On 5/8/07, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > > Are you looking to simply midi or are you looking to play a midi file? > I thought Audacity could play a MIDI file, but I honestly have not tried > it. I believe Preston Lee does some pretty hefty work in Linux, maybe > he has an answer. Or you could try cross posting to the ASULUG list > since there are a number of armature musicians that may be able to help > their. > > Preston? > > -----Original Message----- > From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of > vodhner@cox.net > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 11:49 AM > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Subject: Re: What sound card works for MIDI? > > 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 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@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 > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [...] > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [...] > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [...] > [...] you could try cross posting to the ASULUG list since there are a number of armature musicians that may be able to help their. There, where it says "armature musicians", the word armature seems to be, like, a typo, or a malapropism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malapropism) for [I guess], amateur Actually, at first, I thought it was a mis-spelling of armchair (whose meaning [here] would be sorta similar...); but then I realized that the writer probably meant amateur (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur) [also:] (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amateur). Good one! Not sure if the humor was intentional, but it was enjoyable - to at least one reader. PS: actually, "armature" is a word; but it means "The rotating part of an electric motoror dynamo , which mostly consists of coils of wire around a metal core." (could it have been a spell checker "suggestion"?) -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwartz@acm.org Mike.L.Schwartz@gmail.com