:) Not too interesting for a GSoC student, though. I'm inclined to say that the implementation of JACK midi output in 1.3 should probably just be copied wholus-bolus to 2.0. MS1.3 is even JACK transport aware, which is a nice convenience. lmms only accepting one port per instance, limiting instruments-per-instance to 16 (LinuxSampler doesn't have this limitation, BTW). Any annoyances I've come across are the other side of the connection, as it were, e.g. I click "Use JACK MIDI output", set my number of ports (usually 2), and forget about it. I haven't encountered any limitations with MS1.3 and JACK. Drastically freed me up to orchestrate as if "for live." I was able to apply equalization to all the string sections separately, guaranteeing that my violas sounded like a viola section, my cellos like cellos, etc. It's also where lmms really came into its own. The symphonic_strings sf2 was a godsend legato strings with a properly responsive attack.
#Lmms orchestra full
The downside to lmms is that you can only load sixteen instruments per instance of lmms, which necessitates firing up two instances in order to accommodate a full orchestra.
#Lmms orchestra plus
Another plus is normalizing the reverb amongst instruments, which helps overcome the problem of sf2 samples recorded under mismatched acoustic environments.
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Two of the most useful effects are equalization, which goes a long way to improving the realism of individual instruments, and tweakable "chorus", which is a godsend for passages where, say, the 1st and 2nd flutes are playing in unison. The interface is beautiful and easy to work with, and the ability to add LADSPA effects separately to each sf2 instrument makes it ideal for orchestral scoring.
![lmms orchestra lmms orchestra](http://www.lmmsorchestra.com/uploads/5/6/7/3/56735195/8629884_orig.jpg)
It's a great example of what you can do it you take full advantage of Musescore's playback facilities in conjunction with an external sf2 sampler. It's called "I'd've Said It Was Love" and here's the link: //youtu.be/LdFzy-OcTDo Finally found the time write a new full-orchestra arrangement with Musescore using lmms (Linux MultiMedia Studio) as the instrument sampler. I've been absent from the forum for months owing to extra-musical projects.