[LAU] lmms ?

Folks, Any opinions on lmms ? I haven't installed it yet, am only thinking about it. As with most, I come from a Windows background where monolithic apps rules. But then, I've been working with Linux for several years now and one thing that's omnipresent - so far - in the Linux Way is modularity. Be it in chaining small apps to get results (eg. cat bigFile | grep error) to having a clear concern separation between functionality and user interface. And this is what I like with the actual state of most of the Linux audio apps. Soemone makes a new synth ? Fine, we just use it through jack. No encompassing large apps that tries, with various degrees of flexibility, to do it all. Well, there must be some out there. Maybe jokosher. And maybe lmms. What I'd like to know, is that, from a 'techie' point of view that feels that it's allright to use many X screens to have many apps running at the same time, what is lmms bringing ? Is it only but a Windows-inspired application ? Cheers, Al