On Apr 11, 2005 11:58 PM, Aaron Trumm <aaron@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. > > 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 :) > 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.
