LMMS is a free cross-platform multimedia studio which lets you product music with your computer – sort of like Garageband for people that didn’t buy a Mac.
Features:
- Song-Editor for composing songs
- A Beat+Bassline-Editor for creating beats and basslines
- An easy-to-use Piano-Roll for editing patterns and melodies
- An FX mixer with 64 FX channels and arbitrary number of effects allow unlimited mixing possibilities
- Many powerful instrument and effect-plugins out of the box
- Full user-defined track-based automation and computer-controlled automation sources
- Compatible with many standards such as SoundFont2, VST(i), LADSPA, GUS Patches, and full MIDI support
- Import of MIDI and FLP (Fruityloops® Project) files
You can’t beat the price, so give it a try and let me know what you think of it!
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I began using LMMS before recently purchasing a mac. Now I'm wondering whether I should convert to garage band, despite the fact that LMMS seems more logical to me. Garage band seems too packaged and tidy with fewer opportunities to create from the bottom up. Is this an appropriate assessment? Any suggestions as to which one is a better bet to focus my efforts on?
I began using LMMS before recently purchasing a mac. Now I'm wondering whether I should convert to garage band, despite the fact that LMMS seems more logical to me. Garage band seems too packaged and tidy with fewer opportunities to create from the bottom up. Is this an appropriate assessment? Any suggestions as to which one is a better bet to focus my efforts on?