[Ubuntu] Best Softsynths/Vst/Ladspa Instruments?

General Discussion
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im a convinced linux user and im making all my music on it. tho, i have to say i mostly use samples i tweak a lot inside renoise : i dont know any stable and nice embedded softsynth and its a big limitation. i would like to make nice basses and sounds by myself, the only serious softsynth i know is zynaddsubfx. but its very complicated to use and ugly…i dream to use vsts like v-station and massive within my renoise, but its not gonna happen until a long long time…so heres my question : what can i use instead…or maybe how can i use those as standalone synths in windows using virtualbox, without having any licensed program?

moreover, i dont find anywhere the steinberg sdk module needed to run vsts?

help me!!

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http://www.steinberg.net/en/newsandevents/news/newsdetail/article/vst3-sdk-update-available-now-340.html (I dont think you need this to run already compiled vsts though)
http://www.linux-vst.com/ a site with links to already compiled vsts
checkout www.loomer.co.uk (im too poor to buy one myself, but the demos sound sweet.)

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Have also a look at discoDSP - Discovery ^_^

You can also test dssi-vst to have some vst as dssi in renoise

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Zynaddsubfx can do just about anything if you’re willing to tinker with it enough. If not, the presets are great as well. Plus it’s in the repos!

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I’m not sure if you would like this solution, but I run Windows Renoise on Ubuntu in WINE, so I can use windows vst instruments and effects.It runs really well on my system, but of course YMMV. I actually find that windows Renoise runs with a lower CPU overhead per vst on Ubuntu than on Windows.

Until someone writes a Windows vst to Linux vst wrapper, or Linux Renoise supports windows Vsts (I wish) This will be my preferred way of running Renoise.