Hi! I hope everyone is having a good holiday season.
Here are just a few thoughts on LMMS and music production in general. It's been some time since I posted on this forum. I've been working on algorithmic music programming, which is interesting, but it produced nothing I wanted to publish. Instead I now use a simple text based tool I wrote to help me produce scores a bit faster and then turn them into MIDI files. Probably there is commercial software or even free software with nice GUIs and so on that does it much better.
I'm in production mode now and it's back to LMMS.
I have been disappointed by many VSTs and soundfonts I have downloaded. Maybe I just get bored with them. I still like arachno. There are a few others I like.
Just a warning about VSTs. I tried a set of free ones and found one in particular that sounded off. Sure enough, it was playing the notes a semitone off. I contacted the producer and never got a reply. I don't want to mention the name.
There is also a problem with some soundfonts which play the right pitch class but drop back an octave for higher notes.
I like the built in LMMS synths. I tend to be quite lazy about learning how someone else's synth works. All those knobs, etc. But it's good they all have a similar interface on LMMS. Also I found documentation about them online.
If I already have a MIDI track, but do not want to use a soundfont, all I need to do is import the MIDI track, then use one of the synths. This is easy in LMMS.
My favorite genre is progressive rock. Lots of choices there. There's lots of room for experimentation and fusion of genres.
I like new sounds. I've been spending some time learning Csound so I can make my own experimental instruments and effects.
Csound is good for far out experimental music. But usually I'm very MIDI orientated, so I'm learning how to make soundfonts from my own sounds. It's not hard to make soundfonts using the software available from the synthfont website. I haven't gotten around to making any VSTs yet but it's on my list.
I still find no better alternative to LMMS for what I do. I find it easier to use the LMMS user interface than the other solutions I have tried. The LMMS layout is quite logical. The only problem I've had was some time ago when I mentioned the small font problem.
My conclusion is that I'm going to continue using LMMS. Next I'm going to try the alpha 1.3.0. I hope my computer is powerful enough.
This morning I looked at FL Studio again. It gets quite expensive for the pro versions. Sorry FL Studio, but I'm not rich yet. Besides food prices have been going up here in the USA and so has the rent. Then there is health care. We do not have a German system. However, some good news is that there are more online opportunities than ever to make some money. It's important to stay positive.
Best wishes to all for a Happy New Year! And of course, thank you to all the LMMS developers!
Here are just a few thoughts on LMMS and music production in general. It's been some time since I posted on this forum. I've been working on algorithmic music programming, which is interesting, but it produced nothing I wanted to publish. Instead I now use a simple text based tool I wrote to help me produce scores a bit faster and then turn them into MIDI files. Probably there is commercial software or even free software with nice GUIs and so on that does it much better.
I'm in production mode now and it's back to LMMS.
I have been disappointed by many VSTs and soundfonts I have downloaded. Maybe I just get bored with them. I still like arachno. There are a few others I like.
Just a warning about VSTs. I tried a set of free ones and found one in particular that sounded off. Sure enough, it was playing the notes a semitone off. I contacted the producer and never got a reply. I don't want to mention the name.
There is also a problem with some soundfonts which play the right pitch class but drop back an octave for higher notes.
I like the built in LMMS synths. I tend to be quite lazy about learning how someone else's synth works. All those knobs, etc. But it's good they all have a similar interface on LMMS. Also I found documentation about them online.
If I already have a MIDI track, but do not want to use a soundfont, all I need to do is import the MIDI track, then use one of the synths. This is easy in LMMS.
My favorite genre is progressive rock. Lots of choices there. There's lots of room for experimentation and fusion of genres.
I like new sounds. I've been spending some time learning Csound so I can make my own experimental instruments and effects.
Csound is good for far out experimental music. But usually I'm very MIDI orientated, so I'm learning how to make soundfonts from my own sounds. It's not hard to make soundfonts using the software available from the synthfont website. I haven't gotten around to making any VSTs yet but it's on my list.
I still find no better alternative to LMMS for what I do. I find it easier to use the LMMS user interface than the other solutions I have tried. The LMMS layout is quite logical. The only problem I've had was some time ago when I mentioned the small font problem.
My conclusion is that I'm going to continue using LMMS. Next I'm going to try the alpha 1.3.0. I hope my computer is powerful enough.
This morning I looked at FL Studio again. It gets quite expensive for the pro versions. Sorry FL Studio, but I'm not rich yet. Besides food prices have been going up here in the USA and so has the rent. Then there is health care. We do not have a German system. However, some good news is that there are more online opportunities than ever to make some money. It's important to stay positive.
Best wishes to all for a Happy New Year! And of course, thank you to all the LMMS developers!