<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Zynthian started life as a way to host ZynAddSubFX in a standalone box, so .. yeah .. :)<div><br></div><div>If you’ve got a spare RaspberryPi floating around give it a boot. Pretty great to be honest, perfect little performance-friendly plugin host that you forget is a plugin host and just treat like a hard synth/FX unit. Albeit infinitely patchable.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I have 3 of them, mostly in use as USB/MIDI hubs and effects units, as my rig these days includes both my 19” rack, a bunch of small and portable standalone synths, a couple of different sequencer/grooveboxes, and a eurorack section with its own set of clock-dependent thingies. Zynthian ties it all together …</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Will get another one to host the 3 FM1’s that I’ll integrate soon as well. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">;<div>--</div><div>seclorum </div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 20.10.2026, at 12:13, Niall Munnelly via music-bar <music-bar@lists.music-bar.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Oh, Zynthian is hardware! I think I was thinking of… Zyn Add Sub FX, or some similarly-named software?<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Yours,</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Niall.</span></div></div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 20, 2026 at 12:03 Niall Munnelly <<a href="mailto:niall.munnelly@gmail.com">niall.munnelly@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks! I haven't thought about Zynthian in yonks. I'll give it a wee look.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 20 Oct 2026 at 10:27, Jay Vaughan via music-bar <<a href="mailto:music-bar@lists.music-bar.org" target="_blank">music-bar@lists.music-bar.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">This is where Zynthian truly shines. <div><br></div><div>So many MIDI Effects modules to chain, gang, etc. Plus there is CV/Gate, MIDI timing is generally very tight, and you can rely on it as a general Swiss army tool for exactly these kinds of MIDI-based use cases.<div><br></div><div>Seriously don’t bother with Arduino and Claude (unless that’s your $vibe)- Zynthian can do all the MIDI FX you need, plus so, so much more …</div><div><br></div><div><div style="display:block"><div style="display:inline-block" role="link"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none" rel="nofollow" href="https://zynthian.org/engines/_engine-list/engine-x42-midifilters" dir="ltr" role="button" width="300" target="_blank"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:rgb(95,95,95);font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td><table bgcolor="#5F5F5F" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="table-layout:fixed;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(95,95,95)"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px;overflow:hidden"><div style="font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://zynthian.org/engines/_engine-list/engine-x42-midifilters" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><font color="#FFFFFF" style="color:rgb(255,255,255)">x42 MIDI-filters | The open music instrument</font></a></div><div style="font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://zynthian.org/engines/_engine-list/engine-x42-midifilters" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><font color="#FFFFFF" style="color:rgba(235,235,245,0.6)">zynthian.org</font></a></div></div></td><td style="padding:6px 12px 6px 0px" width="30"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://zynthian.org/engines/_engine-list/engine-x42-midifilters" target="_blank"><div><favicon.ico></div></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><br></div><div><br id="m_-8551551730486494733m_3108653512080972337lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">;<div>--</div><div>seclorum</div></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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