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Produce music with your computer

by creating melodies and beats, synthesizing and mixing sounds, arranging samples and much more.

Playback instruments, samples and plugins

with a typing or MIDI keyboard in a user-friendly and modern interface.

Bundled with ready-to-use content

from an assortment of instrument and effect plugins, presets and samples to VST and SoundFont support.

Pick your flavor.

Linux, Windows or macOS.

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LMMS is a 100% free, open source, community-driven project.

Proudly hosted on GitHub.

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Featuring:

Core Functionality

Compose music on Windows, Linux and macOS
Sequence, compose, mix and automate songs in one simple interface
Note playback via MIDI or typing keyboard
Consolidate instrument tracks using Beat+Bassline Editor
Fine tune patterns, notes, chords and melodies using Piano Roll Editor
Full user-defined track-based automation and computer-controlled automation sources
Import of MIDI files and Hydrogen project files

Musical Instruments

Built-in 64-bit VST instrument support with 32-bit VST bridge (64-bit Windows)
16 built in synthesizers, including emulations of Roland ® TB-303, Commodore 64 ® SID microchip, Nintendo ® NES and GameBoy, Yamaha ® OPL2 chip and more
Embedded ZynAddSubFx: Polyphonic, multitimbral, microtonal, multi-voice additive, subtractive and pad synthesis all in one powerful plugin
Native multisample support for SoundFont ® (SF2), Giga (GIG) and Gravis UltraSound ® (GUS) formats for high quality instrument patches and banks

Effects Mixing

Drop-in LADSPA plug-in support
Drop-in VST ® effect plug-in support (Linux and Windows)
Built-in compressor, limiter, delay, reverb, distortion and bass enhancer
Bundled graphic and parametric equalizers
Built-in visualization/spectrum analyzer