TAL NoiseMaker, IMHO, is the best sounding, most fully featured and has the best UI out of all the GPL softsynths - the problems being:<div><br></div><div>* Its not 100% free software yet as it depends on the VST SDK to be compiled</div>
<div><br></div><div>* The current Linux version either disconnects from JACK or just produces no sound for a number of its presets</div><div><br></div><div>* I&#39;ve been unable to get the Linux build to operate at any higher than 48Khz although it should work at 96Khz+ according to the author</div>
<div><br></div><div>I thought it time to check on here to see if anyone was thinking about or has already started on porting NoiseMaker to LV2? It would be a superb boost to LV2 and Linux Audio in general and would allow NoiseMaker to enter the repositories of the popular distros.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I never heard back from Vember Audio re a lxvst port of Shortcircuit nor has Kunitoki replied to me re getting HighLife lxvst to work so as it stands Highlife is x86 32bit only ie if you can&#39;t get the plugin on the DiscoDSP download page to work you&#39;re SOL right now. On top of that petri-foo dev has been put on hold but that doesn&#39;t fulfil my requirements anyway as its not an LV2. As a result I have been left with no other option than to look into coding a simple LV2 sampler myself although this is currently at early planning stages and means I finally have to bite the bullet and finally actually learn the unlearnable monstrosity that is C++!</div>
<div><br></div><div>Before anyone pipes up - linuxsampler is NOT an option. LS and I have never seen eye to eye nor have I ever got it working properly anyway. Its just a complicated mess that won&#39;t load a simple wav.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Wish me luck!</div>