What sound card works for MIDI?

[vodhner at cox.net]

I received no other replies.  Does this mean that Linux simply does not
support MIDI decently on /any/ sound card?

I can't justify $200 for the amount of use that I would get out of this --
I can always drive over to the church and use my "real" setup.

I just want a sound card that will play MIDI under Linux (and hopefully
produces voices that sound somewhat like the named instrument, but
right now I'd settle for all harmonicas!).  Does such a thing exist?

 have yet to read through yesterday's extensive discussion on
Slashdot, but I will try to do that.

I understand that any serious musician will get the right equipment, but
I'd like to be able to hack on arrangements at home too.  And
Rosegarden looks good enough that I can't believe there's not a
sound-card solution for playing what it produces.

Thanks,

Vic

---- Rudolfo Munguia <xaruum at gmail.com> wrote: 

=============
M-Audio worked for me for several years. I used the Ozone unit which is
actually an external USB unit that provides 24/96 sound capabilities, a midi
controller, pre-in at line and audio levels, mic-in, programmable mixers,
etc.. And the price was reasonable, I paid $200 for way back when. It worked
with ALSA, RoseGarden, and the "planet ccrma" audio workstation distro.

It had no noticeable lag, sound quality was remarkably good and noise-free.

My workstation was a dual p3-600 with 512MB of RAM, and it handled the
software plugins and modules without issue, although it would slow down if I
was running several modules at the same time.

On 5/2/07, vodhner at cox.net <vodhner at cox.net> wrote:
>
> I want to use Rosegarden to arrange music, but I can't find a sound card
> that works with MIDI.   No problem with basic wave sound, but MIDI won't
> play.
>
> I had on-board sound that ALSA didn't work on.  The literature recommended
> SoundBlaster Live 24 bit, so I got that one.  No dice:  it turns out
> Creative has kept the name, but changed the chipset.  There is no MIDI
> support in ALSA for this one either, though they have tried and some have
> claimed eventual success.  The best I've gotten so far is . . . silence.
>
> I even downloaded the "Musix" live CD that was supposed to have all the
> best stuff, but it couldn't find my sound card at all, even for basic wave
> performance.  Clearly it's time to get new hardware.
>
> I am not really picky about sound quality or little glitches -- I have a
> beautiful system to refine the material on, but I just need to hear a pretty
> reasonable synth performance so I can rough out an arrangement.
>
> I've looked for recommendations and found none.  So what is the sound card
> of choice, one that Just Works[TM] for MIDI?  I'm sure one exists, and I'm
> willing to invest, but I don't want to take another shot in the dark.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vic
>
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