Bentō could be such a brilliant machine for soundscape design inspiration. Sadly, it is a standalone application.<p>In some ways it’s more versatile and suitable for workflows that don’t involve a DAW. However, having it available as a VST/AU would’ve opened up countless new possibilities—for example, after seeing the demo video I immediately had a vision of a soundscape that uses a few of those simultaneously, but 1) the app does not let you launch multiple instances of itself; 2) even if that was allowed, orchestrating launching all of them and saving/loading corresponding presets every time would be an obstacle; 3) that aside, playing (let alone automating) all instances when performing or recording your scape would be quite a royal challenge.<p>And as a minor grumble, unlike VST plugins and audio units commonly distributed as single files that can be manually copied where appropriate, this application needs to be installed (and with root privileges to boot, not sure why that’s necessary).