Chris Cannam wrote:
> Indeed -- this was true even five years ago.  Many soundcards are
> promoted in a way that implies they have hardware MIDI synths, when in
> fact the sound generator is in the Windows driver.  I don't recall
> hearing of any card with a real hardware synth more recently than the
> SBLive -- those things are a valuable resource!
>   

Yep, pretty much like modems.  Every internal modem I looked at about 6
years ago was actually a "winmodem" which used Windows routines to do
the work.  If you wanted an actual modem, you HAD to get an external
unit.  That's why internal modems were dirt cheap - they had no hardware
to speak of.


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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

 
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und diese Lüge kriecht aus seinem Munde: 'Ich, der Staat, bin das Volk.'
                                                - [Friedrich Nietzsche]


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