Hi guys!

So i have an old AST Ascension P Series laptop. It has a ESS ESFM soundcard that i would love to hook up to a keyboard/ midi controller, or even better, both.
So far i've figured out that i will need a gameport to midi adapter, but what else? Some kind of software, like a DAW or tracker to acces the FM synth parameters?
Is there anything else i need to be aware of?

Thanks in advance!

-Kaptajnklunk