surge VS lmms

Good stuff!

I started getting in to this at the start of the year. Already had an old, dusty MicroKORG and MIDI interface to use it as a controller, but recently splashed out on a bigger controller as the Korg's tiny keys were hurting me - plus, I wanted something bigger to get better at piano!

A couple of free soft synths I'd recommend are Surge XT, and Vital.

https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/

https://vital.audio/

https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/ and https://asb2m10.github.io/dexed/ should work like a charm.

To get the equivalent of a symphonic orchestra in your computer, the solution is basically money; you buy the instruments you need. In the case of synthesizers, things are much cheaper - if you put in the effort yourself. https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/ is excellent and could even be used if you wanted to make a more retro-style soundtrack.

Instead of Synth1, try https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/ . It's pretty much better in every aspect except for the UI which is going to look a lot more daunting to you ;)

In general, this should only happen when a Program Change message is sent.

Incidentally, Tesla cars come with a music production app called Trax [1] pre-installed, which is actually just a re-skinned fork of LMMS [2]. Perhaps Kia might port this to their in-car infotainment systems in a similar way?

[1] https://cleantechnica.com/2020/01/16/the-hyphenate-makes-a-b...

[2] https://github.com/teslamotors/lmms/tree/Trax/0.1

Seems to be something called "TeslaBeats", though I can't find any references to the name online. A developer added a bunch of commits on this branch to seemingly allow using the lmms backend via a different/custom frontend.