Triggering Hydrogen Drums with Seq
Because the Hydrogen drum machine accepts both MIDI input and JACK transport control, you have two options for synchronizing it with sequences created in seq24. You can either make a drum pattern in seq24 and trigger Hydrogen on MIDI channel 10 or create the pattern in Hydrogen's sequencer and use seq24's play button to get the transport rolling. Hydrogen accepts MIDI input on any channel, but you can get specific by choosing File > Preferences > MIDI System > Channel. If you want to, you can use both methods at once to synchronize different drum patterns created in each application (see Figure 842).
- Figure 8-42. Seq24 triggeringAlsaModularSynth and Hydrogen at the same time
Remember to deactivate the "Record keyboard/MIDI events" button in Hydrogen before you attempt this link-up; otherwise, Hydrogen's pattern editor fills with notes when you click the vertical note preview piano bar to the left of seq24's piano roll.
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