On Apr 11, 2005 7:58 PM, Paul Coccoli <pcoccoli@xxxxxxxxx> 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.