Contents Contents....................................................................................................................................................... 3 About this Manual........................................................................................................................................9 How to use this manual.......................................................................................................................................9 Disclaimer............................................................................................................................................................9 Version Number...................................................................................................................................................9 What's new............................................................................................................................................................ 9 Copyrights............................................................................................................................................................9 Acknowledgments..............................................................................................................................................10 Feedback...........................................................................................................................................................10 Basic Concepts..........................................................................................................................................11 Fundamental Terms...........................................................................................................................................11 Controls in LMMS interface...............................................................................................................................14 Automation of controls......................................................................................................................................... 16 Applications of Automation Curves...................................................................................................................... 17 Automation using LFO controllers ...................................................................................................................... 17 Introduction to LMMS................................................................................................................................19 Features.............................................................................................................................................................19 Comparison with a sound-recording studio.......................................................................................................20 How LMMS works..............................................................................................................................................22 Functional Parts of LMMS.................................................................................................................................23 A look around LMMS.........................................................................................................................................24 Windows in LMMS.............................................................................................................................................25 Getting a feel of LMMS with a demo song.........................................................................................................25 LMMS Main Window..................................................................................................................................29 Main Menu Bar...................................................................................................................................................29 Project Menu....................................................................................................................................................... 29 Edit Menu ........................................................................................................................................................... 30 Tools Menu.......................................................................................................................................................... 30 Help Menu........................................................................................................................................................... 30 Tool Bar..............................................................................................................................................................30 File Controls........................................................................................................................................................ 31 Window Controls ................................................................................................................................................ 31 Tempo Control..................................................................................................................................................... 32 Time Signature Controls...................................................................................................................................... 32 Volume and Pitch Controls.................................................................................................................................. 32 Wave and CPU Usage Display............................................................................................................................ 32 The Side Bar.....................................................................................................................................................32 The Instrument Plugins Tab................................................................................................................................. 33 The My Projects Tab............................................................................................................................................ 33 The My Samples Tab........................................................................................................................................... 34 The My Presets Tab............................................................................................................................................. 34 The My Home Tab............................................................................................................................................... 34 LMMS User Manual > Contents 4 The My Computer Tab......................................................................................................................................... 35 The Song Editor.........................................................................................................................................37 The Song Editor window....................................................................................................................................38 Working with tracks in Song Editor....................................................................................................................39 The structure of a typical track............................................................................................................................. 39 Working with an element................................................................................................................................ 41 Working with Instrument tracks............................................................................................................................ 44 Using the instrument track to play an audio track with pitch-shift...................................................................45 Working with sample tracks................................................................................................................................. 46 Working with Beat/Bassline tracks....................................................................................................................... 47 Working with automation tracks...........................................................................................................................48 The Context menus in Song Editor......................................................................................................................49 Context menu for Instrument track element....................................................................................................49 Context menu for Beat track element.............................................................................................................50 Context menu for Sample track element........................................................................................................51 Context menu for Automation track element...................................................................................................52 The Piano Roll Editor................................................................................................................................53 The Piano Roll Editor Interface..........................................................................................................................53 Editing Toolbar buttons.......................................................................................................................................