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LMMS: A Complete Guide to Dance Music Production

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2012
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849517041
Length 384 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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David Earl David Earl
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Gearing Up: A Preflight Checklist FREE CHAPTER 2. Getting Our Feet Wet: Exploring LMMS 3. Getting Our Hands Dirty: Creating in LMMS 4. Expanding the Beat: Digging Deeper into the Art of Beatmaking 5. Making Spaces: Creating the Emotional Landscape 6. Finding and Creating New Noises 7. Getting It All Stacked Up 8. Spreading Out the Arrangement 9. Gluing the Arrangement Together 10. Getting the Mix Together 11. Getting into Instruments 12. Where to Go from Here A. Pop quiz—Answers Index

Time for action—dirty bass

Let's try this out using the bass line we just made:

  1. In the Song Editor, use track actions to duplicate the bass line as shown in the following screenshot:
    Time for action—dirty bass
  2. Now mute the other tracks by de-selecting the button directly next to the action button, as shown in the following screenshot:
    Time for action—dirty bass
  3. With the other tracks muted, hit the Space bar to playback the bassline. It should sound exactly the same.
  4. Now open up the LB302 by selecting Default Preset option.
  5. Go to the FX tab. Turn the EFFECTS CHAIN on by selecting the button to the left-hand side of EFFECTS CHAIN. It will light up as shown in the following screenshot:
  6. Now click on Add Effect at the bottom of the FX section, and from the list choose LADSPA DJ EQ.
  7. The controls for the DJ EQ will pop up. Set the knobs as shown in the following screenshot:
    Time for action—dirty bass
  8. Now press play and listen to the bass.
  9. We need another additional layer to this sound. Go to Add Effect and choose the LADSPA C* Cabinet | Loudspeaker cabinet emulation. Use...
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