zaphod77 wrote on 2023-11-30, 17:38:
Yeah, if i had money i'd be seriously tempted to do something fancy, but my motive here is nostalgia on a budget, and right now my laptop isn't that powerful. Hence me wanting a seriously low spec midi player to make up for the cpu being used on the softsynth and midi cable. or a waveblaster style integrated hardsynth to do xg and or gs properly out my headset or laptop speakers when i get the hankering to listen to some music.
Here in South Africa, people are literally throwing away Core2 and 1st/2nd gen i3, i5 etc PCs, so I'm sure it must be really easy to get a reasonably spec'd PC in the States for next to nothing. I agree with Midicollector, you need to broaden your horizon a bit, I love using my real midi hardware, but if I didn't have them, the Dell Wyse with Falcosoft's midi player would be 99% as good, it covers all midi bases (Sound Canvas, Yamaha XG, Soundfonts as well as the MT-32 and variants) with one machine and I'm able to use it with my 520STe and Amiga 2000. It can be set up with a tiny capital outlay, the only expensive bit is the Roland Cloud SCVA, but if you look around, you'll be able to get an older version for nothing.