Sound like Deadmau5 with Linux Multimedia Studio in Under Ten Minutes

A quick-start tutorial video on using Linux Multimedia Studio. We cover programming the Triple Oscillator, programming the Organic synthesizer, creating beats in the beat editor and placing them in the song, sequencing melodies and chords with the Piano Roll, and rudimentary sidechain compression using the Calf Stereo Compressor.

Get the Calf LADSPA plugins from calf.sourceforge.net. They are Free and Open Source Software.

I apologize for the audio latency issues in this video, this is why I usually don't talk. In order to get stereo sound from both LMMS and my voice I had to run my voice into JACK Rack where I ran a preamp on it then both together into another instance of JACK Rack because gtk-recordMyDesktop cannot A) simply record what's going on with system-playback nor B) combine four audio signals into a single stereo signal. So there's a good approx. second and a half of audio latency there, and it doesn't help that I was recording in not-crap definition so both gtk-recordMyDesktop and LMMS were fighting over the CPU with two instances of JACK Rack getting in the way. I need to figure out a better way to do this.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• deadmau5
• deadmaus
• lmms
• linux
• multimedia
• studio
• sidechain
• fruity
• loops
• fruityloops
• flstudio
• compressor
• compression
• side
• chain
• beat
• bassline
• tripleoscillator
• organic
• 3xosc
• calf
• ladspa

[MrFood239]

I don't know why, but mine came out with this horrible scratchy noise, right after I had done that Stereo Matrix stuff...and also, the Synth Pad is kind of pinchy O_O

[brainiac256]

@MrFood239 The synth pad instrument is really touchy. Small adjustments on the knobs can make huge differences in the sound. Hover over the knob and use your scroll-wheel to fine-tune the settings. (This is true of any knob in LMMS - scroll-wheel gives you more control than clicking and dragging.)

[natnatertatertot]

So did you ever complete this song?

[brainiac256]

@natnatertatertot sorry I lost your comment here, this was just a quick thing I did for the tutorial vid because I saw that there wasn't a lot of quality LMMS instructional material on youtube. my own material tends to be less dancey and more instrumental than this, check me out on soundcloud - my username is also brainiac256 there.

[brainiac256]

@xxKillerMillerxx1

1. Go to google

2. Search "sound on sound synth secrets"

3. Read

4. Learn

5. ???

6. Profit

[ardukar]

First of all I have to shout out a big THANK YOU!!!!!.....!! for this Tutorial.

I was half way out of "making music", because I never found someone explaining the things going on like you did.

I mean, I often made some beats, played with synths etc. but I just never found a way to make it sound like I wanted it to.

Your Video just kicked me back into!

Thank you again! I just reinstalled lmms, remade my Jack-settings and got me some plugins.

More tutorials are highly appreciated!

[ClarckCunt]

Amazing!! Sounds awesome! Great tut, thank you!

[IV22j]

holy shit (

[natnatertatertot]

@brainiac256 lol, well I've been using this a lot, many thanks :3

[NinjaShadow8]

Wow this is a great tutorial, sounds good

[RemixedlikeaBOSS]

Your GUI looks much prettier than mine... o.O Nice video. I'm currently migrating from SunVox. free Tracker. It's a great little software. It made a 8-bit sound too much though. I needed a different sound for my fans. I'm CrossBit on Soundcloud.

[brainiac256]

@doggysweep if you really know what you're doing it would be adequate... don't use a crappy karaoke mic though (if the connection is a 1/4" like a guitar cable, or a 1/8" like a headset), at least get a USB mic like a Snowball. Also it depends on how 'finished' you want to sound. If you're just doing custom drum/bass loops and some sampling (which is like 60% of rap) you should be fine. Also you can get an LADSPA effect called 'autotalent' which is a free implementation of Autotune. Good luck :)