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LMMS
	Screenshot of a project in LMMS 1.2.1
Original author(s)	Paul Giblock; Tobias Junghans
Developer(s)	LMMS developers
Initial release	2004; 20 years ago; as Linux MultiMedia Studio
Stable release	1.2.2 / 4 July 2020; 9 November 2020
Repository	github.com/LMMS/lmms ;
Written in	C++ with Qt
Operating system	Cross-platform: Windows, macOS, Linux, Haiku
Platform	x86 and x86-64 (Linux, macOS, Windows), only Linux: arm64, armel, armhf, mips, mips64el, mipsel, ppc64el, s390x
Available in	20 languages
Type	Digital audio workstation
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Website	lmms.io

LMMS (formerly Linux MultiMedia Studio^[6]) is a digital audio workstation application program. It allows music to be produced by arranging samples, synthesizing sounds, entering notes via computer keyboard or mouse (or other pointing device) or by playing on a MIDI keyboard, and combining the features of trackers and sequencers. It is free and open source software, written in Qt and released under GPL-2.0-or-later.

System requirements

LMMS is available for multiple operating systems, including Linux, OpenBSD, macOS, and Windows. It requires a 1.5 GHz CPU, 1 GB of RAM and a two-channel sound card.^[7]

Program features

LMMS accepts soundfonts and GUS patches, and it supports the Linux Audio Developer's Simple Plugin API (LADSPA) and LV2 (only master branch, since 24.05.2020). It can use VST plug-ins on Win32, Win64, or Wine32. The nightly versions support LinuxVST. Currently the macOS port doesn't support them.^[8]^[9]

It can import Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) and Hydrogen files and can read and write customized presets and themes.^[10]

Audio can be exported in the Ogg and WAV file formats.^[11]

Projects can be saved in the compressed MMPZ file format or the uncompressed MMP file format.^[12]

Editors

Song Editor – for arranging instruments, samples, groups of notes, automation, and more
Beat+Bassline Editor – for quickly sequencing rhythms
FX Mixer – for sending multiple audio inputs through groups of effects and sending them to other mixer channels, infinite channels are supported
Piano Roll – edit patterns and melodies
Automation Editor – move almost any knob or widget over the course of the song

Song Editor
Beat+Bassline Editor
FX mixer
Piano Roll
Automation Editor

Audio plug-ins

LMMS includes a variety of audio plug-ins that can be drag-and-dropped onto instrument tracks in the Song Editor and Beat+Bassline Editor.

Synthesizer plugins:

BitInvader – wavetable-lookup synthesis
FreeBoy – emulator of Game Boy audio processing unit (APU)
Kicker – bass drum synthesizer
LB302 – imitation of the Roland TB-303
Mallets – tuneful percussion synthesizer
Monstro – 3-oscillator synthesizer with modulation matrix
Nescaline – NES-like synthesizer
OpulenZ – 2-operator FM synthesizer
Organic – organ-like synthesizer
Sf2 Player – a Fluidsynth-based Soundfont player
SID – emulator of the Commodore 64 chips
TripleOscillator - 3-oscillator synthesizer with 5 modulation modes: MIX, SYNC, PM, FM, and AM
Vibed – vibrating string modeler
Watsyn – 4-oscillator wavetable synthesizer
Xpressive - mathematical expression parser synthesizer (only in alpha)
ZynAddSubFX

Other plugins

AudioFileProcessor (AFP) – basic sampler with trimming and looping capabilities
SlicerT – slicer with tempo detection (only in nightly)
VeSTige - interface for VST plugins