For a while now I've wanted to fiddle with a reasonably powerful synthesis engine but haven't found a suitable one yet. I've been dying to give csound a good try but haven't succeeded in compiling it yet, and I've tried cmix but have found it a bit too "low-level" for my humble tastes. My problem is that most of the interesting synthesis engines and synth emulators today seem to come with a GUI and I can't use one, nor do I care to, to be frank. So, does anyone have a suggestion for a fairly powerful CLI synth engine I might try?

Hi, For a while now I've wanted to fiddle with a reasonably powerful synthesis engine but haven't found a suitable one yet. I've been dying to give csound a good try but haven't succeeded in compiling it yet, and I've tried cmix but have found it a bit too "low-level" for my humble tastes. My problem is that most of the interesting synthesis engines and synth emulators today seem to come with a GUI and I can't use one, nor do I care to, to be frank. So, does anyone have a suggestion for a fairly powerful CLI synth engine I might try? Thanks, S.M.