Hi Frank, > Though I guess I understand what you mean, I'd like to note that > CSound, SuperCollider and Pd are the by far the most widely used [1] > synths on Linux, so one could argue that they are the real > "mainstream" Linux synths. ;) I should have written 'CSound, Pd, or SuperCollider' (in ASCII order) of course :-) Depends on what you call 'a synth' - each of the above can be used for emulation of (hardware) synths, but they all go much beyond that, being more full electro-acoustic composition tools. -- FA Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa.