Ok, I think my MIDI sound SUCKS. OH SO HARD DOES IT SUCK. What is the absolute best soundcard out there midi wise?
You can just use a software synth you know? With virtual midi cables?
Though I guess a good deal would be a mid / low range Sound Blaster Audigy. Then use third party drivers (can't remember where but they're awesome). Nice soundfont support with none of the limits of the old Live! series.
With virtual midi cables?
Whachoo talkin' bout-
No, I'm not even going to go there today.
What are those?
It's a virtual MIDI interface. Most software synths are designed to accept MIDI input from your soundcard from a keyboard or something. With a virtual midi cable, it's just that the "keyboard" sending the information is in your PC too; your midi app~
To your sequencer (most likely tabit for you), the virtual midi cable appears as another output device. You simply set tabit to play out through that, and your software synth to listen to input from it =)
MIDI Yoke NT is a free virtual midi cable, which you could use to connect tabit to synthfont.
I use the virtual midi cable that comes with the sw synth I use (VSampler 3).
So I got Midi Yoke NT...
What do I do now, admin sire?