Headless plugin host (LV2)

[Vixus]

I've currently got an RPi running jackd+sooperlooper and its doing a fantastic job. I wanted to run some simple LV2 plugins (mostly ArtyFX) from the individual loop track outs so I could try some cool stuff like sidechaining with Ducka. The RPi is headless, so I'd need some way of controlling the effects on/off, wet/dry and individual parameters via MIDI.

Is there any host that could do this? I've seen Jalv, which would allow me to run each plugin as a jack client, but not sure how I would route MIDI and toggle the effect with it.

EDIT: Looks like Carla might be what I need.. will check it out.