[PlanetCCRMA] Qsynth and soundfonts

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 07:57 -0700, pyrael wrote:
> Ok, I searched posts for qsynth, but didn't find anything exactly like I am
> experiencing.
> ...
> 2. After finally getting my two sound cards set up to use the midi off the
> creative and the audio off the ICH6, I noticed something odd. I can mute the
> line in on the ICH6 (I patched the line out of the creative to it) and still
> hear midi! I have also muted the midi of the ICH6 adn completely muted the
> output of the SB512 and still hear my soundfonts. Does Qsynth not need the
> creative card to play soundfonts? If this is so, I'll be removing that thing
> :P (The audio on it is really poor in comparison)

Qsynth is a "software" synth, the synthesis is happening in the main cpu
with the soundfont you loaded and it does not need th SB512. 

-- Fernando