[LAU] Audigy too

[Rui Nuno Capela]

On 03/12/2011 04:12 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 1:45 AM, Batz <batzman-lau at all-electric.com> 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
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rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
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