Hi, > > Some time ago I asked for a PCI soundcard which can deal with > *.sf(2) soundfonts and works on Linux. I was told "soundblaster live 512" > is a good choice. But this soundcard is unknown to all resellers. > (They know "soundblaster live 5.1", but I'm afraid it has no > hardware MIDI synthesizer.) To my knowledge _all_ sb-live cards are built on the emu10k chip. Hence all live cards support soundfonts in hardware. > > Now a reseller recommended "Audigy 6.1 platinum". Is there > anybody who has experiences with this type of soundcard? > Escpecially: Does the hardware MIDI synthesizer work on Linux? > Can I change the orchestra using "sfxload" ? Audigy is not a bad card if you want hardware soundfont support (I'm unsure how good it is supported under linux though, last time I tried ,I've got one, it didn't work that well...) Having said this, I should add that I own several sb-live cards in various configurations. These days though I almost never use the built in support for soundfonts. Most of the time I find it better to use Fluidsynth. The only concern here is that Fluidsynth will consume CPU resources which the hardware synth won't. Regards, Robert