On 5/8/07, Bryan O'Neal <
BONeal@cornerstonehome.com> 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 <xaruum@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@cox.net <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
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> [...] 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
motor<
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/electric_motor>or
dynamo <
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/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
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