Re: [linux-audio-user] ANN: JOST, a simple host for native VST - juce and gui theming

On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 12:46:29PM +0100, Atte André Jensen wrote:

> I never had any problems with ams, besides a few crashes (which is one
> reason it's sad it isn't maintained). Here it just worked.

So it just works as long as it doesn't crash.

 
> >Ever considered creating patches for a multitrack MIDI composition
> >in AMS?
>
> Yes, and I did! Just start several instances of ams...

Ouch. Sure, for 10 or more patches, for every session and after
every crash.
In Om I just make use of a root patch, but without more far
reaching changes to AMS, LASH would be the only hope.

> I'm sure there's alot of brilliant ideas and code in om/ingen and it
> might rock big time in the future. But without any stable release it's
> not really (for me at least) to be considered a player.

I wouldn't consider the AMS I remember as a stable release.

So I should add that I can't recommend any modular synth, currently.
(not taking PD and co into account, as they're more abstract and much
harder to get into.)

-- 
Thorsten Wilms