I would recommend SuperCollider, and object oriented DSP/MIDI language based on Smalltalk. It might be ported to Linux but I'm not sure. There is also Nyquist, based on Lisp and very cross-platform. Csound is the formadible beast. Then there's PD, which is not command line but very powerful. And if you're into Java check out Jsyn or Jmax. The list goes on and on and on and on.... -l[e^2] ------------------------------ http://www.fallingforward.net/ people experimenting with music, art and technology On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, S. Massy wrote: > Hi, > > For a while now I've wanted to fiddle with a reasonably powerful > synthesis engine but haven't found a suitable one yet. I've been dying > to give csound a good try but haven't succeeded in compiling it yet, and > I've tried cmix but have found it a bit too "low-level" for my humble > tastes. My problem is that most of the interesting synthesis engines and > synth emulators today seem to come with a GUI and I can't use one, nor > do I care to, to be frank. So, does anyone have a suggestion for a > fairly powerful CLI synth engine I might try? > > Thanks, > S.M. >
