Re: [LAU] Audigy too

Sorry to ask but are you refering to sfxload instead afxload?
Thank you
Diego

2011/3/12 Rui Nuno Capela <rncbc@email-addr-hidden>

> On 03/12/2011 04:12 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 1:45 AM, Batz <batzman-lau@email-addr-hidden-electric.com>
> wrote:
> >> Y-ellow Lady and Gentlemen.
> >> OK, it's been a long time in coming but I have an audigy 2. So
> >> basically... How do you get it to actually work?
> >>
> >> I've tried lots of distros and to be honest, all of them have problems.
> So
> >> whilst one of them might actually be better than what I'm using, I have
> no
> >> idea how to tell. Currently the only thing I found where most things
> >> actually worked is TangoStudio. Though to be honest, I hate gnome. And
> >> Ubuntu for that matter. But the networking works. Most of the audio
> works.
> >> Although trying to install the linux sampler project failed miserably.
> And
> >> to be honest, after 3 months of mind numbing research, I'm sick of it
> all.
> >>
> >> That said. I've got this Audigy 2. Jack can see the synth's MIDI input
> but
> >> apart from that, nothing else. There appears to be no control over any
> of
> >> it's audio and no software to drive the synth. I did a search but that
> only
> >> left me wondering if it's usability under linux was in fact a myth. So
> >> before I go any further, I thought I'd poke my head in here and see what
> the
> >> collective wisdom was.
> >
> > so, to summarize:
> >
> > 1) it is your belief that the audigy 2 has an onboard synth
> > 2) you've been unable to find any way to use it
> >
> > is that correct?
> >
> > i don't really know about (1), but my gut feeling is that you're wrong
> > (i did a quick google check and i don't see anything to make me thinkg
> > otherwise). as for (2), linux in general doesn't tend to support the
> > onboard synths of most soundcards. this sounds bad, but actually, it
> > isn't and here's why: manufacturers stopped making devices with
> > onboard synths years ago. not many of them were any good, and the ones
> > that were (gravis and turtle beach) do have linux support.
> >
> > the audigy 2 is certainly usable as an audio device, though its
> > fundamentally crappy design does lead to some issues when you want to
> > use it for duplex operation (simultaneous playback and capture).
> >
> > its really unclear from your email what you want to do. how about you
> > try to describe that in more detail so that people can help you rather
> > than just tell you that, despite the marketing material you may have
> > seen, you've got a pretty crappy audio interface :)
> >
>
> iirc the audigy2 does have an integrated synth, or iow, an integrated
> soundfont2 rompler, as most creative soundcards. as such, quality mostly
> depends on the particular sf2 file that is loaded
>
> of course, you need afxload to load a sf2 before you throw in any midi
> and ear any audio from it ;)
>
> cheers
> --
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