You might try WhySynth-- it has an async granular mode that might produce similar sounds to what you're looking for. It also incorporates a version of ZynAddSubFx's PadSynth algorithm, among a variety of other oscillator types (FM, waveshaper, a wide variety of waveforms).
<br><br>The Crystal VST also seems to run fine on Linux, and that could be another candidate for making interesting effecty and pad-like sounds.<br><br>Louis<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/10/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Carlos Pino</b> <<a href="mailto:pinojazz@gmail.com">pinojazz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex">
James Stone escribio':<br>> On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 09:18:12PM +0100, Carlos Pino wrote:<br>><br>>> James Stone escribio':<br>>><br>>>> Hi everyone,<br>>>><br>>>> I was just wondering if it is possible to emulate the sound of
<br>>>> absynth under Linux, maybe with a pd module or an om patch?? I<br>>>> remember from back in the day when I used Windows (maybe 4 years<br>>>> ago now..), it had a really unique sound. I haven't really heard
<br>>>> anything like it in Linux, and I am not really sure how it<br>>>> worked.. I know it would be possible to run the vst with libfst,<br>>>> but I would really prefer something native (excuse the pun!!)
<br>>>><br>>>> Impossible??<br>>>><br>>>> James<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>> Have you hear Zynadsubfx<br>>><br>><br>> I have.. but perhaps I am not good enough at making patches..
<br>> Could you point me to some good examples?<br>><br>> James<br>><br>><br>Sorry , I don't know absynth , and I'm not good also , I usually play<br>the banks that comes with it. There are some others presets made by
<br>other people at gentoo pro-audio overlay , here are the files:<br><br><a href="http://proaudio.tuxfamily.org/files/">http://proaudio.tuxfamily.org/files/</a><br><br><br>Here some others:<br><a href="http://atte.dk/sounds/new_collection.tgz">
http://atte.dk/sounds/new_collection.tgz</a><br><br><br>If you want to hear the sounds I did with it :<br><br><a href="http://telefonica.net/web2/pinojazz/after_the_pain.ogg">http://telefonica.net/web2/pinojazz/after_the_pain.ogg
</a><br><a href="http://www.telefonica.net/web2/pinojazz/open_horizon.ogg">http://www.telefonica.net/web2/pinojazz/open_horizon.ogg</a><br><br><br><br>Hope this helps.<br><br>Saludos.<br><br>--Carlos.<br></blockquote></div>
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