Am a long time fan of the piano and jazz music, but never really took the time to actually get good any particular instrument. With LMMS it's a little different, still gonna take patience and practice, but one person can become the whole band, without mastering an instrument but instead setting beat tracks and tweaking sound setting till it is perfect.
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 even more fun by plugging in a MIDI-keyboard (pretty much any keyboard) and recording from it.
Download for Windows and Linux at http://lmms.sourceforge.net/download.php
Now to see it in action is pretty amazing. Some users share there songs on the official LMMS website hosted by sourceforge.net Below is an overview of a sample for in LMMS.
This is a track put together in Linux using LMMS or Linux Multimedia Studio. All sounds are generated internally and LADSPA plugins are used for all processing.
Song download here:
soundcloud.com/flujo/stranger-linux-multimedia-studio
Software:
LMMS - Linux Multimedia Studio
lmms.sourceforge.net/
Linux OS
ubuntu.com/
LADSPA - effects plugins
ladspa.org/
Magazines and More with Scribus
Since its humble beginning in the spring of 2001, Scribus has rapidly evolved into one of the premier Open Source desktop applications. Encouraged by professionals and beginners alike, the Scribus Team, supported by a large and constantly growing number of enthusiastic contributors from all over the world, is dedicated to develop and improve “one of the most powerful and useful open-source projects out there” (TechRepublic). Scribus is now completely cross-platform and runs natively on Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, OS/2 Warp 4, eComStation and Windows.
Underneath a user-friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK colors, spot color support, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation.
Scribus has many unexpected touches, such as powerful vector drawing tools, support for a huge number of file types via import/export filters, emulation of color blindness or the rendering of markup languages like LaTeX or Lilypond inside Scribus. The Scribus file format is XML-based and open. Unlike proprietary binary file formats, even damaged documents can be recovered with a simple text editor – sometimes a challenging problem with other page layout programs. Scribus has been translated into more than 25 languages, and more are coming in the future.
Scribus has really good and thorough documentation that has a focus on a more structured approach, which provides much more information about the practical use of the program. It is filled with priceless background information from Peter Linnell the original writer of the documentation.
This is a random community overview/tutorial for Scribus, there are many more of various quality.
If this program is useful, or helped with making money why not donate to Scribus. This can be done for free by reporting bugs, helping with translations, or just sharing it with others. Can also support them by purchasing the guides.
Track Your Cash
With GnuCash
Everyone should keep track of how much money is going where easily. While GnuCash does allot more then just balance books, that is just scratching the surface. Who knows maybe just using the program for that reason will influence my judgement to a point to where saving a few dollars might actually be possible. Guess only time will tell though.
GnuCash is personal and small-business financial-accounting software, freely licensed under the GNU GPL and available for GNU/Linux, BSD, Solaris, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.
Designed to be easy to use, yet powerful and flexible, GnuCash allows you to track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses. As quick and intuitive to use as a checkbook register, it is based on professional accounting principles to ensure balanced books and accurate reports.
Feature Highlights
- QIF/OFX/HBCI Import, Transaction Matching
- Reports, Graphs
- Scheduled Transactions
- Financial Calculations
- Double-Entry Accounting
- Stock/Bond/Mutual Fund Accounts
- Small-Business Accounting
- Customers, Vendors, Jobs,
Invoices, A/P, A/R
Features
Checkbook-Style Register
![[Register]](http://gnucash.org/images/features/feature_register.png)
The checkbook-style register provides a custom, convenient and familiar interface to entering financial transactions. The register supports common checking and credit-card transactions, as well as income, stock and currency transactions.Double Entry
Every transaction must debit one account and credit others by an equal amount. This ensures that the "books balance": that the difference between income and outflow exactly equals the sum of all assets and equity.Reports, Graphs
![[Graphs]](http://gnucash.org/images/features/feature_graph-report.png)
GnuCash has an integrated reporting and graphing module, and comes complete with a full suite of standard and customizeable reports, such as Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss, Portfolio Valuation, and many others.Income/Expense Account Types
Income/Expense Account Types (Categories) allow you to categorize your cash flow. When used properly with the double-entry feature and equity accounts, these enable you to generate reports, such as Profit & Loss, that plain-vanilla systems cannot handle.Multiple Currencies
Different accounts can be denominated in different currencies. Currency movements between accounts are fully balanced when double-entry is enabled.Stock/Mutual Fund Portfolios
Track stocks individually (one per account) or in portfolio of accounts (a group of accounts that can be displayed together).Small Business Accounting Features
Simplify managing a small business with Customer and Vendor tracking, Invoicing and Bill Payment, and Tax and Billing Terms.and much more....
To find out more and download this free and Open Source program goto www.gnucash.org.
Video Editing pt1 Basics
Been learning and using Cinelerra for about a a year and am determined to keep on getting better at using the program. Cinelerra is the most advanced non-linear video editor and compositor for Linux. Got an example video for a test made playing with a webcam.
Before we move to part 2 where we use the compositor like in the video above I always like to brush up on my basics. The two videos below demonstrate the user interface, how to add files and other things. These videos aren't by me but from part 2 and on out I'll be doing the tutorial videos.
For people who want a more USER FRIENDLY video editor should check out Openshot.
OpenShot 1.2 Highlights from Jonathan Thomas on Vimeo.
OpenShot can take your videos, photos, and music files and help you create the film you have always dreamed of. Easily add sub-titles, transitions, and effects, and then export your film to DVD, YouTube, Vimeo, Xbox 360, and many other common formats.
Another honorable mention for Open Source Video Editor would be KdenLive. Kden's usability is between cinelerra and openshot, as such it is powerful if patience is applied, but can also be quick and easy to use. kde-files.org has transition images and other extras worth checking out.
Before we move to part 2 where we use the compositor like in the video above I always like to brush up on my basics. The two videos below demonstrate the user interface, how to add files and other things. These videos aren't by me but from part 2 and on out I'll be doing the tutorial videos.
For people who want a more USER FRIENDLY video editor should check out Openshot.
OpenShot 1.2 Highlights from Jonathan Thomas on Vimeo.
Simple. Powerful.
OpenShot Video Editor is a free, open-source video editor for Linux licensed under the GPL version 3.0.OpenShot can take your videos, photos, and music files and help you create the film you have always dreamed of. Easily add sub-titles, transitions, and effects, and then export your film to DVD, YouTube, Vimeo, Xbox 360, and many other common formats.
Another honorable mention for Open Source Video Editor would be KdenLive. Kden's usability is between cinelerra and openshot, as such it is powerful if patience is applied, but can also be quick and easy to use. kde-files.org has transition images and other extras worth checking out.
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