TerraTec 512i better audio-card than SoundBlaster Live???

[SlimJim]

One review of the Terratec 512i here.
 
Only one opinion of many of course (I just grabbed a sample
from Google), but not very optimistic. How old is this
card I wonder?
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SlimJim

[SlimJim]

More technical info on the TerraTec 512i here.
 
I wonder, what's the difference between "soundblaster compatible
MIDI interface" (which this card has) and the "General MIDI"
of my keyboard?
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SlimJim

[SlimJim]

I guess "soundblaster compatible MIDI interface" means that the connector is in the PC gameport format, as opposed to the standard MIDI connector format.

 
Ah...Might well be it. Have never seen those MIDI connectors
on a soundcard. Must be looking in the wrong price-range ;-)
 Do one need some adapter to use the game-port for this
(apart from the cable keyboard <-> soundcard having fitting
ends)?
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SlimJim

[SlimJim]

@Blomberg
 
Thanks for the info. No serial interface on my keyboard
though.
 
 What I find a little perplexing is that the interface transfer
only codes through the connector. It's up to the
receiver to interpret those codes (which it should be
capable of if it's MIDI-compatible I suppose :-)). But I would
take it the instruments recorded in the computer is defined
by soundsfiles stored there...
 Isn't it a problem to get the samples in the computer and in
the keyboard to sound exactly the same? (GrandPiano can
sound different depending on what brand of
keyboard you have, can't it?)
 Or am I totally out in the blue here?
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SlimJim

[SlimJim]

Read the specs in the link I posted above. Don't think I saw
anything about RCA, but then again i don't know what that is,
so you better go check for yourself :-)
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SlimJim

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I have written >400 posts...
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... Ah what the hell:
 
"Wohoo!"
 
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SlimJim

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@Blomberg
 
So, then there is, as I said, a discrepancy between the sound
of the keyboard and the sound in the computer. Thanks.
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SlimJim

[SlimJim]

@Blomberg
 
I don't think MIDI controls the actual sounds to be used. I
distinctly remember reading in the manual for my keyboard
that Yamaha had "upgraded" to better-sounding samples since
the last revision.
 
And about the posts, I was just thinking the same! :-D
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SlimJim
 

[SlimJim]

@Casper
 
Ah. Cross-post.
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SlimJim

[SlimJim]

... So what conclusion should we draw from this thread then?
 
Is the TerraTec objectively better than the SoundBlaster ?
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SlimJim