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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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Tool
2017-02-01 20:58
The VST Preset Generator writes preset files (fxp for program patch or fxb for bank patch) with randomized values. This is a tool for lazy or curious sound designers, who want to experiment random theory with their VST plugins.Read more
The VST Preset Generator writes preset files (fxp for program patch or fxb for bank patch) with randomized values. This is a tool for lazy or curious sound designers, who want to experiment random theory with their VST plugins.Read more
News
2017-01-31 20:48
Hermann Meyer has just released another LV2 plugin, GxSD1. As the name suggests, this is based on the Boss SD1 overdrive pedal. This is just one of many stompbox emulations that Hermann has been working on lately. He has also set up a github repository with all these plugins, so you no longer have to build them one at a time. Currently this repository contains the following plugins -...Read more
Hermann Meyer has just released another LV2 plugin, GxSD1. As the name suggests, this is based on the Boss SD1 overdrive pedal. This is just one of many stompbox emulations that Hermann has been working on lately. He has also set up a github repository with all these plugins, so you no longer have to build them one at a time. Currently this repository contains the following plugins -...Read more
News
2017-01-30 10:09
Vladimir Sadovnikov has just released version 1.0.20 of his audio plugin suite, LSP plugins . All LSP plugins are available in LADSPA , LV2 , LinuxVST and standalone JACK formats. This release includes the following new plugins and changes - Implemented Impulsantworten (Impulse responses) zero-latency high-performance convolution plugin series. Added Mixed Herm, Mixed Exp and Mixed Thin modes to...Read more
Vladimir Sadovnikov has just released version 1.0.20 of his audio plugin suite, LSP plugins . All LSP plugins are available in LADSPA , LV2 , LinuxVST and standalone JACK formats. This release includes the following new plugins and changes - Implemented Impulsantworten (Impulse responses) zero-latency high-performance convolution plugin series. Added Mixed Herm, Mixed Exp and Mixed Thin modes to...Read more
Article
2017-01-31 13:22
This time we talk to Gianfranco Ceccolini, the brains behind multi effects pedal, MOD, which runs on Linux and other FLOSS software. Hi Gianfranco, thank you for taking the time to do this interview. Where do you live, and what do you do for a living? I currently live in Berlin, Germany but I am originally from São Paulo, Brazil. I am the founder and current CEO of MOD Devices . Can you tell us a...Read more
This time we talk to Gianfranco Ceccolini, the brains behind multi effects pedal, MOD, which runs on Linux and other FLOSS software. Hi Gianfranco, thank you for taking the time to do this interview. Where do you live, and what do you do for a living? I currently live in Berlin, Germany but I am originally from São Paulo, Brazil. I am the founder and current CEO of MOD Devices . Can you tell us a...Read more
News
2017-02-01 08:33
unfa has published an extensive video tutorial on how to synthesize a kick drum, a snare drum, a hihat and a crash cymbal using the softsynth ZynAddSubFX . You can also download the ZynAddSubFX patches and the Ardour 5 session .Read more
unfa has published an extensive video tutorial on how to synthesize a kick drum, a snare drum, a hihat and a crash cymbal using the softsynth ZynAddSubFX . You can also download the ZynAddSubFX patches and the Ardour 5 session .Read more
Tool
2017-02-01 07:55
DrMr is an LV2 sampler plugin. It's main reason to exist is to give a way for lv2 hosts to have a built in drum synth that can save its entire state (i.e. no need to go out to external tools and no need to save extra state).Read more
DrMr is an LV2 sampler plugin. It's main reason to exist is to give a way for lv2 hosts to have a built in drum synth that can save its entire state (i.e. no need to go out to external tools and no need to save extra state).Read more
News
2017-01-19 16:04
The AVL Drumkits are sets of drumkits - 2 kits, 28 elements sampled on 5 layers of velocity - carefully recorded and curated by the good people at AVLinux ; We already could use it in any sampler, or soundfont player, but now it's as quick and simple as loading the dedicated plugin into a MIDI track in your favorite sequencer :) There are two drumkit plugins : Red Zeppelin and Black Pearl , and...Read more
The AVL Drumkits are sets of drumkits - 2 kits, 28 elements sampled on 5 layers of velocity - carefully recorded and curated by the good people at AVLinux ; We already could use it in any sampler, or soundfont player, but now it's as quick and simple as loading the dedicated plugin into a MIDI track in your favorite sequencer :) There are two drumkit plugins : Red Zeppelin and Black Pearl , and...Read more
Tool
2017-01-16 11:10
The avldrums.lv2 plugin is a drum sample player dedicated to Glen McArthur's AVLdrums . This self-contained plugin provides a convenient way to rapidly sequence and mix midi-drums. The AVLdrums comes as two separate drumkits: Black Pearl and Red Zeppelin. There are 5 velocity layers for each of the 28 kits pieces or drum-zones for both kits. The main benefits compared to loading the soundfont...Read more
The avldrums.lv2 plugin is a drum sample player dedicated to Glen McArthur's AVLdrums . This self-contained plugin provides a convenient way to rapidly sequence and mix midi-drums. The AVLdrums comes as two separate drumkits: Black Pearl and Red Zeppelin. There are 5 velocity layers for each of the 28 kits pieces or drum-zones for both kits. The main benefits compared to loading the soundfont...Read more
News
2016-12-21 12:56
Vladimir Sadovnikov has just released version 1.0.18 of his audio plugin suite, LSP plugins . This release celebrates one year since LSP plugins 1.0.0 release. All LSP plugins are available in LADSPA , LV2 , LinuxVST and standalone JACK formats. This release includes the following new plugins and changes - Implemented Begrenzer Mono, Stereo, Sidechain Mono, Sidechain Stereo (Limiter) plugin...Read more
Vladimir Sadovnikov has just released version 1.0.18 of his audio plugin suite, LSP plugins . This release celebrates one year since LSP plugins 1.0.0 release. All LSP plugins are available in LADSPA , LV2 , LinuxVST and standalone JACK formats. This release includes the following new plugins and changes - Implemented Begrenzer Mono, Stereo, Sidechain Mono, Sidechain Stereo (Limiter) plugin...Read more 
