On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 5:38 PM, Christopher Stamper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> A nice advantage with those is the ability to load soundfonts into the >> wavetable, so you don't need to run a software synth to do basic midi >> work. (obviously the quality is not professional, but it is good enough >> for composing and learning) - In fact, back in the day it was good >> enough to produce a backing track for live performance. > > They don't really have enough onboard space to load any real soundfonts. > Nothing beats a good software synth... :-)
With the snd-emu10k1 driver, you can use the max_buffer_size to specify the maximum amount of memory to allocate for SoundFonts, in megabytes. In my /etc/modprobe.d/local file, I have the line, options snd-emu10k1 max_buffer_size=256 which ensures that the module is loaded by default with 256 megabytes available for the wavetable. I then use /etc/rc.local to call asfxload, loading the fluid-soundfont files on every boot: asfxload -b=0 FluidR3_GM.sf2 asfxload -b=1 FluidR3_GS.sf2 Then, all that's left to do is connect devices to the synth. I find this "beats a good software synth" every time. ;) -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users