LMMS is a free cross-platform software which allows you to produce music with your computer. This covers creating melodies and beats, synthesizing and mixing sounds and arranging samples. You can have fun with your MIDI keyboard and much more – all in a user-friendly and modern interface. Furthermore LMMS comes with many ready-to-use instrument and effect plugins, presets and samples.
- http://lmms.sourceforge.net
I've got to say the 1.x.x LMMS series is a vast improvement over the old 0.x.x series, at least in the looks department. The opening splash is certainly more professional than the old one.
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The old one reminds me of that slightly terrifying chihuahua splash screen we used to have here on the earlier Puppy versions. Read this thread for reference (Sadly no reference pic, but I'm sure you can google it. It was pretty memorable. *shudder.)
Back to LMMS.
Download LMMS-1.1.90
Size: 21.9 MB
MD5: a5de6c44575f6df1433585988e3cf277
Where possible I used the dependencies found in the Carolina repository and if not, the same version
Dependencies included in SFS
libsamplerate-0.1.8
fftw-3.3.2
fluidsynth-1.1.6
json-c-0.11
pulseaudio-5.0
jack-audio-connection-kit-0.124.1 (recompiled with firewire driver)
fltk-1.3.2-i486
Does not come with Wine! It was compiled with 1.5.28 but it should be fine with different versions. I use it with 1.4.0 for example. You need Wine for VST support.
Compiled with:
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ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) support ON
CALF LADSPA plugins ON
C* Audio Plugin Suite (LADSPA plugins) ON
Computer Music Toolkit LADSPA plugins ON
JACK (Jack Audio Connection Kit) support ON
OGG/Vorbis support ON
PulseAudio support ON
PortAudio support OFF
SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) support ON
SoundFont2 player plugin ON
Stk (Synthesis Toolkit) support OFF
Steve Harris's LADSPA plugins ON
Tom's Audio Processing LADSPA plugins ON
VST support ON
If you need firewire support, FFADO drivers are here. As the screenie shows, FFADO, JACK, and LMMS play nicely together.
Some comments:
There's such a wide variety of instruments, sounds and effects that LMMS can utilize. It's compiled with VST support so you can even use all the Windows tools and effects available to them. If there's one thing Windows has, it's a user database, So that's nice to be able to tap in to. I'd like to post some links to plugins but I got them ages ago and can't remember where I got them from! But there are really good resources all over the internet, soundfonts, VST instruments, VST effects, Calf plugins, LADSPA plugins.... so enjoy, be adventurous!