On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 03:47:19PM +0100, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 09:36:50AM -0500, Dave Phillips wrote: > > > I don't recall if it's JACKed but that's a must. > > It is. > > > A worthy and laudable interest. I'm dismayed by the slowdown re: > > development of native Linux synths, and I see more projects languishing > > instead of moving forward. > > Dave, do you think there is a place for a softsynth that would be > modular but with a fixed set of modules, everyhing controlled from > one window, no patch cables, only 'hardware controls' such as > sliders and switches, each one assignable to MIDI, and of course > uncompromising audio quality ? > In other words a synth that would be easy to use and optimised for > 'live' work, sort of a MiniMoog on steroids ? Polyphonic of course but > not multi-timbral - just start two or three of them if you need that. Didn't you just describe amSynth ? :-) I use it frequently, precisely because it's so simple. Don't know if all its parameters are MIDI-controllable, though. My current use of synthesis is not very demanding. -- -PW
