Soundfont compatible soundcards

[Jan]

Hi, I’m mainly using VST for audio recording because my instrument is the guitar. I do however every now and then use some soundfonts and a midi keyboard to record simple strings or piano.

My biggest problem is the SBLive that I’m forced to use when recording soundfonts. It’s not compatible with the 44.1KHz standard.

For audio I use a RME DIGI9624PST but for soundfonts I would really like something a bit more professional then the SBLive.

Does someone have an idea? Is the newest generation soundblasters an alternative, since it seems to have ASIO drivers?

Are there virtual instruments plugins that can do software emulation of a soundfont player?

Thanks,

Jan

[Eurythmic]

My biggest problem is the SBLive that I’m forced to use when recording soundfonts. It’s not compatible with the 44.1KHz standard.

...How is it not compatible?

If you want to use soundfonts, you have to use a Sound Blaster. So your next step up would be the Audigy.

[Jan]

Sound Blaster has no commitment (and has never had). Pleas tell me that the audigy is the answer to al my problems!

[Eurythmic]

Originally posted by Jan
Sound Blaster has no commitment (and has never had). Pleas tell me that the audigy is the answer to al my problems!

But you haven't actually said what your problems are! I still have no idea what this "44.1KHz Standard" is.

Are you referring to the fact that SoundFonts are played back through the synthesizer chip rather than the wave output?

[Jan]

The SBLive handles its wave processing internally at 48KHz and ditters back to 44.1KHz on the fly if you tell it to do so. It has never been stable at 44.1KHz in VST resulting in synchronizing problems between different tracks.

44.1KHz is the CD sample frequency standard, and recording everything on 44.1KHz from the start gives you a quality advantages since you don’t need to ditter everything back from 48KHz ones you’re ready to burn your CD.

I am wondering if the new soundblaster generation would be able to record stabile since it apparently has ASIO driver now.

Thanks for the reply,

Jan