Joerg Anders wrote: >Hi all! > >I used to play MIDI with AWE-64 with 24 MB RAM extention. > >So I could use the SF2 soundfonts. >Unfortunately, the AWE-64 requires an EISA slot. > >Could please enybody recommend a PCI successor of the >AWE64 which allows loading of SF2 soundfonts. > >Please do not recommend Audigy! This is a lie! The >Audigy ALSA driver accidentally drops some >tones. This is a known bug, but >apparently nobody is willing to fix this > >See. > >http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Creative+Labs&card=Soundblaster+Audigy+Platinum&chip=Audigy&module=emu10k1 > >Furthermore it ignores reverbation and >chorus instructions. > >Please do not recommend FluidSynth. To avoid >misundersandings: Actually FluidSynth is a good >software. But it produces wrog envelopes for >strings and clarinets. The envelops are >like xylophone (or so ...) > >I alreay mentioned this problem on this list. >But without success. > > > > > Will a plain old SoundBlaster Live! Platinum do you for this? For SF2 soundfonts you don't need 5.1 sorround sound or anything like that. I have an old SBLive! Value and it does that great! Then again I don't use it much for MIDI jobs, and only have sued a couple soundfonts on it with ALSA.
