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!
News and latest content
Music
2015-02-16 07:47
Aisyk is born in 1996. He begins with Fast Tracker 2, and he moves to Modplug Tracker. Since 2006, he produce electronic music on Linux, first due to wine and Open Modplug Tracker, and progressively with Ardour and Hydrogen.Read more
News
2015-02-15 18:24
Our newsletter for February 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 Damien Zammit Pure Data tutorial Content wish list progress New software release announcements and more!Read more
Music
2017-02-01 08:35
I'm an electronic music producer, vocalist and songwriter from Warsaw, Poland. My main OS is KXStudio . I'm creating music inspired with modern EDM sounds as well as the classical baroque music. I'm blending the genres of drum&bass, dubstep, techno, electro with funk and jazz inspirations, trying to create music that is both danceable and rich enoght to be enjoyable on it's own. I don't use...Read more
I'm an electronic music producer, vocalist and songwriter from Warsaw, Poland. My main OS is KXStudio . I'm creating music inspired with modern EDM sounds as well as the classical baroque music. I'm blending the genres of drum&bass, dubstep, techno, electro with funk and jazz inspirations, trying to create music that is both danceable and rich enoght to be enjoyable on it's own. I don't use...Read more
Tutorial
2015-02-13 10:24
JACK is the de-facto standard audio server for working with professional audio on Linux. JACK, the name of which is a recursive acronym for ‘JACK Audio Connection Kit’, is a very powerful piece of software. Some new users find it confusing at first. While its settings and functionality are extensive, you only need to know the basics to get started and take advantage of its underlying power. By...Read more
JACK is the de-facto standard audio server for working with professional audio on Linux. JACK, the name of which is a recursive acronym for ‘JACK Audio Connection Kit’, is a very powerful piece of software. Some new users find it confusing at first. While its settings and functionality are extensive, you only need to know the basics to get started and take advantage of its underlying power. By...Read more
Tutorial
2016-07-17 13:14
What is Guitarix? Guitarix is a modular , virtual amplifier for Linux. With Guitarix you can choose different preamp and amp models, combine them with various effects and speaker cabinet emulations to come up with your very own tones. Guitarix comes as a standalone application but its modules are also available in the LV2 plugin format, which you can incorporate into your DAW of choice...Read more
What is Guitarix? Guitarix is a modular , virtual amplifier for Linux. With Guitarix you can choose different preamp and amp models, combine them with various effects and speaker cabinet emulations to come up with your very own tones. Guitarix comes as a standalone application but its modules are also available in the LV2 plugin format, which you can incorporate into your DAW of choice...Read more
Tutorial
2015-05-07 17:03
Ardour 3 is a very capable and complex piece of software. A consequence of this is that working with it at times can be a bit daunting, and every possible action cannot always be as intuitive as one might like. In this article, I will go through a number of things I have learned to do in Ardour 3, that hopefully can increase the efficiency of your own work if you’re not already doing them!...Read more
Ardour 3 is a very capable and complex piece of software. A consequence of this is that working with it at times can be a bit daunting, and every possible action cannot always be as intuitive as one might like. In this article, I will go through a number of things I have learned to do in Ardour 3, that hopefully can increase the efficiency of your own work if you’re not already doing them!...Read more
News
2015-02-12 22:06
Due to progress made on tutorials, we've recently been able to tick off a few tasks from the content wish list . We would like to now ask the LMP community for more suggestions of what content you would like to see on the website. If you have any suggestions, feel free to add them in the comments section of the content wish list. Also, if anyone is interested in contributing any content, the wish...Read more
News
2015-02-13 15:02
Spencer Jackson has taken on the task of porting some of the effects modules from Rakarrack to LV2 plugins. So far Spencer has completed the following modules - Linear EQ Compressor Distortion Echo Chorus Analog Phaser AutoPan/Stereo Expander Harmonizer Exciter Not all modules are planned on being ported over. You can check out Spencers project page on sourceforge to see which ones are complete,...Read more
Tool
2015-02-12 00:58
Denemo is a music notation program that lets you rapidly enter notation which it typesets using the LilyPond music engraver. Music can be typed in at the PC-Keyboard, or played in via MIDI controller , or input acoustically into a microphone. Denemo offers unique ways of entering music for transcribing scores or audio in a musical manner. It also allows you to put links in your score to the score...Read more
Denemo is a music notation program that lets you rapidly enter notation which it typesets using the LilyPond music engraver. Music can be typed in at the PC-Keyboard, or played in via MIDI controller , or input acoustically into a microphone. Denemo offers unique ways of entering music for transcribing scores or audio in a musical manner. It also allows you to put links in your score to the score...Read more 
