Alexandre Ratchov <a...@caoua.org> wrote: > > (In case it's not blazingly obvious, I want to try creating a replacement > > for a hardware MIDI synthesizer, but that can choose between soundfonts.) > > I failed to find this kind of box (tryed to build my synth as > well). Most platforms I've found seem to be designed either for > networking or to serve as TVs (i.e. inexistent or poor quality > analog input/outputs).
Have you looked at something like the Alix 1e or the Alix 3d3 from http://pcengines.ch/? The quality of the analog inputs/outputs is quite decent, and despite the slow CPU they are powerful enough to handle soundfont based synths like fluidsynth. You would need an additional USB MIDI cable. > For now my best option is to get and old PC from the bin and to add > a good pci sound card. Unfortunately this doesn't qualify as small. > > Another (unsolved) problem is how to control the synth. Unless you > have a screen and a keyboard, you'll need few buttons to adjust > parameters or at least switch between presets. For now I use a > bulky MIDI control surface but I get no visual feedback about what > is going on. > > Let me know if you find interesting platforms, even if they don't > seem perfect.
