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Linux Multimedia Studio (LMMS) + MIDI Keyboard – Tutorial demo

Live Action Video Tutorial on how-to use Linux Multimedia Studio ( also known as LMMS) and a MIDI to USB cable with a MIDI Electronic Musical Keyboard. I show how to use the plugins like ZynAddSubFX and the other instruments . Demonstration made with Linux Mint 9 but is also for Linux.
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 .
Features
* Song-Editor for composing songs
* A Beat+Bassline-Editor for creating beats and basslines
* An easy-to-use Piano-Roll for editing patterns and melodies
* An FX mixer with 64 FX channels and arbitrary number of effects allow unlimited mixing possibilities
* Many powerful instrument and effect-plugins out of the box
* Full user-defined track-based automation and computer-controlled automation sources
* Compatible with many standards such as SoundFont2, VST(i), LADSPA, GUS Patches, and MIDI
* Import of MIDI and FLP (Fruityloops® Project) files
Download from: http://lmms.sourceforge.net
Original video production by the http://www.OSGUI.com Tech Show.

Duration : 0:13:52

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MIDI to USB cable Music Keyboard Ubuntu Studio Linux 10.04 32bit ZynAddSubFX Jack How-to Tutorial

Review style Screencast Tutorial on setup and get working a MIDI to USB cable + Midi Musical Keyboard + Ubuntu Studio Linux 10.04 32bit + ZynAddSubFX + Jack Audio Connection Kit to build a cheap Home Studio for creating digital electronic Music in Linux with free and open source software.
ZynAddSubFX is a open source software synthesizer capable of making a countless number of instruments, from some common heard from expensive hardware to interesting sounds that you’ll boost to an amazing universe of sounds. I also show Hydrogen working with the Midi device.
JACK Audio Connection Kit is a professional sound server daemon that provides real-time, low connections for both audio and MIDI data between applications that implement its API.
I play my MELIDI Mc37 Musical Keyboard instrument which is connected to a AMD Sempron 3000+ PC running UbuntuStudio 10.04 Lucid Lynx to make music while recording the video with my Canon FS200 Digital Camera.
Original video production by the http://www.OSGUI.com Tech Show.

Duration : 0:19:31

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MEDELI Electronic Keyboard Mc37 Unboxing Review

Live Video Unboxing of a generic MEDELI Musical Electronic Keyboard Mc37 which I just bought from the shops Australia for $69.95. I open it up unboxing style and talk about its features, then plug it and play with its keys to make some sounds. It has MIDI to work with PC Linux Windows or Mac.
Specifications:
Keyboard: 49 mid-size keys
Lesson Function
LCD display
8-note polyphony (max)
100 voices
Chord Dictionary Function
100 styles
100 songs
Record & Playback
One touch setting
Power: 6 x C-size batteries or DC 9V
adaptor
Sustain effect
Connector: DC 9V jack, headphone jack,
microphone jack, MIDI OUT port
Dimensions: 667(W) x 250(D) x 80(H)mm
Original video production by the http://www.OSGUI.com Tech Show.

Duration : 0:9:46

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