From owner-freebsd-multimedia Sat Dec 5 00:50:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA20459 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Sat, 5 Dec 1998 00:50:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ninbox.ml.org (hsv1-113.airnet.net [207.242.81.113]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA20454 for ; Sat, 5 Dec 1998 00:50:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@airnet.net) Received: from airnet.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ninbox.ml.org (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA00469; Sat, 5 Dec 1998 02:19:14 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <3668EC82.F2CA3BEF@airnet.net> Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 02:19:14 -0600 From: Kris Kirby Organization: Absolutely None! X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Luigi Rizzo CC: "Gravel, Emmanuel" , freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Best sound card for FreeBSD? References: <199812050021.BAA10036@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > > >the "pcm" driver does not support midi (unless you use timidity) no > > >matter which card you use. > > > > OK, I can give up MIDI. All I need to do now is learn how to setup > > timidity properly. I just thought there were cards for which the MIDI > > i think you just install the port -- it should contain patches to work > with my driver. > > luigi Timidity pretty much works out of the box. The /usr/ports box that is. Beware, there are 5 MB in patches to download and another 8 MB if you want them (you have to manually install them). I choose both. I'm going to dig into the configs One Of These Days and change the guitars over to the original patches. On some songs, they just don't sound right. Other than that, it's ok. FWIW, on my AMD K5-75 / 32MB, timidity takes ~15-20 % as listed in top, but the memory use varies. One song, Ruiner by Nine Inch Nails, peaks out at ~ 32 %. It's an aural cornucopia of noise. Amp takes ~40 - 50 % on a 128k MP3, and splay takes ~ 55 - 65 %. I do wish I had the OPL3 midi though. It's a pain to remember I can't test something that needs the dsp because I'm listening to PCM audio. Ah, multitasking. -- Kris Kirby UAH Mail UAH CS Home WWW ------------------------------------------- TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message