Simplest VST hosts?

Question

For each platform (Windows, Mac, Linux), what are the most basic apps for simply hosting some VSTs and assigning their parameters to some attached midi control surfaces?

Making this Community Wiki since it's open-ended and can have several legitimate answers, but is still useful. One tool per answer, please, so they can be up and downvoted individually. — Warrior Bob, Jul 18 '12 at 16:44

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 20 '12 at 06:27

http://www.renoise.com/

http://www.modplug.com/index.php

tons more here:

http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2011/05/16/bpb-freeware-studio-best-free-vst-host-applications/

VSTHost freeware: http://www.hermannseib.com/english/vsthost.htm

Simplest VST hosts?

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