Software:LMMS
Screenshot of a project in LMMS 1.2.1 | |
Original author(s) | Paul Giblock Tobias Junghans[1] |
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Developer(s) | LMMS developers |
Initial release | 2004 | ; as Linux MultiMedia Studio
Written in | C++ with Qt[2] |
Operating system | Cross-platform: Windows, macOS, Linux, Haiku |
Platform | x86 and x86-64 (Linux, macOS, Windows), only Linux: arm64, armel, armhf, mips, mips64el, mipsel, ppc64el, s390x[2] |
Available in | 20 languages[3] |
Type | Digital audio workstation |
License | GPL-2.0-or-later[4] |
Website | lmms |
LMMS (formerly Linux MultiMedia Studio[5]) is a digital audio workstation application program. It allows music to be produced by arranging samples, synthesizing sounds, entering notes via 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 GHz CPU, 512 MB of RAM and a two-channel sound card.[6]
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, though currently the macOS port doesn't support them.[7][8]
It can import Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) and Hydrogen files and can read and write customized presets and themes.[9]
Audio can be exported in the Ogg, FLAC, MP3, and WAV file formats.[10]
Projects can be saved in the compressed MMPZ
file format or the uncompressed MMP
file format.[11]
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
- ZynAddSubFX
Other plugins
- AudioFileProcessor (AFP) – basic sampler with trimming and looping capabilities
- 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
- ↑ "LMMS Alternatives and Similar Software - AlternativeTo.net". http://alternativeto.net/software/lmms---linux-multimedia-studio/.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 "Debian -- Details of package lmms in buster". Debian. https://packages.debian.org/buster/lmms. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ↑ "LMMS – Currently supported languages". https://github.com/LMMS/lmms/wiki/Creating-a-localization#currently-supported-languages.
- ↑ "LMMS License". lmms.io. https://docs.lmms.io/user-manual/8-legal/8.1-license. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ↑ "7.1 Glossary". 2020. https://docs.lmms.io/user-manual/7-resources/7.1-glossary#7.1.7.3-lmms.
- ↑ "LMMS • Documentation". https://lmms.io/documentation/Requirements.
- ↑ "VeSTige - LMMS Wiki". https://lmms.io/wiki/index.php?title=VeSTige.
- ↑ "LMMS – Linux MultiMedia Studio". SourceForge. http://lmms.sourceforge.net/. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ↑ Dave Phillips (17 August 2009). "LMMS: The Linux MultiMedia Studio". Linux Journal. http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/introducing-lmms-linux-multimedia-studio. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ↑ "LMMS Sound Editing Software". Software Insider. http://sound-editing.softwareinsider.com/l/33/LMMS. Retrieved 31 March 2011.[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ "lmms.io/utils.php function read_project". https://github.com/LMMS/lmms.io/blob/1051cf33402d8543890557970b06b57b839bf89c/public/lsp/utils.php#L475. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- Tobias Doerffel (December 2005). "Making Music with Linux Multimedia Studio". Linux Magazine (61): 58–60. http://www.linux-magazine.com/issues/2005/61/music_builder/(kategorie)/0. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
- Dave Phillips (2008-10-01). "State of the Art: Linux Audio 2008, Part II". Linux Journal. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10201. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
External links
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMMS.
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