> I am toying with the idea to re-start playing with digital synthesis > once again (haven't done so in a while now). Judging by the number of > synth packages in the Debian archive, there is more than a few out > there; however, most of them (bristol, ams, etc.) seem to be > GUI-controlled (and hence require an x-server), which is not very > practical for me. om is what you are looking for I think : http://www.nongnu.org/om-synth/ anything osc driven is scriptable, or commandline capable - whether it has a gui or not. When I get any time, I want to do a formal release of noiseweapon: http://tinyurl.com/7woyy which is a small performance orientated fixed function synth 100% controlled by osc (although the lack of any midi support means it probably has a limited appeal atm :) cheers, dave
