Nice perspective, informative. I think it would be a great resource to get feedback like what you said from a wide range of linux-audio musicians, as a kind of "probe" to find the most significant lacking elements. Perhaps I'll be told "we know that already", but what harm in confirming our suspicions?
Anybody know how to best gather up such info? (I'm not experienced in that kinda thing)
Re workflow, if some type of OSC protocol could be established between a synth ("client"/"automate-able") and an automation program ("host"/"automater"), twisting the knob on the synth client could inform the host which parameter to show in the editor...?
Perhaps its a bit of a hack, and it would require wide-spread implementation to become useful, but it is a *workable* solution. Perhaps not the neatest, but I think worth mentioning.