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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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Tutorial
2015-07-28 13:59
There may be times when you are mixing that you want to, or have to, use external effects or processors. To do this in Ardour , we use inserts . So how do these work and how do we set it all up? Let's find out! Why use hardware effects? Using plugins is very convenient so why would you want to use a hardware unit? The two main reasons would be - You can't find a plugin equivalent You want the...Read more
There may be times when you are mixing that you want to, or have to, use external effects or processors. To do this in Ardour , we use inserts . So how do these work and how do we set it all up? Let's find out! Why use hardware effects? Using plugins is very convenient so why would you want to use a hardware unit? The two main reasons would be - You can't find a plugin equivalent You want the...Read more
Tool
2015-07-30 08:07
The Arduino is a small open source micro-controller (a simple computer) that easily speaks with the world through versatile inputs and outputs.Read more
The Arduino is a small open source micro-controller (a simple computer) that easily speaks with the world through versatile inputs and outputs.Read more
Tutorial
2016-08-21 14:42
Note! We have received some concern about connecting "directly" from the Arduino to the MIDI in port of a HW synth. Although we have done this successfully with several different HW setups, note that LMP does not take any responsibility for any catastrophic results of this tutorial. In the next part of this tutorial, " Arduino and MIDI in ", we will introduce the optocoupler. In this tutorial we...Read more
Note! We have received some concern about connecting "directly" from the Arduino to the MIDI in port of a HW synth. Although we have done this successfully with several different HW setups, note that LMP does not take any responsibility for any catastrophic results of this tutorial. In the next part of this tutorial, " Arduino and MIDI in ", we will introduce the optocoupler. In this tutorial we...Read more
News
2015-04-09 06:46
This years Linux Audio Conference kicks off today in Mainz, Germany. You can check out the schedule on the LAC2015 website . During the conference, live A/V streams are available for the main track: High Quality and Low Bandwidth Remote participants are invited to join #lac2015 on irc.freenode.net , to be able to take part in the discussions, ask questions, and get technical assistance in case of...Read more
This years Linux Audio Conference kicks off today in Mainz, Germany. You can check out the schedule on the LAC2015 website . During the conference, live A/V streams are available for the main track: High Quality and Low Bandwidth Remote participants are invited to join #lac2015 on irc.freenode.net , to be able to take part in the discussions, ask questions, and get technical assistance in case of...Read more
Article
2015-04-07 07:46
This month we talked to Giovanni A. Zuliani, the founder and project manager of Giada LoopMachine , a minimal, hardcore audio tool for DJs, live performers and electronic musicians. Hi Giovanni, thank you for taking the time to do this interview. Where do you live, and what do you do for a living? I, along with my team live in Milan (northern Italy), working as a freelancer/IT consultant. Lately...Read more
This month we talked to Giovanni A. Zuliani, the founder and project manager of Giada LoopMachine , a minimal, hardcore audio tool for DJs, live performers and electronic musicians. Hi Giovanni, thank you for taking the time to do this interview. Where do you live, and what do you do for a living? I, along with my team live in Milan (northern Italy), working as a freelancer/IT consultant. Lately...Read more
News
2015-04-06 15:48
OpenAV have just put out a call for testing for the up and coming release of ArtyFX 1.3. The code is available on OpenAV's github repository right now for anyone interested in testing them out. Be sure to file any issues via github. There are two brand new plugins added to the plugin suite. These are - Driva (Guitar Distortion) Whaaa (Wah pedal) An official release announcement is expected to be...Read more
OpenAV have just put out a call for testing for the up and coming release of ArtyFX 1.3. The code is available on OpenAV's github repository right now for anyone interested in testing them out. Be sure to file any issues via github. There are two brand new plugins added to the plugin suite. These are - Driva (Guitar Distortion) Whaaa (Wah pedal) An official release announcement is expected to be...Read more
News
2015-03-30 13:14
Version 2.1.0 of Audacity , the free audio editor and recorder, was just released. Here are some of the improvements: Real-Time preview for LADSPA , VST and Audio Unit effects Lots of improvements in effects, including Noise Reduction, that now replaces Noise Removal Redesigned meter toolbars Spectral selection in Spectrogram view Visit their sourceforge page for the announcement and for...Read more
News
2015-03-30 06:40
Rui Nuno Capela has been on a pre-LAC2015 release frenzy with his Q-stuff suite of software. In the past week he has released updates for QjackCtl, Qsynth, Qsampler, QmidiNet, QmidiCtl and of course Qtractor. You can find full details about these releases over at rncbc.org. QjackCtl 0.3.13, Qsynth 0.3.9, Qsampler 0.3.0 released! QmidiNet 0.2.1, QmidiCtl 0.2.0 released! Qtractor 0.6.6 - The Lazy...Read more
News
2015-03-29 16:05
The Calf team have just announced the release of version 0.0.60 of the very popular Calf Studio Gear plugins. There are many bug fixes, new plugins as well as new features. There are 16 new plugins included in this release, bringing the total number of Calf plugins up to 45. The new plugins are as follows - Emphasis Mono Compressor Compensation Delay Transient Designer Tape Simulator X-Over 2...Read more
The Calf team have just announced the release of version 0.0.60 of the very popular Calf Studio Gear plugins. There are many bug fixes, new plugins as well as new features. There are 16 new plugins included in this release, bringing the total number of Calf plugins up to 45. The new plugins are as follows - Emphasis Mono Compressor Compensation Delay Transient Designer Tape Simulator X-Over 2...Read more
News
2015-05-11 20:38
Version 0.9.5 of Giada Loop Machine has been released. This version, codename 'Nabla Symbols', has a number of refinements, as well as permanent MIDI mapping. Better column resize algorithm New patch loading system with permanent MIDI mapping Ability to clear assigned keys (keyboard mode) Minor fixes and tweaks You can grab the latest version of Giada over at the projects website .Read more
Version 0.9.5 of Giada Loop Machine has been released. This version, codename 'Nabla Symbols', has a number of refinements, as well as permanent MIDI mapping. Better column resize algorithm New patch loading system with permanent MIDI mapping Ability to clear assigned keys (keyboard mode) Minor fixes and tweaks You can grab the latest version of Giada over at the projects website .Read more 
