A DSP Question

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I use Livesynth pro to host soundfont banks in Sonar xl. When the soundfont is rendered from a midi track to an audio track via "bounce to track", which processor and chipset handles the conversion from midi and font to audio, the PC or the the chipset on the soundcard? I`m just talking converting to audio,I know the PC handles the rendering to .wav format.
thanks,
Ken
 
No processor. The sounds are already digitized. It's just piped into the inputs of the soundcard and written to disk in WAV format. The soundcard hardware controls it -- you are using it to set levels and panning, etc. -- but there's no A-to-D conversion going on.
 
I appreciate that answer.
So the aspects of sonic clarity, definition, and accuracy originate with the soundcards chip when it "builds" sound based on the midi and soundfont info, before its output goes to the softsynth, and then back into the inputs on the soundcard.
Ok, so now its time to upgrade.
Yall may laff, but I wanted to get all I could get out of the Live while i was learing how to use the PC to record, before I upgraded. I think its time...or past it.

:)
 
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So the aspects of sonic clarity, definition, and accuracy originate with the soundcards chip when it "builds" sound based on the midi and soundfont info, before its output goes to the softsynth...
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Not quite. The softsynth recieves the MIDI messages and it creates the sound by playing the note from the patch with whatever performance. It's all software at this point. It needs the soundcard in order to be output and to be recorded, but only after the softsynth has responded to the MIDI messages.
 
I appreciate that info. I understand the signal path much better. Time to upgrade.
In any case I`ll have a sb card for the kids machine to play quake with here shortly. :)
 
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