Waveform pack and Bitrot plugins

Another super cool contribution Vesa V (diiz) has made to the community is a pack of waveforms. Like he himself says it: "They add a bit more interesting variation to the already powerful triple osc!". With this pack you can get new sounds people don't yet connect with Triple Osc so you would be pioneering, in a way. Also remember that you can make your own waveforms and load them into LMMS!
Download link in the original forum post:
https://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/lmms/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1083

My friend Greippi has made this unbelievable cool set of four glitch effects. I really enjoy the tapestop, reverser and stutter. Those is effects I can use in almost any song, doesn't need to be a glitch song. The crusher however I don't use a lot. Maybe you do? These effect also work good with Live performances.
Download and instructions on this page:
https://github.com/grejppi/bitrot/wiki/The-Bitrot-plugins

Introducing LMMS search

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Remember having browsed through an overwhelming blog archive looking after old posts you remembered seeing, or how messy it was to find all the posts about one topic? Well, now it can all be done in a groundbreaking new way.

Introducing The Search Field (powered by Google). With just a word you can get multiples of tens of posts. You can find the post you wanted in just a few seconds. Simply type in a word in the search field and click, yeah, you guessed it, the "search" button. And brace yourself, it gets better. I have added the LMMS forums, LMMS-devel mailing list, the LMMS wiki (+ github) and all LMMS blogs I could find into this mega-LMMS search engine! You are of course given options to narrow the search.

Slogan: With The Search Field, you get just what you want to find.

Have fun. I mean. Effective searching.

The most useful effects (for me so far)

1. Reverb. When you are trying to do realistic instruments with freeware, its crucial to tweak them. I quickly found out that with reverb everything sounds better. The amount of reverb you need vary greatly from instrument to instrument, it can be overdone and it is a little more difficult to master with reverb. There are already different kinds of reverb plugins in LMMS. My favorite is "2x2plate" but isn't always what one need. "Calf Reverb" is the one I recommend. "TAP Reverberator" is very interesting with its comb filter, but does only fit in rare occasions.

2. Amplifier. For you new users out there. This is an effect which works like the volume. Instead of adjusting each tone volume, then set the instrument volume to 200%, then set the FX-volume to 200%, you can just decide to amplify the signal with 6. There are already amplifiers in LMMS.

3. EQ. Producing the desired tone, that tone you have in your head, isn't easy at all. When you almost have the perfect instrument you definitely won't ruin it by randomly tweaking every knob and see what it does. Sometimes adding a simple equalizer is all you need to make the tone crisper, softer, hollower, shallower or whatever you like. I like to use "C* Eq2x2" a stereo 10 band equalizer. When you are going to master "Spectrum Analyzer" also comes in handy.

4. Peak Controller. When you want more punch in your beat or have reached the stadium of mixing, the "peak controller" effect is what you need. It automatically lowers a sound because of the levels of another. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wVQOVCzVrc

5. Stereophonic Matrix. The big secret. Panning is crucial to make your song alive and hear like a high quality song. For placing instruments in the 360 degree sound field around your head I often use the "stereophonic matrix". I also use it to spread sound out, make it wider.

6. Wideners. "StereoEnhancer effect" is perhaps the simplest. I consider all the different chorus effects as wideners too. Phasers pan sounds forth and back like a lfo in addition to giving the sound some kind of depth. "Calf Phaser" is the one I use the most. "Tap Stereo Echo" is the best widener after my opinion. When you activate Cross Mode and/or Haas Effect and turn the delay enough down it feels both in right and left ear, everywhere!

Robert M. Zimmer (LMMS Artist)

Listen to Robert M. Zimmer

Silently sneaking in on me from USA and suddenly hitting me in the head with this amazing glitchy electrosong. That's perhaps the best glitching I have heard in LMMS! His songs feels somewhat similar to the lmms artist greippi, probably because there are so much different sounds in Zimmers songs which I personally aren't used to hear LMMS produce. That's also why I find his songs enjoyable.

In addition to the always surprising sounds, instruments and beats, the buildup vary a lot. There are a lot of repetition though, so it continues to be highly interesting. He often build his songs with fascinating drums and really (really, no kidding) catchy melodies (really catchy after my opinion...) on top of a simple but also captivating baseline. You must like raw and hard synths, and mechanical and repetitive melodies to fully enjoy Zimmers electronic music. The tunes might sometimes border the line between electro and hardstyle after my opinion. You could also call it groundbreaking, I guess. What is a hard fact is that you now got 21 more songs to hear!

Robert M. Zimmer on Soundcloud