On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 22:20 -0500, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote: > Hello, > Is it possible to have two sound card in a machine ? > > Why, you ask ? Well my motherboard has a built in one (with VIA 8237) that > works allright. Unfortunately the it does not have a MIDI interface, which I > need to capture MIDI from an instrument. I am thinking to get one of the > cheapo soundcard ( < $10 ) just for the MIDI interface, so the sound from > that card is probably not very good. > So basically what I want is to use my current soundcard to play sound, and a > second soundcard to capture MIDI (probably using Alsa too). Is that even > possible? Any hints or pointer on how to configure Alsa to do something like > that (for example if the two cards require different driver) ? Other > suggestions are welcomed too. > ---- perhaps I'm not understanding what you are looking for but a midi interface is not a sound card. This is what I think of when I think of a midi interface (something to send/receive midi signals) http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=rec/navigation?N=100001+304893 Craig
