Hi Mark:
No, virmidi provides a virtual MIDI connection for machines with no
external MIDI I/O ports. It enables a MIDI sequencer running on my
laptop to connect to a concurrently running synth like AMS, ZynAddSubFX,
SSM, or TiMidity.
What you want is something like TiMidity, a software synthesizer that
uses SF2 soundfonts or Gravis Ultrasound PAT files for its sound sources.
And FWIW, wavetable synthesis originally had quite a different meaning
than the soundcard manufacturers decided on for it. In Csound, for
instance, wavetable synthesis refers to the use of a stored function
table to provide an oscillator with a single-cycle waveform. Not that
that's made a lick of difference to the soundcard manufacturers... ;)
Best regards,
Dave Phillips
Mark Wilson wrote:
>While googling info. about how to accomplish musical
>expression in MIDI, I digressed to the following link:
>www.midisound.com/techncl.htm
>
>Particularly the last section:
>"What if I don't own a sound card with "Wavetable"
>synthesis?"
>
>What would be the comparable alternative(s) under
>Linux?
>virmidi?
>
>TIA,
>Mark
>
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