LMMS
Cross-platform digital audio workstation supporting lossless audio and VST plugins. Features include music looping, sequencing, and MIDI support. Provides an ad-free, privacy-focused, portable experience without registration, working offline with extensibility through plugins and add-ons.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
EUPlatforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- Haiku
- Flatpak
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Lightweight
- Customizable
Features
- Support for VST Plugins
- Piano Roll
- Digital Audio Workstation
- Export to MP3
- Export to MIDI
- MIDI Keyboard Input
- Portable
- Audio Recording
- Music Sequencer
- Works Offline
- Lossless quality
- Royalty-free music
- Support for MIDI
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Dark Mode
- Mix Music
- Ad-free
- No registration required
- Beat bassline
- Music Looper
- Performance Monitoring
- No Tracking
- DRM Free
- Free API
- Sample packs
- Image exporting
- Lossless Audio
- Image Sharing
- Sync with Simplenote
- Support for Android Things
- Plugin API
Google Drive integration
Tags
- drum-machine
- piano
- ladspa-plugins-support
LMMS News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
- kenpusney liked LMMS
- Fla updated LMMS
POX added LMMS as alternative to Melodic Mind- Ilyuha rated LMMS
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What is LMMS?
LMMS is a free cross-platform alternative to commercial programs like 
FL Studio , which allow you to produce music with your computer. This includes the creation of melodies and beats, the synthesis and mixing of sounds, and arranging of samples. You can have fun with your MIDI-keyboard and much more; all in a user-friendly and modern interface.
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LMMS information
Developed by
Paul Giblock & Tobias Doerffel Licensing
Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.Written in
Rating
Average rating of 4.3Alternatives
91 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
AlternativeTo Category
Audio & MusicGitHub repository
- 9,410 Stars
- 1,122 Forks
- 1290 Open Issues
- Updated
Comments and Reviews
If you're talented, you can use this program as well as non-free FL Studio. LMMS is actively developing. F. E. in last few months, they added three new instruments. The are some things that fl Studio does better, on the other hand, lmms is also better than fl Studio in few moments. You have a possibility of using it for all (99,9 %) electronic genres, And there is awesome library of instrument presets. Built-in samples are not enough good ??. As in FL Studio, you should watch tutorials, to understand how are the things working.
P.S. The best instrument is ZynAddSubFX, but it's hard to tweak it the way you want (cause of many ways to do it). You should look into presets, and watch tutorials!
P.P.S. Sorry for that English..
Doesn't work well with MIDI files. The documentation specifically states that.
So far, this is the only open source DAW I can find that is 100% free and can be installed on your computer easily. It does have its limitations compared to other free DAWs, but it has the basics for making music: MIDI sequencing and editing, support for VST instruments and effects, nice built-in synths, a built-in SF2 player, an audio mixer, the ability to import audio files, and automation editing.
The learning curve for LMMS is steep, though, but it's still a great free DAW to use if you're a hobbyist and/or you want to challenge yourself with the DAW's limitations.
It’s an incredibly versatile and user-friendly platform for music production. It has a rich array of tools and features, and though I’m a beginner I’m sure it’s also a good tool for experienced producers.
Good to see that Open Source become more competitive to proprietary professional programs than before. Keep it up!
Some random crashes tarnish the experience. I think it can be improved but at to this moment, as a musician (hobby, not pro) I use it.
The fact that it's free and open source is reason enough to use it. User-friendly.