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  From: Adam Hawes <adam_hawes@dingoblue.net.au>
  To  : David Lloyd <lloy0076@rebel.net.au>
  Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 16:53:38 +1030

Re: Sound Card Support

> > Has anyone else got a card based on this chip that got MIDI working on
> > it?
> 
> Although I haven't attempted an ALSA download, my MIDI doesn't work
> either. Can someone tell me whether MIDI is done by the hardware or in
> software? That is to say, are the MIDI instructions intercepted by the
> software device driver, translated and sent to the sound card, or do
> sound cards do that themselves?

They certainly aren't wincards.. they have a really cool DSP on them
that can mix quite a few audio tracks down into a 4-channel mix.. They
also have a Wavetable synth on them so I'd say that the driver just
intercepts the MIDI stream and sends it in such a way that the card can
understand.

The datasheets for all the sound chips the ALSA supports are on their
website.  If you're not sure, pop on there and have a look at the sound
card section.  I found it there somewhere.

Cheers,
Adam

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