supercollider. the fact that the new server based version in development is being simultaneously worked for OS X and linux is what is make making me look at linux audio to begin with. look here (swiki page) http://swiki.hfbk-hamburg.de:8888/MusicTechnology/479 main swiki: http://swiki.hfbk-hamburg.de:8888/MusicTechnology/6 main page http://www.audiosynth.com also from recent mailing list: > fix try, in: > >SC_CoreAudio.h > >change this: > >#if SC_AUDIO_API == SC_AUDIO_API_JACK ># include <jack/jack.h> >class SC_JackPortList; >#endif > >to this: > >#if SC_AUDIO_API == SC_AUDIO_API_JACK ># include <jack/jack.h> ># include <assert.h> >class SC_JackPortList; >#endif > >From: Lee Azzarello <lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Seeking advice on a suitable CLI synth engine >Reply-To: linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >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? -- _________________________________________________________________ Jonathan Segel -- MAGNETIC -- PO Box 460816 S.F. CA. 94146-0816 4014 Brookdale Ave. Oakland, CA 94619 jsegel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <-----> magsatellite@xxxxxxxxx http://www.MagneticMotorworks.com tel (510) 534 7825 cell (510) 484 7415 fax (425) 955 4495