Summary
Well my, my, my. That was a lot of information.
Believe it or not, this is just scratching the surface of how LMMS works and as far as music-making environments are concerned, LMMS is simpler to understand than other DAWs out there. In this chapter, we covered the following:
- Getting a grip on the default template that opens with LMMS
- Exploring workflow in LMMS
- Using the toolbar
- Using the Side Bar
- Defining the Beats+Bassline Editor and how it's used
- Defining the Piano Roll editor and how it's used
- Using the Song Editor
- How sound gets from the editors to the FX Mixer
- How to use effect chains
Now that we've had an overview of LMMS, we're going to start getting to work on getting creative. Using the LMMS environment, we'll be exploring how to make really interesting house, techno, and trance music. We'll be analyzing patterns, creating sounds, and using advanced techniques to get the foundations laid so that we can do what we like in LMMS. These foundations are not...
