Both the Roland JV Series (particularly the 1080 and 2080) and the Korg N5 are easy to find on ebay and show up from time to time in musical second hand stores. They both have General Midi support as well as a decent selection of other sounds, and offer a good degree of programmability. Despite their age they are still relevant. There are definition files (.rgd) for the 1080 and similar supplied with rosegarden, and we have one for the N-5. I don't know if it's distributed with rosegarden or something one of us made. The EMU Proteus 2000 and similar are also worth considering.
We have a JV-1080, an N5 Keyboard and we're looking for an N5-R (rack version). As far as capable sound cards go, consider the M-Audio Audiophile 24/96. It has minimal features, but is a dependable low latency device with robost RCA connectors for audio and one midi bus. The same chipset is used in studio oriented cards like the Delta 1010. No midi synth on any of them, but there's a single midi bus for hardware like the above. We've had good experiences with ESI midi adaptors, I rely on an M8U for live work, but that's probably a bit excessive. -- Charles Elwood ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-user mailing list [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
