Re: [LAU] Sound Chip as a synthesizer on Linux. Thoughts, ideas?

On 07/10/2014 09:59 AM, Fede wrote: While I think your idea is neat too, as a former Gravis user I hawe to tell you that it isn't really a synth in the way you're thinking of, but a sample playback system where you had a utility to load your own sample sets into the card (and of course they came with their own sets). The GUSPnP, the last such card I had, was a different beast altogether, but still not a synth (though it had some rudimentary effects etc. which may have been implemented in software, I don't remember). I also think that producing OPL3-quality FM synthesis with the OPL3's polyphony is trivial for today's CPUs, which is why you don't see those technologies around much anymore. But the periodic appearance of hobbyist-level SID-based devices for modern PCs indicates you're not the only one with this sort of idea. Rob