As far as I can tell, if you're using Alsa, any of the Live/Audigy series support soundfonts with the on-board synth. I've personally tried all three (Live/Audigy/Audigy2) and all work very well. The midi uart also seems to work well via the joystick port (full I/O). later, Steve Joerg Anders wrote: > Hi all! > > 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.) > > 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" ? >
