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[–] IsoSpandy@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sorry for hijacking this beautiful conversation you talented gentlemen are having, but can help me out?

I wanted to learn electronic music creation. I learnt very briefly how fl studio works, and then got busy due to my workload. Now I want to give it a go again. I heard llms is good for Linux, but I don't understand how to get various instrument samples like fl studio. How do I set it all up? Can you point me to any good resources. I am also not committed to lmms and am open to suggestions.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I cannot comment on LLMs for music generation but, if you are starting from scratch, there are a few methods that I think are interesting.

  • Sequencer/Groovebox: Hardware like the Elektron Digitakt and Polyend Play+ use the "piano roll" style generation that you find in most DAWs. How you import and edit samples, then sequence them in the piano roll, varies from one to the other. Fortunately, you can find a lot of video tutorials for most DAWs and hardware based sequencers on YouTube.
  • Music Trackers: Whether it is a hardware tracker like the Polyend Tracker or the M8, or a software tracker like Renoise, this type of sample edit and sequencing really lends itself to electronic music. Plenty of tutorials on YouTube.
  • Samplers: Here you have hardware like the Roland SP404 MKii, the MPC One, and the Teenage Engineering EP133 KO II and DAWs like Native Instruments Maschine (also requires Maschine hardware). If you have a tablet, check out Koala Sampler. It might be the best $5 you'll spend this year.

In my opinion, trackers are an extremely fast and powerful way to create electronic music. The main complaint people have is the learning curve since almost everything else uses the "piano roll" method. Since you are starting from scratch, that complaint doesn't really apply because no matter what you select, you'll have to learn from zero.

[–] nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

...I think the previous comment is mistyping LMMS software to LLM.

[–] IsoSpandy@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thank you kind sir. I meant the LMMS DAW. Can you recommend me a good DAW to start?

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

Depends on budget. Obviously you are familiar with FOSS offerings. Outside of FOSS, if you want a paid products for not too much money, then Reaper is a favorite and Renoise is VERY interesting. If money is no object but Linux compatibility is still a main concern, then Bitwig, 1000%. The top Bitwig package costs $399 but they also have more limited versions for $199 and $99.

PS: No matter what, Koala Sampler is worth the buy.