Linux MultiMedia Studio(LMMS)

Music

Electronic Music vs. Acoustic Music

● Ever since the first electronic musical device was plugged in, there’s been a love/hate relationship between the acoustic and electronic crowds.

● Acoustic Music: It comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means.

● Electronic Music: It comprises music that employs electronic musical instruments and technology in its production.

Electroacoustic Music

● Electroacoustic music originated in Western art music during the modern era following the incorporation of electric sound production into compositional practice.

● Best of both.● Gaining too much popularity.

Music + Mathematics

There's a strong combination between Music and Mathematics.

DAW

● A digital audio workstation (DAW) is an electronic system designed solely or primarily for recording, editing and playing back digital audio.

● DAWs were originally tape-less, microprocessor-based systems. Modern DAWs are software running on computers with audio interface hardware.

Famous DAWs

● Commercial

Ableton Live

ACID Pro

FL Studio

Logic Pro

Pro Tools

etc.

● Free/Open Source

Ardour

Ardour

Audacity

LMMS

Open Octave

etc.

What is LMMS?

● 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.

Why LMMS?

● Free and Open source.● Cross-Platform: LMMS is available for the

GNU/Linux, OpenBSD, and Microsoft Windows operating systems. Also ported for MAC OS X.

● Free alternative for Pro DAWs, and its a direct alternative for FL Studio.

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 MIDI

● Import of MIDI files, Hydrogen project files and FL Studio ® project files

Musical Terminologies

● Pitch: The highness or lowness of sound measured in Hz. They are compared as "higher" and "lower" in the sense associated with musical melodies.

● Tempo: It is the speed or pace of a given piece. It is a crucial element of most musical compositions, as it can affect the mood and difficulty of a piece. Measured in BPM(Beats Per Minute).

● Beat: An individual stroke of measured time; the steady pulse of a song.

● Melody: Pitches in sequence that form a pattern.

● Rhythm: How a sound is placed in time.● Sample: Piece/portion of the musical sound.● Loop: Repeating structure of a beat/sample.

Genres

● A music genre is a conventional category that identifies pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions.

● Ex- Blues, African, Country, Asian, Electronic (House, Trance, Disco, etc.), Hip-Hop, Jazz, Pop, Rock, R&B, etc.

THANKYOU!Keep MUSIC Alive \m/