D. Michael McIntyre wrote: > On Monday, February 28, 2011, Darcy Kahle wrote: > >> I currently have a SoundBlaster Live! that has the embedded hardware MIDI >> Synth... 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. > > I don't know anything about that hardware, and haven't researched it, but I > would be really surprised if it has a working hardware MIDI synth. Creative > phased those out in new models several years ago, and I don't look for them > to > come back.
I glanced at what NewEgg has to say about it. They don't say anything about it having a hardware MIDI synth. But maybe it does. It sounds like it's mostly aimed at gaming, not audio work. The thread here is from someone looking for a Linux-compatible sound card with hardware synth: http://www.groupsrv.com/linux/about162836.html Some of the folk there mention some other sound cards with hardware MIDI synth options (via daughterboards): * Diamond MX 300 with midi daughter card * Santa Cruz SC 4630 with midi daughter card * Santa Cruz SC 8830 with midi daughter card I used to have a Turtle Beach sound card (ISA), had better sound quality than Creative's products of the time. > Even if the hardware supports that capability, which is doubtful, it's even > less likely that it would actually work in the Linux driver. At least these are nominally supported (as of the date of the thread above): The snd-emu10k1 driver supports the following cards: SB Live! SB Live! 5.1 SB Live! Value SB Live! Platinum SB Audigy 1 SB Audigy 1 ES SB Audigy 2 SB Audigy 2 Value SB Audigy 2 Platinum SB Audigy 2 Platinum EX SB Audigy 2 ZS SB Audigy 4 SB Audigy 4 PRO Here's a link someone posted on the linux-audio-users list a while back - Canonical's (Ubuntu) list of officially-supported audio hardware: http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/catalog/category/AUDIO They say the SB X-Fi is supported. > No, I'm afraid it's likely that the only way to go for MIDI reproduction in > hardware is an external sound module. Even those are far less common than > they used to be. I'm not sure what's current today, but I went shopping for > a > replacement for my ancient Roland Sound Canvas as recently as two years ago, > and only found perhaps five models to choose from in existence. If anything, > there are probably fewer new models in existence today. Another option would be some of the $$$ arranger type keyboards. > Software synths are just the way to go these days. Me, I'm keeping my Sound > Canvas for the foreseeable future. When it finally dies, the used vintage > market seems like the only way to go for securing a suitable replacement. > They just aren't making this stuff like they used to. The Sound Canvas line > itself transitioned from Roland to Edirol, and was last incarnated as a piece > of software for Windows before dying out completely. eBay can be your friend! > OK, now get off my lawn you darn kids. <shakes fist> Nah, Michael, use your pro audio setup to output those annoying high-pitched frequencies that only the kids can here! ;-) -- David [email protected] authenticity, honesty, community ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
