I thought that was only going to replace the core of lmms and nothing else.
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Tobiasz Karoń <unf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you, Emilio!
>
> The misleading name issue you mentioned was discussed already (someone
> proposed to rename it to *Love Making Music Studio*, which I personally
> liked), but other said that LMMS is an established brand (like "Pepsi") and
> dropping the name could hurt us a lot. Others replied we can keep a
> "formerly: LMMS" caption under the new name for some time.
>
> I'd support the idea of bringing a new, better fitting name and logo.
> There's a Paul Giblock's initiative to re-write LMMS named Unison
> Studio<http://sourceforge.net/projects/unison/> -
> I remember it also had a really nice logo. I don't know what's with that
> but I'll try to get some information about this.
>
>
> 2014/1/9 Emilio Coppola <coppolaemi...@gmail.com>
>
>> One of the main problems is working using mailing lists. Using a platform
>> like github will not only provide us exposure but it will also help the
>> user to report bugs, submit changes and see that the program its alive.
>> Right now the repository is for most of the population "hidden". This being
>> a program targeted to musicians that have no programming knowledge makes it
>> even harder to compete with other products as FL studio since they have a
>> better user interface and design. Which brings me to the second point:
>> The design is horrible. It looks like a program made on the 90. The name
>> has the word Linux on it and it claims to be multimedia but it's an audio
>> program.
>> The sourceforge website is very simple but not engaging. It doesn't try
>> to engage any person on using the program.
>>
>> So, with all this said in my broken English (sorry) I want to offer my
>> time to help the project. I can provide a better website and take care of
>> some part in the coordination of this initiative. I have built some simple
>> tools for my own needs but they can also be used for LMMS to move forward
>> into a better stage.
>>
>> Thanks for staying active!
>>
>>
>> 2014/1/9 Tobiasz Karoń <unf...@gmail.com>
>>
>>> [ *listen to this e-mail* - download Ogg <http://goo.gl/Bvrnu4> or
>>> MP3<http://goo.gl/t0cT56>]
>>>
>>> Hi everyone!
>>>
>>> My name is unfa and I'm a music producer, songwriter and vocalist. I
>>> make electronic music with LMMS/ZynAddSubFX duo. My last
>>> album<http://goo.gl/yTNC4v>sold in 15 copies ;)
>>>
>>> I'm nearly a daily user of Linux MultiMedia Studio. However still I came
>>> to fight a strong feeling that LMMS project is barely alive.
>>> The project's website seems to change only on new releases. The news
>>> section changes only once a few months and could be renamed to "Recent
>>> Releases". The screenshots, demos, and Wiki are old and outdated. The
>>> releases seem to appear out-of-nowhere and anonymously without any prior
>>> information or buzz. No one knows if and when will they happen. At least
>>> that's how it feels to me.
>>>
>>> However I'm now sure that there are plans, fixes, patches and
>>> discussions going on - they are just hard to see, because they all happen
>>> in the mailing list (or IRC?)
>>>
>>> Regardless of what it looks like, this project is huge and to me it is
>>> in top 6 creative FLOSS tools ever made (LMMS, Ardour, Audacity, Blender,
>>> Inkscape, GIMP).
>>> It's THE (as opposed to A) open tool for electronic music creation.
>>>
>>> I think we all need to realize this - how important LMMS is to all
>>> artists around the globe. There's nothing like it out there.
>>>
>>> However it's sometimes seem hard to believe. Why?
>>>
>>> To find out- I'll reach out to another project I'm in love with -
>>> Blender. The open 3D toolkit. I'we been watching it closely for more than a
>>> while. It's as big to have several full-time paid developers working on it
>>> and big investors helping it's development. Putting out big cooperative
>>> projects every year or two - blasting another shockwave of excitement that
>>> echoes with more interest and support.
>>>
>>> Watching Blender and LMMS made me think of one reason why LMMS seems
>>> asleep while it's not.
>>>
>>> I'm thinking of the weak social aspects of LMMS' website. The Facebook
>>> page does a good job but it's not sufficient and not too exposed on
>>> Sourceforge page. And it doesn't seem to feed enough news anyway.
>>>
>>> I am thinking of one way to attract and excite more users and developers
>>> who will help us build this project.
>>>
>>> A Blog. A development journal. A place that'll make all work done on
>>> LMMS visible to everyone.
>>>
>>> We need to show that we're here, show that many great artists use this,
>>> find them, make music contests, make remix parties, make weekly musical
>>> challenges, make an official video channel with tips and features
>>> explained, with videoblog updates every two weeks, put together a 3-minute
>>> demo video and place it on the front page, make an album of the year
>>> contest, make a track of the month contest, make every release
>>> pre-announced and announced with excitement and passion letting everyone
>>> say "I like it!", make a fundraising campaign, go to Google Summer of Code,
>>> go to Kickstarter, start interviewing developers and users, start a LMMS
>>> podcast, make LMMS conferences, festivals, radio stations, stop being
>>> afraid, stop sitting in the shadow, stop being shy!!
>>>
>>> Now, I know this is a bit over-the-top, but hey - possibilities are
>>> endless, all of what I said is possible. We just need to follow a good
>>> plan, see our goals, and we'll make it.
>>>
>>> There's so much we can do, so many people who are waiting to hear about
>>> us, who will help us - there are so much creative and capable people out
>>> here - in this community. *Let's wake up!*
>>>
>>> - unfa
>>>
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>>
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