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Date:      Mon, 23 Mar 1998 11:23:33 +1030
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        alk@pobox.com
Cc:        multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: synth applications, anyone? 
Message-ID:  <199803230053.LAA28372@cain.gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 21 Mar 1998 00:18:58 MDT." <199803210618.AAA08754@pobox.com> 

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> What is the condition of the fm synth driver?
Works for me.

> Here is my understanding (please correct as I err):
> 1. There is none in pcm
Correct.

> 2. There is vestigial synth (opl3 support only) in the voxware driver
Hmm.. you can get AWE support at http://multiverse.com/~rhh/awedrv/\

> 3. That opl3 support is *not* used by any applications
I have midi players which use it..

> 4. That opl3 support is in fact *broken*
Works for me :)

> 5. That opl3 support has such a *dumb* interface that even were it not broken
>    no one could use it to accomplish anything remotely interesting
>    anyhow.
It follows the Voxware standard which makes it compatible with Linux..

> Also, if you know of *any* existing applications using the synth
> driver, please inform me.
Hmm, here are two...
audio/playmid
audio/rosegarden

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