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Surge Synthesizer

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Wow! Surge is one of my favorite synths and heavily used back when I was productive musician. And Linux support! Big up, can't wait too boot up BitWig and play with this old friend again. Thanks devs!

Whoa, this was nice to see. I haven’t used Surge in probably nearly 10 years? I remember it was one of my favorite plugins at the time. It sounds lovely and has a great balance between simplicity and creativity inducing power!

I've lost touch with this field a while ago.

Could y'all recommend some good VST hosts, for any OS (Win, Lin, Mac)? Simple, no-frills stuff, just enough to run something like Surge.

For Linux, I use Jack [0] (low-latency audio API) + Carla [1] (VST host) + Claudia [2] (session manager)

For OS X, Logic Pro is good and very affordable.

[0] http://jackaudio.org/ [1] https://kx.studio/Applications:Carla [2] https://kx.studio/Applications:Claudia

Logic Pro to my knowledge cannot host VSTs. But many VSTs have Audio Unit ports which it can use.

Yeah, good point. I take VST as a generic term for audio plugins. Most VSTs (including surge) will have AU ports as well.

Plogue Bidule is an interesting little app; It just uses node graph with a few basic primitives and a VST container for plugins. I use it all the time if I just want to fire up a virtual synth without loading an entire DAW.

You can get Tracktion 7 for free on all those platforms: https://www.tracktion.com/products/t7-daw

I really like Reaper, it's cheap, has a long (unlimited) free trial, and runs on Windows and Mac.

It runs on Linux too

Looks awesome, I installed it on Mac, but I can't find the app or install location. How do I actually run this thing?

Its a plugin meant to run inside VST hosts like ableton, reaper, or logic.

I'm not a Mac User, but you should be able to use the AU (Audio Unit) in Garage Band.

Fantastic work. I will be trying this out in the near future, and may look to contribute code and/or presets as well. Thanks!

So great to see Linux support .. and with REAPER now working pretty well on Linux too, it seems that Linux-based DAW's have a bit of future to them. It is really a great feeling to be able to take a project on MacOS and move it over to Linux seamlessly and without hassle.

Whoever is responsible for ensuring Surge is on Linux: thank you! This is really, really appreciated .. off to make a donation, for that fact alone.

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