Audigy 2 PCMCIA: Help my friend!

[noisedude]

I'm a total MIDI retard and my friend just sent me this question in an email. Please can you help me?!

You know I have the Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro soundcard and breakout box? Yes
I do,

well i've been getting increasingly interested in MIDI triggering off my
DD-50 drum machine using a piece of software called Vienna for creating
soundfonts. Basically this means I can hit a pad and out comes a burst of
Wav or some other assigned sound.

All cool, but I'd like to get this kind of stuff onto a laptop setup.

So I find that creative have released an Audigy ZS 2 notebook which is
PCMCIA format. This gets me excited as it appears to be the same card in a
laptop format - what it doesn't say on the spec anywhere is that it can (or
cannot) handle MIDI.

I spy on it that it has a connecting port for a docking cable for speakers -
this is the same type of cable as feeds my breakout box for my current card.
So I wonder if i can connect the two, as then I will have MIDI I/O. but I
need to know if it can handle the signals and whatnot.

I went on the creative forums and am awaiting replies, but just thought I'd
call on some other sources.

what do you think?

I'm afraid I'm not really even sure what he's asking!!!

[Toki987]

Why dont you just send him this?

http://us.creative.com/support/downloads/download.asp

The manual.

[Toki987]

This is from the manual....

Creating Music
You can set up a home music studio using your audio device.

Put together your own productions consisting of multiple music tracks from a MIDI Synthesizer or an electric guitar. Alternatively, connect your electric guitar using a Pre-amp Box to the Microphone In/Line In/Optical In jack (3.50 mm or 1/8-inch jack). Use a convertor if your Pre-amp Box comes with a larger connector, for example, a 6.35 mm (1/4-inch) connector.




Jack, Connector or Cable Description
1.
Microphone In/Line In/Optical In jack Connect line sources to this jack.


Note
Select ASIO 2.0 drivers for low latency multitracking (simultaneous stereo recording and multichannel playback).
You can also connect a microphone to your audio device.




Jack, Connector or Cable Description
1.
Microphone In/Line In/Optical In jack Connect your microphone to this jack.


Note
Your audio device only supports dynamic and low-powered electret microphones.

[James Argo]

I never tried myself, but I'm not sure PCMCIA nor USB version can handle soundfonts the way PCI does. It's better to try before buy. Well, maybe they have MIDI I/O port, but still I doubt they can handle soundfonts. However, he can use stand alone drums synth/sampler to do MIDI triggering. I could be wrong anyway...


Jaymz