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<h2 id="system-requirements">System requirements</h2> <p>LMMS is available for multiple <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating systems</a>, including <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>, <a href="/facts/OpenBSD/xmPS9tek">OpenBSD</a>, <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a>, and <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a>. It requires a 1.5 GHz <a href="/facts/CPU/Jxp1bqMV">CPU</a>, 1 GB of <a href="/facts/RAM/DuD4bxh6">RAM</a> and a two-channel <a href="/facts/Sound_card/bxlF4YBa">sound card</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="program-features">Program features</h2> <p>LMMS accepts <a href="/facts/Soundfont/TckIt6gd">soundfonts</a> and <a href="/facts/Gravis_Ultrasound/WTu5r8lJ">GUS</a> patches, and it supports the Linux Audio Developer's Simple Plugin API (<a href="/facts/LADSPA/5FUuNmpJ">LADSPA</a>) and <a href="/facts/LV2/607lJFAm">LV2</a> (only master branch, <a href="https://github.com/LMMS/lmms/commit/2a66e83f536ed71984054392ed469991de67874e">since 24.05.2020</a>). It can use <a href="/facts/Virtual_Studio_Technology/gbzwJdQQ">VST</a> plug-ins on Win32, Win64, or Wine32. The nightly versions support LinuxVST. Currently MacOS doesn't support them.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>It can import Musical Instrument Digital Interface (<a href="/facts/MIDI/tblhmeFV">MIDI</a>) and <a href="/facts/Hydrogen_(software)/24jEU4fV">Hydrogen</a> files and can read and write customized presets and themes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>Audio can be exported in the <a href="/facts/WAV/ptUfKleW">WAV</a>, <a href="/facts/FLAC/TbqpHlWy">FLAC</a>, <a href="/facts/Ogg/KF4j68N7">Ogg</a> and <a href="/facts/MP3/yrBpxUSD">MP3</a> <a href="/facts/File_format/qrXbwJaH">file formats</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p>Projects can be saved in the compressed MMPZ file format or the uncompressed MMP file format.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="editors">Editors</h2> <ul><li><i>Song Editor</i> – for arranging instruments, samples, groups of notes, automation, and more</li> <li><i>Beat+Bassline Editor</i> – for quickly sequencing rhythms</li> <li><i>FX Mixer</i> – for sending multiple audio inputs through groups of effects and sending them to other mixer channels, infinite channels are supported</li> <li><i>Piano Roll</i> – edit patterns and melodies</li> <li><i>Automation Editor</i> – move almost any knob or widget over the course of the song</li></ul> <h2 id="audio-plug-ins">Audio plug-ins</h2> <p>LMMS includes a variety of <a href="/facts/Audio_plug-in/8csyHGCE">audio plug-ins</a> that can be drag-and-dropped onto instrument tracks in the Song Editor and Beat+Bassline Editor. </p><p><a href="/facts/Synthesizer/NrmdVrPa">Synthesizer</a> plugins: </p> <ul><li><i>BitInvader</i> – <a href="/facts/Wavetable_synthesis/aCNfYYXt">wavetable-lookup synthesis</a></li> <li><i>FreeBoy</i> – <a href="/facts/Emulator/FMHE8qDj">emulator</a> of <a href="/facts/Game_Boy/GlyN6e2W">Game Boy</a> <a href="/facts/Sound_card/bxlF4YBa">audio processing unit</a> (APU)</li> <li><i>Kicker</i> – bass drum synthesizer</li> <li><i>LB302</i> – imitation of the <a href="/facts/Roland_TB-303/gVfqQy0h">Roland TB-303</a></li> <li><i>Mallets</i> – tuneful percussion synthesizer</li> <li><i>Monstro</i> – 3-oscillator synthesizer with modulation matrix</li> <li><i>Nescaline</i> – NES-like synthesizer</li> <li><i>OpulenZ</i> – 2-operator <a href="/facts/Frequency_modulation/qIExDdtv">FM</a> synthesizer</li> <li><i>Organic</i> – organ-like synthesizer</li> <li><i>Sf2 Player</i> – a <a href="/facts/FluidSynth/wIfXz2SI">Fluidsynth</a>-based Soundfont player</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/MOS_Technology_SID/vKQw3Jmt">SID</a></i> – emulator of the <a href="/facts/Commodore_64/3TPcKDbb">Commodore 64</a> chips</li> <li><i>TripleOscillator - 3-oscillator synthesizer with 5 modulation modes: MIX, <a href="/facts/Oscillator_sync/oJXmRlAq">SYNC</a>, <a href="/facts/Pulse_modulation_methods/aAXPjINv">PM</a>, <a href="/facts/Frequency_modulation/qIExDdtv">FM</a>, and <a href="/facts/Amplitude_modulation/3sTxsXk6">AM</a></i></li> <li><i>Vibed</i> – vibrating string modeler</li> <li><i>Watsyn</i> – 4-oscillator wavetable synthesizer</li> <li><i>Xpressive</i> - mathematical expression parser synthesizer (only in <a href="/facts/Software_release_cycle/z4Q4RElA">alpha</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/ZynAddSubFX/AU8t6UxF">ZynAddSubFX</a></i></li></ul> <p>Other plugins </p> <ul><li><i>AudioFileProcessor (AFP)</i> – basic <a href="/facts/Sampler_(musical_instrument)/BVGHPATc">sampler</a> with trimming and looping capabilities</li> <li><i>SlicerT</i> – <a href="/facts/Beat_slicing/CcPDF3f3">slicer</a> with tempo detection (only in nightly)</li> <li><i>VeSTige</i> - interface for <a href="/facts/Virtual_Studio_Technology/gbzwJdQQ">VST</a> plugins</li></ul> <h2 id="standards">Standards</h2> <ul><li>Musical Instrument Digital Interface (<a href="/facts/MIDI/tblhmeFV">MIDI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/SoundFont/TckIt6gd">SoundFont</a> (SF2)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Virtual_Studio_Technology/gbzwJdQQ">Virtual Studio Technology</a> (VST)</li> <li>Linux Audio Developer's Simple Plugin API (<a href="/facts/LADSPA/5FUuNmpJ">LADSPA</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/LV2/607lJFAm">LV2</a> (only master branch, <a href="https://github.com/LMMS/lmms/commit/2a66e83f536ed71984054392ed469991de67874e">since 24.05.2020</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gravis_Ultrasound/WTu5r8lJ">Gravis Ultrasound</a> (GUS) patches (PatMan)</li> <li><a href="/facts/JACK_Audio_Connection_Kit/WAM1ALrW">JACK Audio Connection Kit</a> (JACK)</li> <li><a href="/facts/ZynAddSubFX/AU8t6UxF">ZynAddSubFX</a></li></ul> <h2 id="audio-output-examples">Audio output examples</h2> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_music_software/rFHHUh3w">List of music software</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_Linux_audio_software/CTlCxyK0">List of Linux audio software</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_free_software_for_audio/qb0xqtut">Comparison of free software for audio</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Multitrack_recording/PPtToh16">Multitrack recording</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_multitrack_recording_software/WxxImsLn">Comparison of multitrack recording software</a></li></ul> <ul> <li>Free and open-source software portal</li><li>Music portal</li></ul> <ul><li>Tobias Doerffel (December 2005). <a href="http://www.linux-magazine.com/issues/2005/61/music_builder/(kategorie)/0">"Making Music with Linux Multimedia Studio"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/Linux_Magazine/AXjr61g0">Linux Magazine</a></i> (61): 58–60. Retrieved 30 March 2009.</li> <li>Dave Phillips (1 October 2008). <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090207073421/http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10201">"State of the Art: Linux Audio 2008, Part II"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/Linux_Journal/m7rosgex">Linux Journal</a></i>. Archived from <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10201">the original</a> on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2009.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to LMMS. <ul><li><a href="https://lmms.io/">LMMS website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"7.1 Glossary". LMMS User manual. 2020. Archived from the original on 4 April 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025. <a href="https://docs.lmms.io/user-manual/resources/glossary#lmms" target="_blank">https://docs.lmms.io/user-manual/resources/glossary#lmms</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Installation". LMMS • Documentation. 7 May 2024. Archived from the original on 29 April 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024. <a href="https://docs.lmms.io/user-manual/getting-started/installation" target="_blank">https://docs.lmms.io/user-manual/getting-started/installation</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"VeSTige - LMMS Wiki". lmms.io. <a href="https://lmms.io/wiki/index.php?title=VeSTige" target="_blank">https://lmms.io/wiki/index.php?title=VeSTige</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"LMMS – Linux MultiMedia Studio". SourceForge. Retrieved 17 May 2011. <a href="http://lmms.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">http://lmms.sourceforge.net/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Dave Phillips (17 August 2009). "LMMS: The Linux MultiMedia Studio". Linux Journal. Retrieved 31 March 2016. <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/introducing-lmms-linux-multimedia-studio" target="_blank">http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/introducing-lmms-linux-multimedia-studio</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"LMMS Sound Editing Software". Software Insider. Retrieved 31 March 2011.[permanent dead link] <a href="http://sound-editing.softwareinsider.com/l/33/LMMS" target="_blank">http://sound-editing.softwareinsider.com/l/33/LMMS</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"lmms.io/utils.php function read_project". Github. Retrieved 3 August 2017. <a href="https://github.com/LMMS/lmms.io/blob/1051cf33402d8543890557970b06b57b839bf89c/public/lsp/utils.php#L475" target="_blank">https://github.com/LMMS/lmms.io/blob/1051cf33402d8543890557970b06b57b839bf89c/public/lsp/utils.php#L475</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>