On Apr 12, 2005 12:27 AM, Noah Roberts <roberts.noah@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> On Apr 11, 2005 7:58 PM, Paul Coccoli <pcoccoli@email-addr-hidden> 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.
> >
Huh? A pattern length of 6 means 3/4 time? Why?
> > 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.
>
Yes, I must be misunderstanding pattern length, but you guys are
misunderstanding my post as well. I would clarify now, but I'm not at
that machine right now.
I think perhaps the version of hydrogen I'm using might be having some
kind of problem, since the pattern length dropdown doesn't actually
change the pattern length...
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