LMMS: A Complete Guide to Dance Music Production

Key Features

• Create the dance music you wanted. An experienced guide shows you the ropes.
• Learn from the best in dance music; its history, its people, and its genres.
• Learn the art of making music: from the way you set up your equipment, to polishing up your final mix.

Book Description

What you will learn

• How to install and navigate LMMS
• How to create compelling bass lines and loops
• How to create a sample library of custom-made sounds
• How to use the LMMS editors to create and edit your music
• Explore the instruments included in LMMS
• How to use the Song Editor to arrange a song
• How to mix and use effects
• How to export a mix from LMMS so that it can be shared with the world

Who this book is for

You have a computer and a love for dance and electronic music. Maybe you've been to some clubs, and the energy of electronic dance music has you completely under its spell. You see a DJ spinning, and everyone is dancing. It's infectious. You want to make music that affects people that way. Today the open source community has offered you LMMS. Read this book, and you'll be shown a process to creating great dance music. This book is going to connect the dots if you have already started making dance music, and provide a very solid foundation if you are just getting started ñ no matter what your skill level is.