Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Sound Cards For The Budding Musician

By Wilson Trapper


There is more than one reason why you might want a sound card that will support both MIDI files and digital audio files such as WAVE or MP3. Maybe you want to record your audio files in a format that can play on non-MIDI enabled equipment, or you might want to add lyrics to your music or composition. For your information, this particular sound format cannot create the sound of human voices because humans do not come equipped with MIDI IN and MIDI OUT jacks!

Most sound cards can support both kinds of files. Be sure to confirm with your dealer. Many cards include a built-in sound module that functions as a MIDI interface card and an external sound module all rolled into one. Although its functions and performance may be somewhat more limited than an interface card/sound module combination, it is likely to be a lot cheaper as well.

This type of card can play this particular information that a software transmits to it. That's correct, it can create music all by itself. Since the device also supports digital audio tracks, this type of card is about as handy as you can possibly imagine.

Furthermore, these cards are frequently designed to comply with the General MIDI standard, which suggests that they're able to play as many as 16 patches or what's also referred to as electronic instruments, with each and every patch under the sole control of the musician or performer. That implies up to sixteen distinct tracks and rhythms playing simultaneously. On top of that, there's also independent volume control and pitch control.

A number of sound cards also enable you to select a digital audio WAVE file and configure it as its own instrument. Simply put, the recorded track gets to be your own tailor made MIDI sound that you simply can incorporate into your existing set of patches, put into your musical composition and alter to your heart's content, just as you would from a standard patch.




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