LMMS
Let's make music with a free, cross-platform tool for your computer.
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.
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.Recent user activities on LMMS
- DeeJayLSP thinks Bosca Ceoil is an alternative to LMMS
- cuchi liked LMMScu
- altersoft added LMMS as alternative(s) to Avid Pro Tools
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..
If you can't afford a commercial DAW, Go for it. I've been using LMMS for a few years. It was less featured than FL Studio back in the time and is probably almost always like that. This said stop justifying your piracy with I have no cash to pay for FL Studio. LMMS is maybe a bit poor compared to his big brother but very capable. Just listen the demos from Skiessi for instance.
https://youtu.be/PGsxyb_FtKY - Skiessi C64
https://youtu.be/Sby40N98wHs - Skiessi Random Project 14253
https://youtu.be/pOypAjeH2EQ - Skiessi Onion
Plus even now I regret a few instruments from LMMS I can't happen to get in FL Studio. FL used to have TS-404 and is gone. LMMS has this SID simulator which is definitely cool. Guys LMMS is a great DAW if you can't pay for a commercial one.
Doesn't allow to export MIDI, they are crazy
Try the Release candidate versions of LMMS. They have the ability to import and Export to and from MIDI.
Reply written over 4 years ago
Amazing software! Lightweight, open source, and easy to learn and start making music. I've been using it for half a year now, and it's served its purpose.
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Years ago, I've had a lot of crashes on LMMS and it barely had any tutorials or support unlike FL Studio and because of that, I stopped using it until 1.2.0 came out. It has tutorials now, the program crashes less often, and from the latest update 1.2.2, my files load faster too! It still has somes issues tho, but that's actually great since the people behind it listen to responses and they do fix it in the next updates. This is excellent since I didn't want to pay huge bucks for the other more popular music softwares. If you're broke like me and want to make music for free, this is worth checking out.
It has so many samples, to help beginners start making amazing music, but also gives the ability for more customizes sounds for the ones that can take it. It runs fast, and so far I had no issues.
nice