It will start and stop with the transport, but it will not follow tempo changes. The developer claims that the Jack Transport is broken somehow with respect to tempo changes. http://www.hydrogen-music.org/forum/?action=show_thread&thread=274&fid=2&page=1 -Reuben On 12/8/05, Brett McCoy <idragosani@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > (I potsed this to the Hydrogen forum but wanted to get opinions here also) > > I have an elaborate setup for scoring and recording symphonic and > semi-symphonic rock music (along the lines of Therion, eRa, Enigma, > etc). I am using Rosegarden for the main sequencing, Ardour for > recording, a second machine (running Windows) for some virtual > instruments controlled via MIDI... and Hydrogen. > > What I had been doing in the past is scoring the drum parts directly in > Rosegarden, but this is awkward, and matching up the MIDI notes to > Hydrogen instruments is also a pain. > > What I'd like to do is compose the entire drum part in Hydrogen (even if > this means empty measures) and have the drum song triggered > automatically and play back in synch with the other instruments. Will I > be able to keep accurate synchronization with the Jack transport between > Rosegarden and Hydrogen in this manner (and ultimately, with Ardour, > since that is where I am recording)? I have had excellent results > synching between Ardour and Rosegarden, especially with multiple parts > and doing punch ins at different sections of the piece. > > -- Brett >