through several genres like rock, jazz, latin, and double bass drumming. If nothing else, these pdf sheets can give you some great ideas for use in Hydrogen. Other posts you might find interesting: Hydrogen Drumbeat [...]
Hey fellow Hydrogen users, I have constructed a Hydrogen drumkit from recordings of my own Tama Superstar Fusion kit with Zildjian ZXT Titanium Rock cymbals. Below are links to both the hydrogen kit and a short MP3 demo which allows you to hear what the kit sounds like. Drumkit: Brian_Tama_Superstar Demo: Brian_Tama_Superstar_DEMO The above pictures [...]
Hydrogen is fantastic, but only when powered with the right drumkits. Being a drummer, I know a few things about good sounding drumkits. Hydrogen has posted a collection of a few of their “official” drumkits. These can be found here. My personal favourite is the Yamaha Vintage Kit. Note for Ubuntu Studio users it is [...]
