Hi Thomas,

>What about using Csound as MIDI-Synthesizer ? That's what I am doing, and
>it's working quite good. So you don't have to fiddle with csound's score
>language. But for good realtime response, you should have 2 computers,
>one (the slower one) running CakeWalk (i.e.), and one running csound 
>(I'm using a PentiumII/350MHz for that and it's fast enough), and you then
>connect the two with a MIDI cable. I also bought a Kawai K6000 MIDI
controller >box with 16 knobs. As you can read out the controller values
with csound, you >can modify the sounds in realtime, just like with an
Analog Synthesizer >(cooool..)

I've been surveying softsynths for a while, and this is an option I've
been thinking very seriously about.  In fact, you just about described
my dream setup exactly! :)  Do you mind sharing a bit more info
with the list?  What version of CSound are you running?  Obviously it's 
an RT variant, just wondering which one.  Also, do you use any sort of visual
front end with it like VisOrc or do you just tweak at the orc/sco level?

Cheers,
Chris (the Hex)