I don't use LMMS to produce dronings. All-in-one sequencers are good for grid-based music, sure. But grid-based music is not just techno, almost every type of music except ambient is grid-based.
On Saturday, March 9, 2013, Ralf Mardorf <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 2013-03-09 at 21:40 +0300, Louigi Verona wrote: >> LMMS can be used to make any type of music, I do not see anything in >> the software that limits it to either techno or just playing around. I >> have made several genres with it and people like those tunes and don't >> find them to be "just playing around". LMMS has got automation of any >> parameter, great piano roll. It's only serious problem is that it >> supports only LADSPA plugins and doing music without being able to add >> more sophisticated things like good reverb and other effects is >> uninspiring. > > To make recordings such as your Dronings would be more work for me when > using software like LMMS, instead of software such as Qtractor and I > guess I'm not an exception. > They enforce a very unusual workflow. IMO there's a reason that > Rosegarden, Ardour, Qtractor, Cubase, Logic etc. pp. have another > design. > > I'm still limited with IOs, because my RME card is bad supported by > Linux, but I already can loop in a reverb, so if it should be possible > to add external gear, I don't care about software reverbs. I only used > software reverbs, when I had no IOs to loop in a reverb. > > It's possible to make "good" music with a spoon, but more pleasant to > play a grand piano instead of a spoon. > >> I tried EnergyXT, I did not like it at all, very raw software, I am >> surprised anyone dares to ask money for it. However, to be fair, I >> tried the demo version only. > > Until now I didn't test it myself, because I don't like demo versions. > Usually demo versions can't be used to make real "test" productions. I'm > not interested to install a hacked version and I only knew one person > living far away, who used it and perhaps still does use it. > > Other proprietary software doesn't need demo versions, because many > people do use it, it's not hard to get a chance to test such software, > but energyXT isn't Pro Tools or Steinberg, so I expect a full version > for test purpose. > >> Will Bitwig be released? > > Resp. when will it be released and really provide all it's advantages > and how much will it be? > > I guess that Ardour, Rosegarden, Qtrator and Muse are the workstations > that are interesting for me. When I was younger I made 24/7 music, today > I don't touch an instrument for month, so I'm not in a hurry. If I > should change my mind and become a musician again, I might use something > Microsoft based or no computer. While I prefer Qtractor and Ardour 2, I > don't exclude Ardour 3, Rosegarden and Muse, they are close to my needs > too. > > Regards, > Ralf > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev > -- Louigi Verona http://www.louigiverona.ru/
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