I do recognize that the increased speed will allow me to play with the
software synths, and all the effects that come with them, but I would
still like the option of having a hardware synth available to me.
Darcy
Al Thompson wrote:
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,
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