Hello guys
I'm new here. This is my first post
So! First of all, have to say I met this program when looking for free alternatives to FL Studio. Yes! I came from FL wich was with me since 2012 until about 1 or 2 years ago. I left it, because I disposed of it by "non official methods" if y'know what I mean (but hey, I also used Audacity and recent forks now).
Since I didn't wanna risk my PC any longer, and beeing so short of budget (to not say hella broke), I've decided to migrate to officially free alternatives. And that's how I've found this one first.
Now...
I've seen on your channel description your YT channel, that you created this program straight to be a free alternative to FL Studio, am I wrong? Regarding that, I have to say something (ask for some things, in favor of the intuition mostly).
1) Tabs System: Currently I'm trying Tracktion Waveform Free to see what's goin'on (DAW-hopping doesn't do me right, have to say). And I noticed a cool feature that I've never seen in FL (switching between tabs for projects). Why stay like a FOSS variant of FL when you can go further from, or step ahead of it? This with a proper Drag'n'Drop function (not just on tabs themselves, but in all item fields the GUI can have), will make a difference. You may wanna get based on Notepad++ for more simplicity.
2) High-detailed Zooming + Slicing: There were few drawbacks of this program I found, in comparison to FL, but the one that keeps me from using this one, is the very limited zooming system. In FL this came in so handy for me, because I could snip audio samples so accurately, like to do a fan edit/mix of a song. And the lack of mouse/touchpad gestures didn't make it any easier. Sure I could do snipping on Audacity-based programs, but it's clearly no the same by far than FL. So, way more than aesthetics, a deep and accurate Zooming+Slicing with the mentioned gestures would make things easier for people like me, because it's more intuitive.
With all respect, if you pretend to make LMMS co-exist with Audacity (or one of its forks), why not just absorb ALL its features for a possible LMMS 2.0? Y'know, FL counts on Edison wich is an integrated audio-editing stuff, but you can have your own buit into your program. And way more that Muse Group took Audacity with spooky elements, so you may wanna get based on pre-Muse builds.
There's nothing more I can cover here, actually. About drivers and plugin support, I think you're working on it.
But there's ONLY ONE feature that can count as aesthetical, and it's something very simple: The Startup Template (the one we see when just opening the program) is messed up, have to say. This is something criticized by some producers on internet, if you ask me. You just have to let the Song-Editor shown maximized, and the rest hidden (maybe the Beat+Bassline Editor on top of this one, like in FL with Step Sequencer, but not necessary in my opinion).
That's all I have to say (for now ). I really hope you keep this is in mind, especially if you expect to get any further with this project (I dunno).
Have a nice day
I'm new here. This is my first post
So! First of all, have to say I met this program when looking for free alternatives to FL Studio. Yes! I came from FL wich was with me since 2012 until about 1 or 2 years ago. I left it, because I disposed of it by "non official methods" if y'know what I mean (but hey, I also used Audacity and recent forks now).
Since I didn't wanna risk my PC any longer, and beeing so short of budget (to not say hella broke), I've decided to migrate to officially free alternatives. And that's how I've found this one first.
Now...
I've seen on your channel description your YT channel, that you created this program straight to be a free alternative to FL Studio, am I wrong? Regarding that, I have to say something (ask for some things, in favor of the intuition mostly).
1) Tabs System: Currently I'm trying Tracktion Waveform Free to see what's goin'on (DAW-hopping doesn't do me right, have to say). And I noticed a cool feature that I've never seen in FL (switching between tabs for projects). Why stay like a FOSS variant of FL when you can go further from, or step ahead of it? This with a proper Drag'n'Drop function (not just on tabs themselves, but in all item fields the GUI can have), will make a difference. You may wanna get based on Notepad++ for more simplicity.
2) High-detailed Zooming + Slicing: There were few drawbacks of this program I found, in comparison to FL, but the one that keeps me from using this one, is the very limited zooming system. In FL this came in so handy for me, because I could snip audio samples so accurately, like to do a fan edit/mix of a song. And the lack of mouse/touchpad gestures didn't make it any easier. Sure I could do snipping on Audacity-based programs, but it's clearly no the same by far than FL. So, way more than aesthetics, a deep and accurate Zooming+Slicing with the mentioned gestures would make things easier for people like me, because it's more intuitive.
With all respect, if you pretend to make LMMS co-exist with Audacity (or one of its forks), why not just absorb ALL its features for a possible LMMS 2.0? Y'know, FL counts on Edison wich is an integrated audio-editing stuff, but you can have your own buit into your program. And way more that Muse Group took Audacity with spooky elements, so you may wanna get based on pre-Muse builds.
There's nothing more I can cover here, actually. About drivers and plugin support, I think you're working on it.
But there's ONLY ONE feature that can count as aesthetical, and it's something very simple: The Startup Template (the one we see when just opening the program) is messed up, have to say. This is something criticized by some producers on internet, if you ask me. You just have to let the Song-Editor shown maximized, and the rest hidden (maybe the Beat+Bassline Editor on top of this one, like in FL with Step Sequencer, but not necessary in my opinion).
That's all I have to say (for now ). I really hope you keep this is in mind, especially if you expect to get any further with this project (I dunno).
Have a nice day