[linux-audio-user] Midi questions

[Brett W. McCoy]

Dave Phillips wrote:
> Chris Cannam wrote:
> 
>> On Monday 27 Feb 2006 16:19, Dave Phillips wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> The SBLive card might be a good solution. It includes an on-board
>>> hardware synthesizer (the EMU10k1)
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Beware, the current SBLive "24-bit" uses a different chipset.  It 
>> works with ALSA, but it has no hardware synth and thus no reason to 
>> exist.
>>
> Thanks, Chris, that's good to know.
> 
>> Does anyone know whether they still make the emu10k1-based SBLive at all?
>>  
>>
> Don't know about that, but there's a bunch on eBay selling for cheap.
> 
> Chaz'll still need that adapter though. Probably costs more than the card.

For that matter, an M-Audio 2496 can be used (and has a decent MIDI 
interface), in conjunction with Fluidsynth. The 2496 cards are only $99 
these days.

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