lmms1

Usage

Overview

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 action> [options...] [project]

Start LMMS in normal GUI mode.

dump in

Dump XML of compressed (MMPZ) file in.

render project [options...]

Render given project file.

rendertracks project [options...]

Render each track to a different file.

upgrade in [out]

Upgrade file in and save as out. Standard out is used if no output file is specifed.

Options

--allowroot

Bypass root user startup check (use with caution).

-c, --config configfile

Get the configuration from configfile instead of ~/.lmmsrc.xml (default).

-h, --help

Show usage information and exit.

-v, --version

Show version information and exit.

Options if no action is given

--geometry geometry

Specify the prefered size and position of the main window.
geometry syntax is xsizexysize+xoffset+yoffset.
Default: full screen.

--import in -e

Import MIDI or Hydrogen file in.

Options for render and rendertracks

-a, --float

Use 32bit float bit depth.

-b, --bitrate bitrate

Specify output bitrate in KBit/s (for OGG encoding only), default is 160.

-f, --format format

Specify format of render-output where format is either 'wav', 'ogg' or 'mp3'.

-i, --interpolation method

Specify interpolation method - possible values are linear, sincfastest (default), sincmedium, sincbest.

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

-l, --loop

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, --mode stereomode

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, --output path

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, --profile out

Dump profiling information to file out.

-s, --samplerate samplerate

Specify output samplerate in Hz - range is 44100 (default) to 192000.

-x, --oversampling value

Specify oversampling, possible values: 1, 2 (default), 4, 8.