I saw this post a few weeks back http://www.pgmusic.com/ubbthreads/showfl...ge=5#Post235652, and it set my thoughts to spinning. I have an emu 0404 pci card in my music desktop, but all midi thru must be played thru a soft synth (don't have a hardware synth). This results in very noticeable delay from pressing a keyboard key until a sound is heard (even using ASIO). My question is: could I put one of these old Sounblaster live cards in the computer (slots are available), then play midi in via the emu card and direct midi output to the soundblaster live card (thereby having essentially no latency)?. I'm assuming I'd have to route the SB output to the audio input on the emu card. If this would work, which of the many Soundblaster live cards should I try to get (value, 4.1, 5.1, etc). There's lots of these on e-bay, etc. I understand the sound quality won't be anything near what I could get with something like the Ketron SD2, but I catch a lot less flack from the missus for spending $10 on my toys than spending $400. Also thru my cheap little computer speakers, I'm not sure it'd make a lot of difference.

thanks,

Bruce

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