[LAU] Audigy too

[Rui Nuno Capela]

On 03/12/2011 06:43 PM, diego simak wrote:
> Sorry to ask but are you refering to sfxload instead afxload?

probably yes, you're right :)

afxload is a firmaware loader for ezusb devices or whatever. sfxload is
the correct sf2 loader for creative soundcards

byee
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rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
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> 
> 
> 2011/3/12 Rui Nuno Capela <rncbc at rncbc.org <mailto:rncbc at rncbc.org>>
> 
>     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 <mailto: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
>     --
>     rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
>     rncbc at rncbc.org <mailto:rncbc at rncbc.org>
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