Hello everyone... Recently I have gotten interested in making my own midi music, after stumbling across some software synthesizers for Win95: WinGroove and Yamaha Soft Synthesizer. Was a mind-blowing difference in sound compared to my lowly SB16... hehe.
Of course, they both had time limits and have since died on me. I'd like to try some more serious and/or Linux stuff, and was curious on some opinions for things. First of all, I noticed that the Sound Blaster AWE 64 is out, and is only about $100 in most stores. Does anyone know if this works alright under Linux/Debian yet? I have noticed there are a couple of soft. syns. available for Linux, including KMidi, TiMidity, etc. Has anyone been able to compare the quality of these to the AWE64? I know that, in general, a card is a better solution. It'll carry the sound quality over to games, and also relieve the processor. But, I don't care too much about games right now, and would be pretty much shutting down any other big processes when converting the music. I have a 100mhz and 40 megs of Ram.... I figure that maybe I can spend the money on a midi-compatable keyboard instead. Anyone with exp. on using one of those under Linux? I saw a keyboard for about $170 at Electronic Boutique, which was basically one devoted to Midi, without any samples built in. That seems to be the cheapest I can find which lets you connect it to a computer....? Also, I wouldn't be able to afford the AWE64 Gold card, so I'd be limited to 512k of sound ram unless I bought add-ons. I should be able to add as many custom samples as I need onto the hard drive with a soft. syn, right? Well, thanks in advance, everyone. Sorry for all these newbie-ish questions, but I am sort of out of my element when it comes to this sound stuff, and been too busy lately to be able to look around as much as I'd like to. Shawn P.S. Of course if my $$$ keeps going the way it seems to be (down the drain) these questions may be moot..hehe. I fear I'll have to use a sequencer without a keyboard and a soft. syn. without a sound card. But the scary thing, is that it might actually work! ;) -------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.the-spa.com/shawn.fumo/ -------------------------------------------- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
