Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 18:35:34 +0100 (MET) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> To: rhh@ct.picker.com (Randall Hopper) Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Who is interested in /dev/midi and /dev/synth ? Message-ID: <199710151735.SAA09719@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <19971015134829.31569@ct.picker.com> from "Randall Hopper" at Oct 15, 97 01:48:10 pm
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> I use timidity on my Sparc at work and have used it on Linux boxes. Nice > program if you don't have a card with wavetable support (which BTW are dirt > cheap nowadays). However it sucks serious CPU, and the sound quality with i forgot... also CPUs are dirt cheap these days, and last time I checked a Pentium133 (or 166 ?) was cheaper than an AWE32... my point is, perhaps you can invest the money for the wavewable card into a much faster (or secondary) CPU. Cheers Luigi
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