First post, by FR4GGL3
Hello,
I had a X-Fi Xtreme Music (old version without the Heatsink) on Windows 7 64 Ultimate. It had trouble using certain Soundfonts e.g. as soon as I loaded the arachno.sf2 and fired up Doom i got weird distorsions (buzz noises and scratches) on certain tracks. I could reproduce it at the midi-examples that are given away with the arachno soundfont package. So I decided to use BASSMIDI as a Software Synth and a ASUS STX II because of its Sound Quality.
But since that time I have trouble on certain games like Comanche 3 Gold when using BASSMIDI. It hangs on exit and I have to kill the Game via Task Manager. This doesn't happen if I use the Windows MIDI Device. And then I miss EAX sometimes. And I had good experiences with Alchemy from game to game.
So I have a dream. A working Hardware MIDI Synth, that works with the Soundfonts I like. Without distorsion. As the X-Fis are known to cause such errors I have high hopes in the relatively new Audigy RX. Has anyone tested it with soundfonts? Will it fit my needs? Or is there a X-Fi without this distorsions? Maybe the X-Fi Titanium HD?
Can anybody help me?