On 03/12/2011 06:43 PM, diego simak wrote: > Sorry to ask but are you refering to sfxload instead afxload? probably yes, you're right :) afxload is a firmaware loader for ezusb devices or whatever. sfxload is the correct sf2 loader for creative soundcards byee -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela rncbc@xxxxxxxxx > > > 2011/3/12 Rui Nuno Capela <rncbc@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:rncbc@xxxxxxxxx>> > > On 03/12/2011 04:12 PM, Paul Davis wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 1:45 AM, Batz > <batzman-lau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:batzman-lau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > wrote: > >> Y-ellow Lady and Gentlemen. > >> OK, it's been a long time in coming but I have an audigy 2. So > >> basically... How do you get it to actually work? > >> > >> I've tried lots of distros and to be honest, all of them have > problems. So > >> whilst one of them might actually be better than what I'm using, > I have no > >> idea how to tell. Currently the only thing I found where most things > >> actually worked is TangoStudio. Though to be honest, I hate > gnome. And > >> Ubuntu for that matter. But the networking works. Most of the > audio works. > >> Although trying to install the linux sampler project failed > miserably. And > >> to be honest, after 3 months of mind numbing research, I'm sick > of it all. > >> > >> That said. I've got this Audigy 2. Jack can see the synth's MIDI > input but > >> apart from that, nothing else. There appears to be no control > over any of > >> it's audio and no software to drive the synth. I did a search but > that only > >> left me wondering if it's usability under linux was in fact a > myth. So > >> before I go any further, I thought I'd poke my head in here and > see what the > >> collective wisdom was. > > > > so, to summarize: > > > > 1) it is your belief that the audigy 2 has an onboard synth > > 2) you've been unable to find any way to use it > > > > is that correct? > > > > i don't really know about (1), but my gut feeling is that you're wrong > > (i did a quick google check and i don't see anything to make me thinkg > > otherwise). as for (2), linux in general doesn't tend to support the > > onboard synths of most soundcards. this sounds bad, but actually, it > > isn't and here's why: manufacturers stopped making devices with > > onboard synths years ago. not many of them were any good, and the ones > > that were (gravis and turtle beach) do have linux support. > > > > the audigy 2 is certainly usable as an audio device, though its > > fundamentally crappy design does lead to some issues when you want to > > use it for duplex operation (simultaneous playback and capture). > > > > its really unclear from your email what you want to do. how about you > > try to describe that in more detail so that people can help you rather > > than just tell you that, despite the marketing material you may have > > seen, you've got a pretty crappy audio interface :) > > > > iirc the audigy2 does have an integrated synth, or iow, an integrated > soundfont2 rompler, as most creative soundcards. as such, quality mostly > depends on the particular sf2 file that is loaded > > of course, you need afxload to load a sf2 before you throw in any midi > and ear any audio from it ;) > > cheers > -- > rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela > rncbc@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:rncbc@xxxxxxxxx> > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user > > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
