Is there software like Music Maker?

I'm looking for a tool such as Magix Music Maker for Ubuntu (and free, if possible).

I know that there is lmms, audacity, rosegarden, but I'm especially looking for a studio that includes basic sounds like drums, guitar sounds, bass (such as Magix Music Maker does).

In MMM I can pretty much click my song together using sound sets... which is awesome.:

Is there such a tool for Ubuntu?

Solution 1:

If you mean like a piano roll editor and really accurate MIDI, LMMS should do the trick. It is in the Ubuntu repositories, but I would recommend using the version in this PPA. https://launchpad.net/~tobydox/+archive/lmms

Also, install the appropriate sound font, and make your midi channels use it. This is also in the repositories, the package is: fluid-soundfont-gm. The soundfont is located in /usr/share/sounds/sf2 when installed.

Solution 2:

If you are truly interested in music creation, I would recommend Ubuntu Studio. It contains pretty much everything one might need for audio work in Ubuntu. While it includes simple programs such as Linux Multimedia Studio, it also supplies the user with JACK, usually necessary for connecting audio and running at lower latencies.

Other key programs include Rosegarden, a MIDI composer, Ardour, Linux's main Digital Audio Workstation, Hydrogen for more composition and beats, etc.

There are also a multitude of synths, most formidably (in my opinion): ZynAddSubFx and Fluidsynth.

If you're feeling especially bold and do not mind paying, energyXT is supposed to be quite simple and great for all of the above. However, certainly for a beginner, I would try the free, opensource programs Ubuntu offers first.

Here are a few much more general guides to linux and audio production: Linux Musicians Linux Audio

Here is the main forum where ubuntu audio production questions and answers can be found: Ubuntu Studio Forum.