[HLUG] MIDI?????

[Matt Rhys-Roberts]

There's now an interesting gap in my understanding here. I remember that 
basic soundcards often had their own synthesiser chip on board, that 
could be made to play tunes using a handful of different instrument 
settings, a bit like a clockwork musical box or a fairground organ.

I wonder whether the old discrete synthesiser chip has been generally 
replaced by software emulation, i.e. where a program generates the audio 
data instead? In which case, selecting the right drivers and emulators 
becomes even more crucial... *sob*   ... I'm off to find the specs and 
block diagram for my soundcard...

Matt Rhys-Roberts



David Shorthouse wrote:

>Emulators rule I must admit  I have that copy of Linuxformat as well but I
>play sega games on our windows box & mame is a very good arcade emulator.
>
>Dave
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "j michaelson" <jmichaelson at gmail.com>
>To: "Herefordshire Linux Users Group." <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 10:25 AM
>Subject: Re: [HLUG] MIDI?????
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>hello all,
>
>on the subject of midi files, a lot of old games used midi files for
>their soundtracks. i've got a linux format dvd with a load of
>emulators on and i'm thinking about installing them and finding some
>of the games i used to play. when i was a kid i played the games on a
>old telly so all the audio was coming through a tinny little speaker.
>it would be great to play them again on a pc hooked up to a good sound
>system. that would sound amazing.
>
>anyone out there use emulators? where can you download the game files from?
>
>thanks
>john
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