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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—delaying those stabs!

Let's get back to the Beat+Bassline Editor and look at our pattern. To do this, simply double-click on the Beat+Bassline element in the Song Editor:

  1. First, let's mute the other elements of our beat. We can do this by soloing the stabby synth, which is the preset instrument just above our acid bass. The solo button is just to the right of the green button that is currently turned on, as shown in the following screenshot:
    Time for action—delaying those stabs!
  2. Now that the instrument is isolated, let's click on the instrument itself to give us the instrument's editor, as shown in the following two screenshots:
    Time for action—delaying those stabs!
    Time for action—delaying those stabs!
  3. Now click the FX tab on the instrument editor, as shown in the following screenshot:
    Time for action—delaying those stabs!
  4. There are effects on this instrument already, but neither of the effects is a delay. Click on Add Effect, and choose Calf Vintage Delay LADSPA.
  5. We now have a sync-able delay. This means it will follow the tempo of the song (as long as our settings are correct)! The following screenshot...
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