2 Jul
2004
2 Jul
'04
7:08 p.m.
While googling info. about how to accomplish musical
expression in MIDI, I digressed to the following link:
www.midisound.com/techncl.htm
Particularly the last section:
"What if I don't own a sound card with "Wavetable"
synthesis?"
What would be the comparable alternative(s) under
Linux?
virmidi?
TIA,
Mark
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2 Jul
2 Jul
7:22 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Getting around the limitations of a low-end card
Mark Wilson wrote:
Particularly the last section:
"What if I don't own a sound card with "Wavetable"
synthesis?"
What would be the comparable alternative(s) under
Linux?
virmidi?
There are various softsynths (QSynth, AMSynth, Hydrogen, I think
Timidity has a built-in one also) that can be used, and many sound
better than the wavetable synthesis you will find on a cheap soundcard.
You can always use outboard MIDI synths also.
I use both, actually, since my audio hardware (Audiophile 2496) doesn't
have its own synthesizer -- all the better, I say!
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7:26 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Getting around the limitations of a low-end card
Hi Mark:
No, virmidi provides a virtual MIDI connection for machines with no
external MIDI I/O ports. It enables a MIDI sequencer running on my
laptop to connect to a concurrently running synth like AMS, ZynAddSubFX,
SSM, or TiMidity.
What you want is something like TiMidity, a software synthesizer that
uses SF2 soundfonts or Gravis Ultrasound PAT files for its sound sources.
And FWIW, wavetable synthesis originally had quite a different meaning
than the soundcard manufacturers decided on for it. In Csound, for
instance, wavetable synthesis refers to the use of a stored function
table to provide an oscillator with a single-cycle waveform. Not that
that's made a lick of difference to the soundcard manufacturers... ;)
Best regards,
Dave Phillips
Mark Wilson wrote:
While googling info. about how to accomplish musical
expression in MIDI, I digressed to the following link:
www.midisound.com/techncl.htm
Particularly the last section:
"What if I don't own a sound card with "Wavetable"
synthesis?"
What would be the comparable alternative(s) under
Linux?
virmidi?
TIA,
Mark
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