[wplug] Need a VERY Linux friendly MIDI/Soundcard

[Robert Coutch]

Thanks for yor reply Don.
I'm looking into the Audigy.

I was hoping to hear from a lot more MIDI users to see if any particular
card really stood out.

Anybody else suggest a good MIDI card?


Thanks,

Bob

On Monday 25 August 2003 08:55 pm, Vanco, Donald wrote:
> I'vw not had time to test it extensively (or attempt to load ALSA against
> it), but the latest RH beta likes my  Creative Audigy 2.  Overall, I'd say
> the Soundblaster variety your best bet - even "better" varieties are
> getting really cheap these days.  You can get a s Soundblaster 128 for a
> few bucks, and there's several places (like http://www.minidisco.com
> <http://www.minidisco.com> ) where you can find an SPDIF card for them (or
> a slick digital I/O add-in tray).
>
> I chose the Audigy for one reason - 105dB signal to noise ratio - it rocks.
> FireWire is a nice bonus, but I;ve got like 4 ports now!
>
> Thus far the AC97 based card in this Shuttle XPC mobo is also happy - it
> too is "5.1" and had digital I/O.
>
> My only poor experiences have been with Aureal (now long gone) and SiS
> based boards.
>
> YMMV
> Don
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Coutch [mailto:robert.coutch at verizon.net]
> Sent: Mon 8/25/2003 8:28 PM
> To: wplug at wplug.org
> Cc:
> Subject: [wplug] Need a VERY Linux friendly MIDI/Soundcard
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm really coming to my wits end trying to get MIDI working with ALSA and
> my
>
> Yamaha YMF-724 soundcard.
>
> The card has a few years on it so I'm entertaining the idea of a new sound
> card.
>
> I'd like something that includes at least wavetable/sampled sounds as well
> as
> synth (FM/PCM/etc) sounds.
>
> It's got to work well with ALSA (especially the MIDI portion).
>
> Bells and whistles (optical in/out, surround sound, ect) are neat but not a
> requirement.
>
> Got any suggestion ( I know you do - that's why I asked) ?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> BTW -  I discussed the JACK realtime stuff with someone ( maybe Russ?). I
> discovered it is included in SuSE 8.2 as well as Rosegarden and a bunch of
> other goodies. ( That's SuSE 8.2 Professional).
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