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 MacOS 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 WAV, FLAC, Ogg and MP3 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 – for editing patterns and melodies Automation Editor – for moving 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 – single-oscillator synthesis FreeBoy – emulator of Game Boy audio processing unit (APU) Kicker – 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 sfxr – port of Tomas Petterson's sfxr generator SID – emulator of the Commodore 64 chips TripleOscillator – 3-oscillator synthesizer with 5 modulation modes Vibed – vibrating string modeler Watsyn – 4-oscillator synthesizer with 4 modulation modes Xpressive – mathematical expression parser synthesizer (only in alpha) ZynAddSubFX
Other plugins AudioFileProcessor (AFP) – basic sampler with trimming and looping capabilities Carla Patchbay and Carla Rack – implementation of Carla access through a plugin (only in alpha) GIG Player – libgig-based GigaSampler/GigaStudio instrument file player PatMan – GUS patch player SlicerT – slicer with tempo detection (only in nightly) Sf2 Player – a Fluidsynth-based SoundFont player VeSTige – interface for VST2 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 GigaStudio/GigaSampler instrument files 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
External links
LMMS website