[linux-audio-user] GM SoundFont recommendations
Michael T D Nelson
m_nels at gmx.net
Wed Jul 20 07:52:29 EDT 2005
Marcel Karras wrote:
> I'm new to home recording and have a CMedia 8738 card.
> Is there a way to use SoundFonts with it or do I have to own a
> SB Live! or AWE32/64 or Audigy?
I have the same card. As I understand it, you can't use the SoundFonts
in hardware, as you would with a SoundBlaster.
However, you *can* use a software sampler, like fluidsynth (I use the
qsynth graphical front-end to fluidsynth). Of course, this depends on
the capabilities of your processor, RAM, and so on.
I have a P3 700Mhz machine, with something in the region of 600MB SDRAM.
I find that a couple of largeish soundfonts in fluidsynth (bass and
drums from naturalstudio) takes up 49% of my RAM.
Hope this helps
Michael Nelson
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