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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
2016-07-07 00:27
Our newsletter for July is now sent to our subscribers. If you have not yet subscribed, you can do so from our start page . You can also read the latest issue online . In it you will find: 3 new 'LMP Asks' interviews News New software release announcements and more!Read more
Tool
2017-05-19 17:49
LSP (Linux Studio Plugins) is a collection of plugins which aims to bring new, non existing plugins to Linux. All LSP plugins are available in LADSPA , LV2 , LinuxVST and standalone JACK formats. The plugin suite consists of the following - Grafischer Entzerrer - Graphic equalizer Klangerzeuger - Single-note MIDI sample player Parametrischer Entzerrer - Parametric equalizer Phasendetektor - Phase...Read more
LSP (Linux Studio Plugins) is a collection of plugins which aims to bring new, non existing plugins to Linux. All LSP plugins are available in LADSPA , LV2 , LinuxVST and standalone JACK formats. The plugin suite consists of the following - Grafischer Entzerrer - Graphic equalizer Klangerzeuger - Single-note MIDI sample player Parametrischer Entzerrer - Parametric equalizer Phasendetektor - Phase...Read more
Music
2016-06-21 10:49
Forzee are a band from Saint-Petersburg playing mixed genres of metal. Critics have lost many time to define various musical material they're playing. That's why their playlist contains Heavy Metal songs, grim Doom Metal-styled music and also fast and aggressive Thrash Death metal music. The only one thing is unchangeable: many songs contain experimental spirit of Progressive mixed with dark...Read more
Article
2016-06-21 14:15
This month LMP Asks talks to Vladimir Sadovnikov, programmer and sound engineer, about his project, LSP plugins , which aims to bring new, non existing plugins to Linux. As well as the LSP plugin suite, Vladimir has also contributed to other Linux audio projects such as Calf Studio Gear and Hydrogen . Hi Vladimir, thank you for taking the time to do this interview. Where do you live, and what do...Read more
This month LMP Asks talks to Vladimir Sadovnikov, programmer and sound engineer, about his project, LSP plugins , which aims to bring new, non existing plugins to Linux. As well as the LSP plugin suite, Vladimir has also contributed to other Linux audio projects such as Calf Studio Gear and Hydrogen . Hi Vladimir, thank you for taking the time to do this interview. Where do you live, and what do...Read more
News
2016-06-20 00:37
Philip Yassin has recently started an upbeat Linux audio webshow series called 'Ask Phil?'. Only recently started, the series has already notched up an impressive 7 episodes, most of which revolve around Phil's favourite DAW , Qtractor . With this series, Philip talks about the tools he uses, and how he uses them to get his sound, the famous "yPhil sound" that, in his own words, "gets Venusians...Read more
Philip Yassin has recently started an upbeat Linux audio webshow series called 'Ask Phil?'. Only recently started, the series has already notched up an impressive 7 episodes, most of which revolve around Phil's favourite DAW , Qtractor . With this series, Philip talks about the tools he uses, and how he uses them to get his sound, the famous "yPhil sound" that, in his own words, "gets Venusians...Read more
News
2016-06-18 16:27
The Vee One Suite aka. the gang of three old-school homebrew software instruments, respectively synthv1 , as a polyphonic subtractive synthesizer, samplv1 , a polyphonic sampler synthesizer and drumkv1 as one another drum-kit sampler, are here released once again, now in their tenth reincarnation. All available in dual form: a pure stand-alone JACK client with JACK-session, NSM (Non Session...Read more
The Vee One Suite aka. the gang of three old-school homebrew software instruments, respectively synthv1 , as a polyphonic subtractive synthesizer, samplv1 , a polyphonic sampler synthesizer and drumkv1 as one another drum-kit sampler, are here released once again, now in their tenth reincarnation. All available in dual form: a pure stand-alone JACK client with JACK-session, NSM (Non Session...Read more
Article
2016-06-17 09:06
This month we interviewed Andrew Lambert and Neil Cosgrove, members of Lorenz Attraction and developers of LNX_Studio, a cross platform, customizable, networked DAW written in the SuperCollider programming language. Please see the end of the article for links to LNX_Studio and Lorenz Attraction's music! Scott: Hi Neil, hi Andy, thank you very much for taking the time to talk with us today. Could...Read more
This month we interviewed Andrew Lambert and Neil Cosgrove, members of Lorenz Attraction and developers of LNX_Studio, a cross platform, customizable, networked DAW written in the SuperCollider programming language. Please see the end of the article for links to LNX_Studio and Lorenz Attraction's music! Scott: Hi Neil, hi Andy, thank you very much for taking the time to talk with us today. Could...Read more
News
2016-06-10 13:30
John Option have just released "The cult of John Option". This is their debut album and it brings together all their singles published in the past few months, including remix versions. As always, John Option's music is published under the terms of the Creative Commons License (CC-BY-SA) and is produced entirely using free software. You can check out "The cult of John Option" over at Jamendo ,...Read more
John Option have just released "The cult of John Option". This is their debut album and it brings together all their singles published in the past few months, including remix versions. As always, John Option's music is published under the terms of the Creative Commons License (CC-BY-SA) and is produced entirely using free software. You can check out "The cult of John Option" over at Jamendo ,...Read more
Music
2016-07-17 12:38
Marius is a musician, composer and producer from Aachen, Germany. He started playing in 1995 and since 2015 he is producing his own songs on OpenSUSE using Ardour .Read more
Article
2016-06-01 16:40
This month we talked with Frank Piesik, a musician , inventor and educator living in Bremen. Hi Frank, thanks for talking with us! First, can you tell us a little about yourself? Hi there and thanks for your interest in me and my work. I’m 33 years old and like to spent my time playing music and making things. Currently, I'm quite occupied being a father and becoming a teacher. My plan is to work...Read more
This month we talked with Frank Piesik, a musician , inventor and educator living in Bremen. Hi Frank, thanks for talking with us! First, can you tell us a little about yourself? Hi there and thanks for your interest in me and my work. I’m 33 years old and like to spent my time playing music and making things. Currently, I'm quite occupied being a father and becoming a teacher. My plan is to work...Read more 
