Originally posted by Starkeeper:
If you use a softsynth to generate the sounds, what sound card do you need?
Starkeeper
Softsynths use the stock internal soundcard of the laptop or whatever PC they are run on. In effect, they turn the computer into a sound module. They are totally software-based and are not dependent on the soundcard's hardware synth chip to play MIDI files, hence the term "softsynth".
Also on the touch pad preference - you can always get an external USB one... in fact that might be better because you could put it whereever you wanted.
[This message has been edited by The Pro (edited 05-14-2003).]