More Cowbell with Hydrogen Drum Machine on Linux

"Linux is a superior audio production platform, and one of its shining stars is the Hydrogen Drum Machine. Hydrogen is an advanced software drum synthesizer that is easy to learn, and yet packed full of great features.

For instant gratification, go to Project -> Open Demo and pick a demo to play. This will tell you right away if Hydrogen is finding the correct audio drivers, and if your sound system is working. The playback controls are near the top left, in the row under the menu bar. I'm running version 9.5 on Debian Testing, which is a development version, and not all the demos work. So try several if you don't hear anything.

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