As far as I can tell, if you're using Alsa, any of the Live/Audigy
series support soundfonts with the on-board synth. I've personally tried
all three (Live/Audigy/Audigy2) and all work very well.
The midi uart also seems to work well via the joystick port (full I/O).
later,
Steve
Joerg Anders wrote:
Hi all!
Some time ago I asked for a PCI soundcard which can deal with
*.sf(2) soundfonts and works on Linux. I was told "soundblaster live 512"
is a good choice. But this soundcard is unknown to all resellers.
(They know "soundblaster live 5.1", but I'm afraid it has no
hardware MIDI synthesizer.)
Now a reseller recommended "Audigy 6.1 platinum". Is there
anybody who has experiences with this type of soundcard?
Escpecially: Does the hardware MIDI synthesizer work on Linux?
Can I change the orchestra using "sfxload" ?