- Source: LMMS
LMMS (formerly Linux MultiMedia Studio) is a digital audio workstation application program. It allows music to be produced by arranging samples, synthesizing sounds, entering notes via computer keyboard or mouse (or other pointing device) or by playing on a MIDI keyboard, and combining the features of trackers and sequencers. It is free and open source software, written in Qt and released under GPL-2.0-or-later.
System requirements
LMMS is available for multiple operating systems, including Linux, OpenBSD, macOS, and Windows. It requires a 1.5 GHz CPU, 1 GB of RAM and a two-channel sound card.
Program features
LMMS accepts soundfonts and GUS patches, and it supports the Linux Audio Developer's Simple Plugin API (LADSPA) and LV2 (only master branch, since 24.05.2020). It can use VST plug-ins on Win32, Win64, or Wine32. The nightly versions support LinuxVST. Currently the macOS port doesn't support them.
It can import Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) and Hydrogen files and can read and write customized presets and themes.
Audio can be exported in the Ogg and WAV file formats.
Projects can be saved in the compressed MMPZ file format or the uncompressed MMP file format.
Editors
Song Editor – for arranging instruments, samples, groups of notes, automation, and more
Beat+Bassline Editor – for quickly sequencing rhythms
FX Mixer – for sending multiple audio inputs through groups of effects and sending them to other mixer channels, infinite channels are supported
Piano Roll – edit patterns and melodies
Automation Editor – move almost any knob or widget over the course of the song
Audio plug-ins
LMMS includes a variety of audio plug-ins that can be drag-and-dropped onto instrument tracks in the Song Editor and Beat+Bassline Editor.
Synthesizer plugins:
BitInvader – wavetable-lookup synthesis
FreeBoy – emulator of Game Boy audio processing unit (APU)
Kicker – bass drum synthesizer
LB302 – imitation of the Roland TB-303
Mallets – tuneful percussion synthesizer
Monstro – 3-oscillator synthesizer with modulation matrix
Nescaline – NES-like synthesizer
OpulenZ – 2-operator FM synthesizer
Organic – organ-like synthesizer
Sf2 Player – a Fluidsynth-based Soundfont player
SID – emulator of the Commodore 64 chips
TripleOscillator - 3-oscillator synthesizer with 5 modulation modes: MIX, SYNC, PM, FM, and AM
Vibed – vibrating string modeler
Watsyn – 4-oscillator wavetable synthesizer
Xpressive - mathematical expression parser synthesizer (only in alpha)
ZynAddSubFX
Other plugins
AudioFileProcessor (AFP) – basic sampler with trimming and looping capabilities
SlicerT – slicer with tempo detection (only in nightly)
VeSTige - interface for VST plugins
Standards
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
SoundFont (SF2)
Virtual Studio Technology (VST)
Linux Audio Developer's Simple Plugin API (LADSPA)
LV2 (only master branch, since 24.05.2020)
Gravis Ultrasound (GUS) patches (PatMan)
JACK Audio Connection Kit (JACK)
ZynAddSubFX
Audio output examples
See also
List of music software
List of Linux audio software
Comparison of free software for audio
Multitrack recording
Comparison of multitrack recording software
References
Tobias Doerffel (December 2005). "Making Music with Linux Multimedia Studio". Linux Magazine (61): 58–60. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
Dave Phillips (1 October 2008). "State of the Art: Linux Audio 2008, Part II". Linux Journal. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
External links
LMMS website