Welcome to Libre Music Production - How to get started
Libre Music Production is a community-driven online resource, focused on promoting musical creation and composition using free and open source (FLOSS) software. By providing hands-on material submitted by the community, such as guides, tutorials, articles and news updates, we want to show not only that there is great FLOSS audio software out there, but also how to practically use that software to make music. Read this to get started!
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Tool
2017-08-27 19:16
fat1.lv2 is an auto-tuner plugin based on Fons Adriaensen's zita-at1 . fat1.lv2 is identical in functionality to the standalone JACK plugin zita-at1. The only difference is that it is an LV2 plugin, which makes it much more convenient when working with modern Linux DAWs.Read more
fat1.lv2 is an auto-tuner plugin based on Fons Adriaensen's zita-at1 . fat1.lv2 is identical in functionality to the standalone JACK plugin zita-at1. The only difference is that it is an LV2 plugin, which makes it much more convenient when working with modern Linux DAWs.Read more
Tool
2017-08-27 18:36
padthv1 (yes, lowercase) is an old-school polyphonic additive synthesizer based on the PADsynth algorithm by Paul Nasca , as a special variant of additive synthesis created by Qtractor author Rui Nuno Capela . It comes as a stand-alone JACK client with JACK-session, NSM (Non Session management) and both JACK MIDI and ALSA MIDI input support.Read more
padthv1 (yes, lowercase) is an old-school polyphonic additive synthesizer based on the PADsynth algorithm by Paul Nasca , as a special variant of additive synthesis created by Qtractor author Rui Nuno Capela . It comes as a stand-alone JACK client with JACK-session, NSM (Non Session management) and both JACK MIDI and ALSA MIDI input support.Read more
Tool
2017-08-27 18:17
a-plugins is a suite of plugins bundled with Ardour, from version 5.0 onwards. They include all the basic plugins you need to get started mixing. The suite currently consists of the following - a-Amplifier A simple multichannel plugin to amplify or attenuate your signal by +/- 20dB a-Compressor A powerful compressor, including a sidechain input. Comes in both mono and stereo versions a-Delay A...Read more
a-plugins is a suite of plugins bundled with Ardour, from version 5.0 onwards. They include all the basic plugins you need to get started mixing. The suite currently consists of the following - a-Amplifier A simple multichannel plugin to amplify or attenuate your signal by +/- 20dB a-Compressor A powerful compressor, including a sidechain input. Comes in both mono and stereo versions a-Delay A...Read more
Tool
2017-08-28 15:44
Noise Repellent is a realtime noise reduction plugin. Features include Spectral gating and spectral subtraction supression rule Adaptive and manual noise thresholds estimation Regulable noise floor Regulable offset of thresholds to perform oversubtraction Time smoothing and a postfilter for artifacts reduction Whitening of the noise floor to mask artifacts and to recover higher frequencies Option...Read more
Noise Repellent is a realtime noise reduction plugin. Features include Spectral gating and spectral subtraction supression rule Adaptive and manual noise thresholds estimation Regulable noise floor Regulable offset of thresholds to perform oversubtraction Time smoothing and a postfilter for artifacts reduction Whitening of the noise floor to mask artifacts and to recover higher frequencies Option...Read more
Article
2017-08-28 16:20
This time we talk to Luciano Dato, creator of Noise Repellent , a realtime noise reduction plugin. Hi Luciano, thank you for taking the time to do this interview. Where do you live, and what do you do for a living? I live in Santa Fe, Argentina and I work as a sysadmin/technician in a small IT company. Can you tell us a bit about the history of Noise Repellent? Since I learned how to record music...Read more
This time we talk to Luciano Dato, creator of Noise Repellent , a realtime noise reduction plugin. Hi Luciano, thank you for taking the time to do this interview. Where do you live, and what do you do for a living? I live in Santa Fe, Argentina and I work as a sysadmin/technician in a small IT company. Can you tell us a bit about the history of Noise Repellent? Since I learned how to record music...Read more
Music
2017-08-22 21:36
My name is Mark! Silver (and yes, the exclamation point is part of the name). I'm an independent musician from the lovely united state of Wiscodisco (Wisconsin). I've been doing music-related things throughout my life, and have made music of more genres and styles than I can keep track (though "indie-rock" isn't a bad descriptor). In February of 2016, I first tried Ubuntu, & I switched to...Read more
My name is Mark! Silver (and yes, the exclamation point is part of the name). I'm an independent musician from the lovely united state of Wiscodisco (Wisconsin). I've been doing music-related things throughout my life, and have made music of more genres and styles than I can keep track (though "indie-rock" isn't a bad descriptor). In February of 2016, I first tried Ubuntu, & I switched to...Read more
Music
2017-08-20 20:35
We made some music videos and mixed the multitrack recordings with Ardour 5.10 using Calf compressor and reverb, eq10q and AT1. Watch the videos (@ Club Wakuum).Read more
We made some music videos and mixed the multitrack recordings with Ardour 5.10 using Calf compressor and reverb, eq10q and AT1. Watch the videos (@ Club Wakuum).Read more
Music
2017-08-13 23:20
We're a modern heavy metal band from south of Brazil trying to cross the style of 80s heavy metal with more current influences of the different genres of rock and metal.Read more
We're a modern heavy metal band from south of Brazil trying to cross the style of 80s heavy metal with more current influences of the different genres of rock and metal.Read more
News
2017-08-12 20:25
On the 4th and 5th of November 2017 you can attend the Sonoj Convention in Cologne, Germany. Admission is free. You will be able to enjoy demonstrations, talks and workshops about music production through open source software. Hands-on tutorials and workflow presentations can be expected. The Sonoj Convention is a great opportunity to meet like-minded people, maybe even to have engaging...Read more
News
2017-08-02 10:21
Max/MSP users can now easily convert their Gen objects into LV2 plugins, add them to the roster of MOD Duo plugins and bring them to the stage! The MOD Duo pedal is a Rugged pedal that morphes into whatever the musician wants it to be, using FOSS LV2 plugins. The software part consists of virtual pedalboards that you build and test on your desktop PC, and upload to the pedal for instant gig use...Read more
Max/MSP users can now easily convert their Gen objects into LV2 plugins, add them to the roster of MOD Duo plugins and bring them to the stage! The MOD Duo pedal is a Rugged pedal that morphes into whatever the musician wants it to be, using FOSS LV2 plugins. The software part consists of virtual pedalboards that you build and test on your desktop PC, and upload to the pedal for instant gig use...Read more 
