Klarinet Archive - Posting 000804.txt from 2001/06

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Need Sound Card advice...
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 15:36:25 -0400

The Soundblaster Live! are a couple of years old now. There's different
wavetable sets you can install. Some are quite good.

The clarinet needs significant tweaking to make it sound right. It comes
with a _deep_ vibrato.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Wakefield" <tony-wakefield@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Need Sound Card advice...

> I have my son`s discarded `puter. He installed Montego Turtle Beach A3D
> Xstream, which is probably 5 years old now. I was told that the
Soundblaster
> Live is the current flavour of the month, but when I tried it, the
> orchestral sounds were very harsh, and the clarinet terrible. So I had the
> Montego re-installed. It has wonderful woodwind sounds. Not quite so hot
on
> brass.
>
> Tony W.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <GrabnerWG@-----.com>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: 24 June 2001 19:05
> Subject: [kl] Need Sound Card advice...
>
>
> > I need to get better use of my computer MIDI-wise, and I also want to
> begin using SmartMusic in teaching situations.
> >
> > To use SmartMusic, one must have a full duplex audio capable sound card,
> which at this poit I do not have.
> >
> > I have been researching sound cards on the net for the last hour, but so
> much is aimed at the game-player, and very little to the serious musician.
> >
> > Does anyone have a recommendation for a sound card suitable for the uses
> above? Assume at least a Pentium II and Windows98.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Walter
> > ClarinetXpress.com
>
>
>
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