[linux-audio-dev] softsynth SDK

[nikodimka]

>> I have a couple of algorithms I would like to turn
>> into a softsynth.
>> I want the synth to be alsaseq->synth->jack .
>> And I want it to have a couple of GUI knobs.
>...
>> I would really like to escape dealing with basic functionality
>> which has been implemented tens of times in the existing
>> softsynths, but want to concentrate on the algorithms themselves.
>
>Well, why not extend some of the existing softsynths? That's what I
>do: Because I'm too lazy to write gui code I write Pd externals. The
>GUI part can be quickly done inside Pd (and every other user could do
>their own). jMax or SSM also come to mind 

Its only a half of solution.
Can I "compile" or "render" the resulting engine into single executable?
I feel pretty uncomfortable when instead of using 
a small self-contained synth I have to load its guts into editing
environment.

>
>and of course it is also
>possible to directly write a LADSPA plugin and load that in one of
>.those softsynths. 


Does LADSPA support alsaseq MIDI input?

nikodimka


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