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Article #198Re: Do SBLive and Audigy cards only have 128 GM/GS sounds?!!
From: Laurence Payne
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 09:53
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 09:53
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>Maybe I am missing something, but do the SB Live and Audigy 1 & 2 all >only have 128 GM/GS sounds?! I mean, that's basically only standard >general midi sounds. Isn't the Emu chip on it not capable of creating >much more sounds to play with. I want to use this card to compose midi >music, but having only 128 standard sounds is rather limiting, unless >there is more?!.. > >PS: do SBLive, Audigy 1 & 2 all have the same synth on the card? It's only the consumer/gamer cards that have ANY onboard sounds. Better quality cards concentrate on doing one job - audio in and out. As I said before, the FEATURES of the Audigy are great! Onboard SoundFont support (a type of sample player) is useful, and there are plenty of free SoundFont banks available. If it wasn't for the huge problem of bad synch at 44.1KHz...... Note that with today's powerful computers, it's easy to emulate a SoundFont player and other synthesiser devices in software. My CubaseFAQ page www.laurencepayne.co.uk/CubaseFAQ.htm
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