I agree that Phasex is a better virtual Linux synth, but it still is far away from analog sound. IIRC another good virtual Linux synth is Calf Monosynth. I compared the virtual Linux synth outputs using HDSPe AIO outputs, ADA8000 outputs and EWX 24/96 outputs with an Oberheim Matrix-1000 connected to the same analog mixer. The same for a virtual digital synth, my DX7 does sound classes better than Hexter does. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: HDSPMx579bcc [RME AIO_579bcc], device 0: RME AIO [RME AIO] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: EWX2496 [TerraTec EWX24/96], device 0: ICE1712 multi [ICE1712 multi] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 2: EWX2496_1 [TerraTec EWX24/96], device 0: ICE1712 multi [ICE1712 multi] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 I guess Phasex and Yoshimi are the most used virtual Linux synth on my machine, OTOH in more than 10 years using Linux only at home, I never really finished an audio production at home, resp. I never released a production. MIDI jitter, xruns, sound quality, a bad RME driver are issues you don't experience with good stand alone gear. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
