Hi List!
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 02:28:42PM +0100, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
> > Do you have any experience with this card. I am wondering whether I
> > should switch to creative's own driver (which is according to their FAQ
> > NOT supporting midi-soft, whatever this is) or try the alsa-driver(s).
> > What is your opinion?
Yes, the emu10k1 does not support it. Here you have to use Timidity++ or
something like that with some good samples (timidity-instruments for example).
Also even with "native" midi, the sound quality is not that good.
> I don't have the SB Live card but I'd probably try their own
> driver first, since looks easy to install. Using the alsa-driver
> often requires a kernel rebuild.
No, that is totally wrong, if you make a new kernel this requires an alsa
rebuild (but this is true for the OSS drivers as well),
With alsa and the soundbanks from your sb live CD and the awesfx utility
you can play midi files using for example the pmidi program (or playmidi,
though I had some troubles to get it running). pmidi can be found somewhere
on the alsa homepage.
> > Is there any doc explaining the diverse types of midi? I understand that
> > there is something like midi-hard too, as there is midi-sort?
>
> Have you read the Sound-HOWTO and Sound-Playing-HOWTO?
> Basically, the options are:
> - Use the synth on the soundcard
> - Use an external synth, controlled via the MIDI port
> - Use a software synth such as timidity (the one used in kmidi).
>
> Having a cheap soundcard, timidity actually gives the best
> result, but you probably want to go for the first option.
However timidity lacks several instruments (at least when I tried
last time, must be over an half year ago).
Best regards,
Reinhard Katzmann
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