Thanks, folks. I'm going to look into the most interesting of your suggestions and figure out which might be best for me. The world of free digital synthesis is alive indeed! S.M. On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 02:22:37PM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > > On 10/25/05, S. Massy <smassy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > > > 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. I can think of a few ways to rig up a modular synth > > > with, say, ecasound, jack, and aconnect, but I was wondering if there is > > > any programme, package, or idea already out there to make this easier. I > > > also started playing with SuperCollider today, but language-driven > > > synthesis are, by necessity, more of a long-term endavour, and, right > > > now, I'm looking for more of a modular synth solution, especially > > > LADSPA-driven. Any idea? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > S.M. > > As an alternative to Super Collider you might look into Chuck. On the > surface it seems like an interesting alternative and possibly a bit > more manageable than SC, but again it's a language so it might take > more time than you want to invest: > > http://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/ > > Anyway, even if you don't use I think it's interesting to know about. > > Take care, > Mark > > -- smassy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
