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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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News
2015-05-30 08:47
Calf developer Markus Schmidt has been working hard on a new design for Calf Studio Gear . Last night he merged these changes into Calf's master branch over at Github. The layout is the same, so you won't have to relearn how to use any of the plugins. The design includes new look buttons and knobs, with buttons now having icons which indicate their state. Also of note is the extended EQ line...Read more
Calf developer Markus Schmidt has been working hard on a new design for Calf Studio Gear . Last night he merged these changes into Calf's master branch over at Github. The layout is the same, so you won't have to relearn how to use any of the plugins. The design includes new look buttons and knobs, with buttons now having icons which indicate their state. Also of note is the extended EQ line...Read more
News
2015-05-28 19:28
The Calf developers have made the decision to move the project away from its previous home at SourceForge. This includes a new website and a new domain. In addition Calf Studio Gear's source code will now be hosted on Github. SourceForge has come in for some criticism over the past while, and in particular this past week. Calf developer, Markus Schmidt , has explained on his blog the reasons for...Read more
The Calf developers have made the decision to move the project away from its previous home at SourceForge. This includes a new website and a new domain. In addition Calf Studio Gear's source code will now be hosted on Github. SourceForge has come in for some criticism over the past while, and in particular this past week. Calf developer, Markus Schmidt , has explained on his blog the reasons for...Read more
News
2015-05-27 16:48
Qtractor 0.6.7, codenamed "The Lepton Acid", has just been released. Highlights of this release include - MIDI instrument rendering on audio export MIDI clip editor view/event criteria persistence MIDI clip editor resilience on record/overdub Generic plugin form position persistence JACK Transport/Timebase master option For full details about this release, check out the announcement over at rncbc...Read more
Qtractor 0.6.7, codenamed "The Lepton Acid", has just been released. Highlights of this release include - MIDI instrument rendering on audio export MIDI clip editor view/event criteria persistence MIDI clip editor resilience on record/overdub Generic plugin form position persistence JACK Transport/Timebase master option For full details about this release, check out the announcement over at rncbc...Read more
Music
2016-06-29 11:51
John Option is a musical project started on 2014. All the music of John Option is produced using only free software and all the songs of John Option are published under a free license . For every song of John Option are also available the single recording tracks and Ardour project under a free license. We believe in freedom and in cultural sharing. */Read more
News
2015-05-24 20:20
Our newsletter for May is now sent to our subscribers. If you have not yet subscribed, you can do that from our start page . You can also read the latest issue online . In it you will find: 'LMP Asks' interview with Florian Bador How to use outboard gear in Ardour tutorial New software release announcements and more!Read more
Music
2015-05-16 19:30
We're a rock and roll band from Marquette Michigan. We mostly play local venues. The recordings here are just demos we've recorded on our own, we're teaching ourselves how to record music and doing it all with FLOSS software.Read more
Music
2015-05-16 09:19
Florian Bador is an orchestral music composer, computer programmer, and the founder of the music platform Trust Music.Read more
News
2015-05-14 14:35
M.eik Michalke and his team have decided to revive the Open Music Contest (OMC) for the 5th time. OMC, a Creative Commons Music Competition, aims to inform musicians and their fans about Creative Commons (CC). To make its 5th contest happen they have started a crowd funding campaign. Open Music Contest held its first competition in 2005. Up until now there have been 4 events, all based in Germany...Read more
M.eik Michalke and his team have decided to revive the Open Music Contest (OMC) for the 5th time. OMC, a Creative Commons Music Competition, aims to inform musicians and their fans about Creative Commons (CC). To make its 5th contest happen they have started a crowd funding campaign. Open Music Contest held its first competition in 2005. Up until now there have been 4 events, all based in Germany...Read more
News
2015-05-11 20:42
Version 0.9.6 of Giada Loop Machine has been released. Some of the improvements for this version, codename 'Flammarion engraving', are - Keyboard binding for MIDI channels Support for multiple files in drag-n-drop operations Different color for wait/end statuses Lots of bugs fixed and other minor improvements You can grab the latest version of Giada over at the projects website . Last month we...Read more
Version 0.9.6 of Giada Loop Machine has been released. Some of the improvements for this version, codename 'Flammarion engraving', are - Keyboard binding for MIDI channels Support for multiple files in drag-n-drop operations Different color for wait/end statuses Lots of bugs fixed and other minor improvements You can grab the latest version of Giada over at the projects website . Last month we...Read more
Article
2015-05-14 12:52
This month we talked to Florian Bador , FLOSS audio enthusiast and founder of music distribution website, Trust Music , that promotes open audio formats. Hi Florian, thank you for taking the time to do this interview. Where do you live, and what do you do for a living? I am located in Santa Monica, California. It depends what you mean by “living”. Spiritually, I have the Music and God, and they...Read more
This month we talked to Florian Bador , FLOSS audio enthusiast and founder of music distribution website, Trust Music , that promotes open audio formats. Hi Florian, thank you for taking the time to do this interview. Where do you live, and what do you do for a living? I am located in Santa Monica, California. It depends what you mean by “living”. Spiritually, I have the Music and God, and they...Read more 
