Luc wrote: No, I mentioned those because they are very popular, and I don't believe that most of them have a very simple interface.
Not that I have seem many. I saw/listened to a few on YouTube and didn't like their sound. They seem to be more targeted at acid house or pinball machine music producers, if you know what I mean. I am a lot more interested in the kind of sounds that come with Zynaddsubfx, for example. I love filters that can generate weird sounds, but only if they are somewhat unusual. I hate those dramatic pads that seem to have been all the rage for the last 10~15 years.
Well, that's a broad generalization, especially if you include the u-he synths in there. See, hear, The Unfinished Zebra2/HZ Borealis soundset (for one) walkthough for instance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HYM3Z1u7RA
(The guy takes 45 minutes to walk through the sounds he created, which is nice.) The key might be to search for soundsets using the keyword 'cinematic'.
Luc wrote: Bazille wasn't a very good choice for your argumentation. I see it's a modular synth, and all modulars are complicated. That is never the GUI's fault.
I do not see the point, really. That one uses wires or drop down menus to make assignements, the assignements are still there. Eg. many synths are actually 'modular' as they offer users many ways to combine components together. I'm almost certain this is the case with zyn also. For instance, if there are multiple EG, the user might have the choice to use one, or both. Same with LFOs, use them or not. This is also modular in nature.
Moreover, Bazille was used because it has everything on one screen. And you can switch to another screen for more. The comparison was to be made with an application that uses many 'popup' screens as in zyn, not with the underlying architecture which do have common points though.
Zebra2 could have been used instead, it would have offered the same comparison. I did not want to use a simpler synth such as ACE or Diva to comapre with zyn.
Airwave: That's nice to know. When I come around to updating the Linux system to the latest I will consider it seriously, as well as taking the time it will certainly take to get it working
Do you run anything in Airwave say, from Melda, or from Waves ?