new to lmms...getting started

[rjb100]

hi all,
my first post here.

just d/l lmms and am impressed....great.

my music style is very basic country rock and need to create backing tracks with snare - bass drum or kick drum and closed hi hat and bassline.

i have checked the samples and found some ideas.

i have found the bass sound i require using the 'kick soft 01' sample.

could some one please tell me if i can transpose this to suit the chord changes in my backing tracks.

thanks
rj

[slipstick]

Welcome to the forums.

I guess you're using the Beat/Bassline Editor rather than the main Song Editor. If you just click on the squares for the pattern that will play a standard note all the time. To get a bass melody you need to open the Piano Roll (double click on one of the squares) and that then lets you put some different notes in. The sample will transpose normally but it will have same problem all samples (as opposed to instruments) have in that it's a fixed length and the higher you make the pitch the shorter the note length. Oh and as it's a kick drum sample it's probably not originally pitched to any particular note.

For a moving bass line it might be better to get the hang of using a simple synth instrument like Triple Oscillator. There's a lot of useful documentation to get you started at https://lmms.io/documentation/Manual and loads of video tutorials on Youtube...just search for LMMS.

Steve

[musikbear]

hi all,
my first post here.

Welcome to the forum rjb100! Here are all our important links:
http://lmms.io/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4740
-And a few rules for Avatars, signatures, posting and using the right sub-forum :)

could some one please tell me if i can transpose this to suit the chord changes in my backing tracks.

No, lmms cant 'stretch' samples, and preserve pitch (witch is what you need as described) but you can do that with Audacity
http://www.audacityteam.org
You also need a program 'like' audacity for sound recording, because lmms does not support that either (yet:) -So dl audacity is a good idea for several purposes.

As new, you may like to watch my 'rookie-guide' -link in signature

[rjb100]

thank you both for the info you have provided.......lmms is better than i expected.
regards
rj

[NihalRB]

Hello,

I'm a new lmms user. I am not able to get a low bass (trap like) for my hip hop track. I tried Triple Oscillator but at default the sound has many problems (like clicking sounds). Does anybody know how to get that sound?

Thank You

[Etorna_Z]

Welcome to the LMMS community! (If I were you, though, I'd have made a separate topic instead of making a post on an old one )
Anyway, I do know how to get a TripleOSC bass note the way you want it.

1. Put a fresh TripleOSC in your Beat/Bassline-Editor.

2. Open it up.

3 (Optional). Take the green square (the key) on the TripleOSC's keyboard and lower it two octaves. You don't need to do this because you can lower the notes yourself in the Piano-Editor, but I find this way a lot easier.

4. Select the ENV/LFO button on the TripleOSC and click on the Envelope to turn it on (this is the most important part).

5. Turn all of the wheels down to zero, but then turn the ATT (Attack) to .05 and the DEC (Decay) to .5.

6 (Optional). Go to the FX (Effects) and search for Calf Bass Enhancer LADSPA. Inside that FX is a knob named Amount. Turn that up to your heart's desire, but be careful not to make it too high because it'll distort.

7. Now that you've got your bass note, get out your kick and play them at the same time. It'll probably distort quite a bit, so you'll need to turn both of them down somewhat, depending on your kick and how much bass is in your TripleOSC.

There you go! Trap kick! If this is too complicated for you I can insert pictures for you to look at along with reading my steps.

[musikbear]

Hello,
I'm a new lmms user.

Welcome to the forum NihalRB! Here are all our important links:
http://lmms.io/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4740
-And a few rules for Avatars, signatures, posting and using the right sub-forum :)
Please read!

Great tips you have there from Etorna_Z, you can try similar things with other instruments too.