Re: [LAU] My JX-8P is dead, any SW based synth that can handle the heritage? :-(

Julien, those controllers are a good point. The KORG nanoKONTROL is very cheap, I own one since around 1 year, but never used it, anyway, it's known to work with Linux. If the OP has got some iThingy, there's a MIDI-Wi-Fi driver for Linux, unfortunately I still try to get Wi-Fi working on my machine. I assume that Wi-Fi for other Linux users does work ;D. FWIW, IIRC for mono Calf Monosynth and for poly Phasex can emulate some vintage synth, but still not the output of CEM chips. Hm? Mr. Smith still has got CEM chips, anyway, what happens if you need to replace such a chip? Full ACK Al. We only can buy second hand analog synth that are less old and that might still last for a while. If needed I would try to get something similar to a Minimoog out of my Oberheim Matrix-1000, but for doing this I need to get my Atari ST working again or I need to run Apple, Microsoft. Since my TG33 is borked, I hope we get some soft synth for vector control. The TG33 sounds without the vector control are less good than many soft synth, just the vector control adds a special quality that can't be produced with Linux soft synth, so theoretical it should be possible to get an TG33 emulator that is better than the original. The TG33 hasn't good samples and the FM synthesis isn't comparable to my DX7, but the TG33's FM synthesis might be comparable to the output of Hexter. James, Whysynth is very useful, but completely no help to get something Roland like. YMMV! An interesting and scary thread. Regards, Ralf