learning lmms // feezo tutorial (lo-fi beats)

disclaimer: i followed a youtube video for this, and copied it almost exactly. i wanted to learn a bit about lmms functionality, since i’ve had little luck deciphering it on my own. considering i’ve physically AGED in the time between the creation of this site and this post, hopefully it’s better than nothing.

Feezo Tutorial 1

track is here.

some initial thoughts: not sure how i feel about the process. i’ve always known sound-creation to have a very tactile element, so in a lot of ways this was counter-intuitive. i’m still struggling to understand very basic functions, like how the piano roll corresponds to the beat+baseline editor and the song editor.

but even as a total beginner, i can see some of the appeal. transposition is made so incredibly easy. the software probably makes many things much more convenient, precise, and flexible (mostly still a mystery to me!).

going forward, i’d be interested in learning how to generate a more organic sound, maybe by tinkering with rhythms, volumes, and effects.

South Korea Exchange Trip 2019 Video – 01

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02|13|20 – We spent an unnecessary amount of time picking which video-editing software to start with. Everything seemed too complicated so we settled with LightWorks. Then we spent an unnecessary amount of time picking a song and somehow ended up with J’s favourite.

Notes:

  • not enough establishing/walking/transit shots
  • not everything can be done in post
  • listening and identifying beats is hard
  • J learned that we don’t just put music over our videos and finish within 5 min
  • make sure we have all the videos on file so we’re not working with limited material

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02|27|20 – Learning how to use keyboard shortcuts. Also we learned the difference between delete and remove. We discovered the rest of the Seong-su videos so we do have more material than I thought.

Notes:

  • should have some type of plan before starting out so we don’t have to redo the beginning
  • cue markers are the most important tool – they look like the hotels in Monopoly