Man1 - lmms.1

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NAME

lmms - software for easy music production

SYNOPSIS

lmms “[*globaloptions…]*[*action[*action**parameters…]]

DESCRIPTION

LMMS is a free cross-platform alternative to commercial programs like FL Studio®, which allow you to produce music with your computer. This includes the creation of melodies and beats, the synthesis and mixing of sounds, and arranging of samples. You can have fun with your MIDI-keyboard and much more; all in a user-friendly and modern interface.

LMMS features components such as a Song Editor, a Beat+Bassline Editor, a Piano Roll, an FX Mixer as well as many powerful instruments and effects.

ACTIONS

“<no
Start LMMS in normal GUI mode.
“dump
Dump XML of compressed (MMPZ) file in.
“render
Render given project file.
“rendertracks
Render each track to a different file.
“upgrade
Upgrade file in and save as out. Standard out is used if no output file is specifed.

GLOBAL OPTIONS

Bypass root user startup check (use with caution).
“-c,
Get the configuration from configfile/* instead of ~.lmmsrc.xml (default).*
“-h,
Show usage information and exit.
“-v,
Show version information and exit.

OPTIONS IF NO ACTION IS GIVEN

Specify the prefered size and position of the main window.
/geometry/* syntax is xsize/*x*/ysize/*+*/xoffset/*+*/yoffset.*
Default: full screen.
Import MIDI or Hydrogen file /in/*.*

OPTIONS FOR RENDER AND RENDERTRACKS

“-a,
Use 32bit float bit depth.
“-b,
Specify output bitrate in KBit/s (for OGG encoding only), default is 160.
“-f,
Specify format of render-output where /format/* is either ’wav’, ’ogg’ or ’mp3’.*
“-i,
Specify interpolation method - possible values are /linear/*, sincfastest (default), sincmedium, sincbest.*

If -e is specified lmms exits after importing the file.

“-l,
Render the given file as a loop, i.e. stop rendering at exactly the end of the song. Additional silence or reverb tails at the end of the song are not rendered.
“-m,
Set the stereo mode used for the MP3 export. /stereomode/* can be either ’s’ (stereo mode), ’j’ (joint stereo) or ’m’ (mono). If no mode is given ’j’ is used as the default.*
“-o,
Render into /path/*.*
For –render, this is interpreted as a file path.
For –render-tracks, this is interpreted as a path to an existing directory.
“-p,
Dump profiling information to file /out/*.*
“-s,
Specify output samplerate in Hz - range is 44100 (default) to 192000.
“-x,
Specify oversampling, possible values: 1, 2 (default), 4, 8.

SEE ALSO

AUTHORS

Tobias Doerffel <tobydox/at/users.sourceforge.net>, Paul Giblock and others. See AUTHORS for details.

Author: dt

Created: 2022-02-22 Tue 16:43