[linux-audio-user] HELP: good sound card

[Tobias Ulbricht]

> I have ISA sound card AWE 64 with 24 MB RAM extention.
> This way I can load the sound font "8mbgmsfx.sf2".
> This is the one and only MIDI sound for my ears.
> 
> All other techniques for instance software synthesis with
> TiMidity++ sounds terrible to me, as if the
> orchestra plays in a stock pot.

People seem to go for softsynths still.
google for "fluidsynth" from Peter Hanappe (right spelling?), which loads .sf2 files.
BTW, I think timidity ok.

cheers, tobias.