LMMS - Linux MultiMedia Studio
LMMS aims to be a
free alternative to popular (but commercial and closed-source) programs
like FL Studio, Cubase and Logic. It offers you the ability of
producing
music with your computer by creating/synthesizing sounds, arranging
samples, playing live with your keyboard.
LMMS combines the features of a sequencer-program
(pattern-/channel-/sample-/song-/effect-management) and those of
powerful synthesizers and samplers in a modern, user-friendly and easy
to use graphical user-interface.
LMMS
consists of several windows. The song editor is the heart of the
program, where you arrange the various parts of your composition along
the time axis. Instruments, samples and synthesizer sounds are shown in
different tracks.
LMMS transparently supports VST plugins, both instruments and
effects, through Wine (a compatibility layer for running Windows
programs).
LMMS 0.4.13
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Price
Free to download
Size
14.2MB
License
GNU GPL v2
Developer
Tobias Doerffel, Danny McRae, Javier Serrano Polo,
and others
Website
lmms.sourceforge.net
System Requirements
Qt 4.3.0 or higher
One of ALSA, JACK, SDL or OSS
Optional, but strongly recommended:
- JACK with devel-files
- libvorbis with devel-files
- libalsa with devel-files
- SDL_sound (tested with 0.1.5 & 1.0.1) with devel-files
- SDL with devel-files
- libsamplerate with devel-files
- libsndfile with devel-files
- WINE + WINE-devel-files
- stk, libstk + libstk-dev
- festival-devel-files and default-voice
Support
Sites:
LMMS
Manual, LMMS
Wiki, Mailing
List (Users), FAQ,
Mailing
List (Developers), Getting
Started with LMMS, Your
First Song with LMMS, Plugin
Development Tutorial, SourceForge
Project Page
Selected
Reviews:
LinuxInsider,
Softpedia,
OS
Reviews
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Features include:
- Song-Editor for arranging the song
- Creating beats and basslines using the Beat-/Bassline-Editor
- Easy-to-use piano-roll for editing patterns and melodies
- Instrument- and effect-plugins
- Support for hosting VST(i)- and LADSPA-plugins
(instruments/effects)
- FX mixer with 64 FX channels and arbitrary number of
effects allow unlimited mixing possibilities
- Automation-editor
- Full MIDI-support
- Also compatible with many standards such as SoundFont2,
VST(i), LADSPA, GUS Patches, and MIDI
- Import of MIDI and FLP (Fruityloops Project) files
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LMMS also features in our 'Linux
Equivalents to Windows Software' section. The category
selector below allows you to filter the different types of software
included
in that separate article.
Last Updated Saturday, May 12 2012 @ 10:30 AM EDT
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