+1 for Calf Monosynth and WhySynth. They, in addition to AMS and PHASEX, are the synths I've used most. Zyn is kind of old and doesn't do RT; the new thing is Yoshimi, and I dunno if it supports LASH or ladish, but I'd guess both. For the record, I *HATE* session management and I don't run LASH at all when I can avoid it (IIRC, there's some synth that I use or used which requires LASH, so I occasionally have to start it up). I generally can't stand technologies that try to be "smart" and do things I don't explicitly instruct them to do. Frustrates the hell out of me. FWIW, I am also the kind of guy who turns off autocomplete and spelling checkers whenever I can. -ken