Good point. The other thing you lose comes from your "but you can mix both together", which should be completed as "if you have an analog mixing console"! :-) If you have to add a console to the $24 of the SB, then it becomes a different thing! :-) Plus I'm trying to save physical space and build a small studio I can take from place to place (can't record drums in my flat for instance). Because of this, I think I'm more inclined to big CPU and digital mixing. The fact that you can do things such as route soft synth sounds to ladspa plugins or route different digital audio outputs to the same soundcard (thanks to Jack) is a kind of dream come true, I think we all tend to assume these possibilities as natural but they are a kind of miracle flexibility-wise. Cheers, Alex >Yeah, the only really good bet is to get an sblive card, I got an oem for >only $24 and the onboard synth works great with alsa. You get the benefit >of 0 latency for playing back sound fonts, but you also lose out, with >software synths like fluidsynth its possible to send the soundfonts >through ladspa plugins, while in hardware this isn't possible. But you can >mix both togther, so I usually use the hardware for my percussion sounds, >which screw up the music if they glitch out, and then I can use software >for stuff I want to put effects on. _________________________________________________________________ Acepta el reto MSN Premium: Correos m?s divertidos con fotos y textos incre?bles en MSN Premium. Desc?rgalo y pru?balo 2 meses gratis. http://join.msn.com?XAPID=1697&DI=1055&HL=Footer_mailsenviados_correosmasdivertidos
