[LAU] raspi as midi synth

[Gerhard Zintel]

On Monday 24 February 2014, Simon Wise wrote:
> On 24/02/14 05:09, Milan Lazecky wrote:
> > i have a yamaha wx5 (midi saxophone). i was thinking to use my midi2usb
> > cable to plug into raspberry pi which would use some fluidsynth soundfonts
> > to synthesize music realtime.
> > do you know about such project existing, or should i work on it from
> > beginning? (i.e. find some rt kernel, install sw, rearrange system for no
> > gui etc...)
> > do you think raspberry can handle it well?
> 
> USB implementation is poor and only some audio cards work, plus something else 
> on USB like a midi input or networking will make it trickier. In your case, 
> needing only stereo out, it is certainly easier.
> 

I have very good results on a Raspi with an USB Audio DAC from here:
http://hifimediy.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=83

Description from the site:
"HiFimeDIY Sabre USB DAC. Digital to Analog Converter 96khz/24bit (incl USB to optical converter feature)"

Gerhard