I think you're getting the song editor confused with the piano roll. Just right-click any of the squares on the track you want to open and a box of options should pop up next to your cursor. Click "Open in piano-roll", and then it should pop up. And also, you're not going to be able to str...
Here's something I thought of on the top of my head, since you said bass-boosted. How loud is your volume outside of your LMMS program (as in your speakers)? Is the main volume for your computer turned down really low, because I could see that making your quiet instruments distort when they're turne...
You can try out this tutorial made by a LMMS user. He gives you the basics on how a ZASFX growl works (by the way, if you don't know the basics on ZASFX you should watch this first (http://youtu.be/M_oLSb5DIpM), then tackle the Growl tutorial )
Could an admin or moderator confirm the existence of a BoL v.4 this year, and possibly when it'll happen? I know Umcaruje said there would definitely be one, but it's been pretty quiet.
Thank you