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Hello Roy - 

CA>>> With the accompanying software that is supposed to be an
CA>>> execellent sound card for MIDI. 

WC>> Wonder how well it sets up on standard 98 drivers or if I
WC>> can snag the drivers off a web site? 

CA>> Generally the soundfonts for sound cards are not made
CA>> available for downloading. Some illegal websites might
CA>> have them but I've not found any on corp websites. 

RJT> Sound fonts? Is that the actual instrument sounds that the
RJT> card would use? 

Yes. 

RJT> I didn't even know that you could load these into some
RJT> cards. But then, I'm currently only using one sound card,
RJT> and it doesn't appear to support midi functions all that
RJT> well. 

RJT> I would think that if this were a hardware capability,
RJT> somebody out there would be into taking advantage of it. 

For the most part soundfonts (or patch files) are handled in
sofware. 

RJT> Unless the mfr is being real closed about the whole thing,
RJT> as some of them are. 

I believe many of the soundfont formats are proprietary formats
yes. The 'patch files' created by Gravis for their sound cards
seem to be an open format that many programmers understand. 

CA>> Well technically your computer _is_ a rock. ;-) 

RJT> Or sand? 

Or silicon. ;-) 

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