Yes and no, you do not need anything else than a simple clean text-editor. Note-pad can be used, but you need to use the language CSS. The color-design in lmms is inside the file default.css. It is mostly rgba stuff you need to change, so its not advanced or difficult, but knowledge of CSS is a clear advantage
Besides that, since you are new in Forum
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