Simple enhancement or bug fixes that would make LMMS more complete

• Show when the volume clips https://github.com/LMMS/lmms/issues/1022#issuecomment-50107501
• Add scroll bar in instrument plugins sidebar to enable readability on small screens https://github.com/LMMS/lmms/issues/959
• Make the main toolbar one/two lines and/or some icons hide-able https://github.com/LMMS/lmms/issues/387
• Make the Piano Roll toolbar one/two lines and/or some icons hide-able https://github.com/LMMS/lmms/issues/64
• Add more "What is this" text, to make it easier for new users. The text should be short and informative. Short cuts are very useful to include.
• Option to add more than one FX channel at the time. https://github.com/LMMS/lmms/issues/1009
• Using arrow keys for previewing samples and presets https://github.com/LMMS/lmms/issues/871
• Ctrl + left-right key shortcut https://github.com/LMMS/lmms/issues/811
• Shift + up-down key shortcut https://github.com/LMMS/lmms/issues/810
• Search folders for .dll files https://github.com/LMMS/lmms/issues/856
• Humanize option. It could be achieved simply by using a lfo https://github.com/LMMS/lmms/issues/1165

Kabasa (LMMS artist)

https://soundcloud.com/kalabasa

Powerful electronic music from Kabasa. He can also make beautiful piano pieces. What I like about him is composition-wise that he clearly knows how to build chords, and sound-wise that he uses familiar and good LMMS synths. He makes different styles, but if we look away from the piano music, mostly electronic. A lot of arpeggios or long chords, interesting leads, repetitive background synths, strong and clear drums.

LMMS Facebook page resources

There's no secret that I am one of the admins on the LMMS Facebook page, and that I create a lot of the content over there. Like this image showing all plugins that will be available in LMMS 1.1.0.

It took me a while to take the snapshots of the plugins and put them into GIMP, so I thought if anyone want to do the same, I'll give you the GIMP file:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-1kciTMrTBZUTh6b0VlbG9oTTQ/edit?usp=sharing

If you have seen anything on the LMMS Facebook page you would like to work on or use, you can contact me. I will perhaps upload more content to my drive and link to it from here or other posts.

Is LMMS dying, again?

Hmm, perhaps. We have one beloved developer who have taken charge and does approximately everything on the developer side... okay, half of it, and then other devs come and go and submit patches now and then. That is of course OK, no one can demand that people will work on LMMS 24/7. It is better with a few changes each month. So in total LMMS is still moving forward.

The reason I am worried is because there is less and less activity on the mailing list, the developer mailinglist! Cause I think that when people don't answer the mails, they start to skip reading them, and then eventually never checks by. And discussions is how LMMS can evolve in a good way, how bad decicions can be avoided and how ideas and excitement is created. Luckily discussions are still alive on github!

I don't know how it will look in the future, but LMMS need more developers and involved people for sure if it is to survive. Finding developers who want to work on a music program for free on their spare time is hard, no doubt. I will try to continue the FB page, that is the only thing I feel dedicated to do and know how to do. Writing articles on the wiki takes too long for one person, so after about seven articles... I am pretty much waiting on others to write them.

Deeptone Overdose (LMMS artist)

Listen to Deeptone Overdose

This Deeptone Overdose (previously TG Complex, I think), is seemingly popular on YouTube. 120 subscribers and 3k views qualifies for a little article here on my blog. Also I like that he openly says:

I want to show you that you dont need a 500.000$ Music Studio to make music. The only thing that you need is an open source program (lmms.

He makes dubstep, electro, industrial and experimental music, as far as my genre understanding reaches in that direction. Trash guitars, raw synths, glitching and interesting drums are common sounds and effects in his creations. The drum beats are interesting and cool, he also use different percussive instruments than most artists. His style is beats, I would say, not so much tunes.

Deeptone Overdose on YouTube
Deeptone Overdose on SoundCloud