Linux is known for a lot of great things, but you rarely see it listed as a platform of choice for multimedia production. Some of that poor reputation for multimedia has long been deserved, but in recent years the quality of Linux’s audio and video applications has been steadily increasing. One of the best loved of these is Hydrogen, a high quality drum machine application. As is often the case with extremely versatile software, Hydrogen can sometimes seem overly complex to a newcomer. Today we’ll attempt to cover many of the most confusing aspects of Hydrogen so you can easily create your own phat beatz in a matter of minutes.[Being a drummer myself I'm going to have to check this out.. - Scott]