Those are very nicely displayed in a timeline. Another versatile tool you will definitely play with is the piano-roll tool.įrom the song editor you can add beats/basslines and sample tracks. When you fire up LMMS you will see two main windows: the song editor and the beat+bassline editor (I would have used the term “baseline” but I don't want to upset the developers). Applications like this are rare in Linux. I love it! It has a very good usability and it also looks nice. Unfortunately I wasn't able to test the midi interface, because I don't have a midi keyboard.Ībout LMMS interface I can say only one thing.
Note that you will not have to use jack with this program, but I still recommend it. Another nice thing is that you can make the program's interface display it's windows in a centralized interface or in separate windows just like in GIMP. One thing that I like is that when you move the buffer slider it shows how many frames are buffered and also what impact this has on the latency. The most important settings are related to the buffer size, window behavior, sound and midi interface. With a little bit of talent and a little bit of luck you will become a star in no time.Īt first you will notice a splash screen and then a window where you can setup LMMS.
This review will be about LMMS, because it installs the easiest and will not give you headaches about a bunch of missing libraries and jack. In Linux there are several free music production software, and the best are LMMS and Rosegarden. Well, you can just give it a try with music production without spending a dime out of your pocket.
Lmms review professional#
Have you ever considered to give it a try in the music industry? Are you looking up with admiration at music producers like Armin Van Buuren, Paul Oakenfold or Carl Cox? Maybe you didn't went after this dream because you considered they produce this music in very expensive studios and you will never be able to match the quality and the functions of professional hardware synthesizers.