thalion777 wrote:the problem im having is that it all sounds pretty bland and the melodies are alright i guess. i also dont have a very good set of instruments or how to build a very good set of layers in the song.
These things are all things that mostly depend on you. A DAW usually doesn't come with any melodies prebuilt, and sounds are usually better to make yourself (although yeah, the ZynAddSubFX presets are nearly as good as the synth itself).
musikbear wrote:
does lmms have a graphic equalizer?
not as a singel component, but load any EQ together with the 'Spectrum Analyzer' that you find in your default FX LADSPA collection. If you arent satisfied with that, you can load a vsts based EQ, just copy the dll to the LADSPA folder you have assigned in your setup
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Do you happen to recommend any VST EQs? Because the default LADSPA EQ doesn't really force the sound enough, you can't really make any kind of fine-controlled sharp edge like you often need when separating bass and kick, and using filters is unreliable because the plugin filters are very low resolution at those frequencies (0-56-94-150 Hz or something like that for the GLAME plugins, while usually you want to do some magic between 60 and 80 Hz).
Sure you can increase or decrease a region, but the area of effect is always far too large and the effect itself too weak.