Darcy Kahle wrote: > I have been using Rosegarden on a Pentium II 350 for quite some time, > and it looks like it is time to upgrade my hardware. I do not think > that my current system would be fast enough to run the new Rosegarden, > and I look forward to using the latest version. > I am interested in hearing from the community on what would be the best > sound card for MIDI work. I currently have a SoundBlaster Live! that > has the embedded hardware MIDI Synth, and that has been a god-send with > my current hardware. I would like to get another soundcard with an > embedded hardware MIDI Synth for the new system. I have found that > Creative Labs has created the SB X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty, which appears > to me to meet the requirements. Anyone hear anything about this, or > know of any other soundcard that meets my requirements? I realize that > I could use software synths, but I would prefer hardware synths, for > obvious reasons. >
If you upgrade your hardware, the reasons won't be nearly so obvious. I'd strongly suggest using something like Fluidsynth or QSynth. They use .SF2 files, so the soundfonts from your soundblaster will still work if you have compositions which depend on those sounds, but you can use ANY .SF2 file, and there are many, which gives you a huge choice of drumkits, pianos, organs, etc. You'll quickly get over your fondness of soundblaster-type engines once you play around with some of the DSSI and other soft-synths, -- Check out the website I've been cobbling together. It will never be done, but it's a start: http://lateralforce.no-ip.org My blog, with commentary on a variety of things, including audio, mixing, equipment, etc, is at: http://audioandmore.wordpress.com Staat heißt das kälteste aller kalten Ungeheuer. Kalt lügt es auch; und diese Lüge kriecht aus seinem Munde: 'Ich, der Staat, bin das Volk.' - [Friedrich Nietzsche] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and other IT data in Real-Time with Splunk. Collect, index and harness all the fast moving IT data generated by your applications, servers and devices whether physical, virtual or in the cloud. Deliver compliance at lower cost and gain new business insights. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-user mailing list [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
