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Subject: Re: Who is interested in /dev/midi and /dev/synth ?
To: rhh@ct.picker.com (Randall Hopper)
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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