Hi,
At Fri, 13 Jul 2001 08:37:53 -0400,
Dave Phillips wrote:
>
> Benno Senoner wrote:
>
> > A related question: actually I do not have any external MIDI soundgenerating
> > module (expander, keyboard) here, but I have the SB Live and would like to
> > compare the behaviour of the sampler to a real midi soundgenerating module.
>
> I own outboard gear and an SBLive. I'm not sure the comparison is apt,
> though I do ilke the EMU10K1 synth.
Depending on soundfonts, of course?
The default 8MB is not satisfactory.
There are a lot of free fonts on web in the wide range of file sizes.
The larger is not always better, though..
> > Can anyone give me a tip how to make the emu10k1 MIDI sounddevice work ?
> > Do I need to load some soundfont (general midi) that comes with the CD of the
> > SBLive ?
>
> Yes, you do. I do so by utilizing the sfxload utility:
>
> sfxload /home/dlphilp/sfonts/8mbgmsfx.sf2
>
> I think it comes from Takashi's site (?). The SF2 package came from the
> SBLive CD (I think).
Yes, the program is included in my awesfx package.
Grab it from either http://www.alsa-project.org/~iwai/awedrv.html
or http://members.tripod.de/iwai/awedrv.html.
Please note that the ALSA emu10k1 driver still cannot handle large
soundfonts. It's is purely due to the hardware limit - 32MB of PTB.
I'd like to fix this problem but it's still pending for long time.
Takashi
