I thought so too,ssj71 wrote:Sounds like Carla to me. Just save the carla project in your home directory and drag and drop it from the file explorer in the RHS column. I've had really good results using it with sfzs. Haven't tried the setBfree plugin on it, but I haven't had great luck in any host with setBfree lv2. Never dug into it.GMaq wrote:So essentially I want a host for sound libs and VST/LV2 instruments with the ability to switch instrument channels from the MIDI Controller Keyboard and throw in a minimum of effects and dynamics and the ability to pre-mix. I also want to show up at the gig boot the computer, plug in the controller and go. One thing I will say about using Ardour3, you save the session and everything is ready to go next time.
Carla is SO close and when falkTX added that awesome MIDIsplit plugin I was over the moon, however it doesn't recognize SetBfree and IIRC it has LV2 UI extensions that Carla doesn't support yet. The reason I'm so adamant about SetBfree is it's leslie sounds so much more realistic than most other hardware (Yamaha, Korg) Synths I've heard and I am admittedly a bit of a 'sound snob' and very picky, the Leslie on SetBfree works in a very on/off realistic way and has that magical 'Chorale' sound nailed, many hardware Synths just have a very lame modulation effect on the mod wheel that just sounds Cheesy.
Something not so great about Carla when you separate it from the rest of falkTX's amazing session tools is that it is a bit awkward to manage using JACK1 without going to NSM or using a scripted combination of Carla's project files and aj-snapshot, not an insurmountable problem I realize but just an extra layer of complexity and an added learning curve since so far I've lived happily without session management due to being an Ardour fanboy for years now. I have high hopes for Carla still though and I'm sure in time it will support SetBfree, if the LV2 version comes to fruition it will be a win-win for sure!