LMMS

Unsorted

• Use the return mode to change the behaviour of what happens to the playhead after pausing in the song/track editor:
  • Go back to beginning
  • Go back to initial playhead position
  • Maintain position
• Loop points:
  • Right click to set end position
  • Middle click (or shift-right click) to set start position

Effects

• Equaliser
• Calf Reverb
  • Decay time
• StereoEnchancer
• Bitcrush - good for creating lofi - downgrades quality. Good to remove high frequencies before doing this
• Delay/Calf Vintage Delay
• TAP/Vibrato - good for lofi again
• Calf MultiChorus
• C* Phaser

Song Editor

• Segments can be renamed for labelling convenience
• Segments can be copied by dragging while holding <Ctrl>

Bindings

• <Space> to play/pause on the song editor
• <F5> shows/hides song editor
• <F6> shows/hides beat/bassline editor
• Left click to select start position if looping
• Right click to select end position if looping

Beat/Bassline

Piano Roll

https://docs.lmms.io/user-manual/3-navigating-lmms/piano-roll

• Access with <F7>
• Use the Triple Oscillator as the default input
• <S-Scroll> to pan horizontally
• Right click a note to remove
• To select all notes, press <C-a> and then <Ctrl>
• Adjust note velocity at the bottom
• <S-d> for draw mode
  • Notes can be moved in this mode
• <S-e> for erase mode
• <S-s> for select mode
• To do triplets, you can switch to 1/12 quantisation/beat input
• When recording from keyboard, you can:
  • Turn out quantisation to 1/192 (necessary)
  • Enable metronome
  • Turn down tempo to input more accurately

Resources

• Tutorial series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrMTlpeSw8Y&list=PLqazFFzUAPc4K1To5JTtR3cskcdRifM1M
• LMMS Sharing platform for presets, samples and songs: https://lmms.io/lsp
  • Projects are entire LMMS files (mmpz)
• https://dskmusic.com
  • DSK The Grand
• Soundfonts https://sites.google.com/site/soundfonts4u/
• Piano Roll insertion/deletion trick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtNHraUJBLU