Re: [linux-audio-user] Midi Cards

On Thursday 03 March 2005 05:59 am, AntonioI wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 16:46 +1000, Mark Constable wrote:
> > John Check wrote:
> > >>>I believe the emu10k1's hardware synth is limited to 128MB. It would
> > >>> be very useful if someone could trim that 141MB down to 128.
> >
> > # asfxload fluid.sf2
> > sfxload: no memory left
> >
> > But it mostly seems to work but I've never bothered to
> > hunt down which instruments are not loaded.
>
> I can load the entire sounfont without any error with my audigy 1 OEM (I
> have 256MB of RAM).
>
> I've tried and some programs don't play any instrument (around 10% are

Same on my SBLive! The samples >128Mb just aren't loaded. The order
in which they are stored in the file would determine what's missing.

> not assigned). With qsynth I can play all the 127 instruments instead.
>
> I've read some time ago that the Live card is limited and can load
> soundfont untill to fill half of the system RAM, while the audigy can

I have nearly a GB of RAM, so the logic is inconsistent with my observation.

> load any soundfont size limited only by the free RAM. Maybe that was
> only another false creative's claim (as the 24bit on the audigy 1).
>

I can buy that, but that's the way it is with music stuff. Mackie 1604
anybody?

> - Antonio
Received on Fri Mar 4 00:15:08 2005