Yeah, I looked into Juce (which both Hollyhock and Max/Msp are now using) but as you say--it would be my life's work. I'm not really up for digging into C++ right now. If there was juce for Java I'd give it a shot.

I'm not even sure Max could handle my needs, as you need to open a seperate window ...

Well, one solution to that is to allow it to be either a host OR a vst, but not both.

But I suppose that might be difficult to implement.

Am I the only one out there that feels like there are 100 plugins for every purpose I could ever imagine, and no appropriate host?

If you want to record with ...

I sure like the way flowstone is organized, and I'd love to create a VST host with it. Any plans to support hosting? I like that it can create .exe's, and from what I've seen so far it seems easier to understand than max/msp and more powerful than usine.

Thanks!
-eric