Re: the slotlessness of sound cards

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

isbat1@yahoo.com (Anonymous Coward) wrote:

>WAAAAY back on Jan 12 1999 (doing my homework!), Supertimer wrote:
>
>> Hi, the Sonic Blaster plugs into a slot and the cable plugs into
>> the Ensoniq connector on the motherboard (J25, I think).
>> You do not need drivers and you do not need to set the card
>> to 'your card.'  The Sonic Blaster is just an
>> amplifier/demultiplexer.  It works completely transparently.

Wow, long time ago.  But what I said was true.

In fact, I have a slotless sound card, part of the HyperStudio
package.  It plugs into J25 and connects to one of the
cutouts on the back without plugging into a slot.  It allows
input of analog audio for digitization.

Even further back, in 1992, Jamie P Yoon wrote:

>> The MIDI isn't very well supported, I hear.  There is an update to
>> DiversiTune that will work with the Audio Animator.  I don't know about
>> other music software.
>
>Which makes me wonder... if there was a piece of software with a
>patch specific to a particular sound card (Audio Animator), are
>all the sound cards able to be used "slotlessly", or do some (which?)
>require using the "Your Card" setting?

Jamie was wrong.  MIDI is very well supported.  the MIDI
of the Audio Animator was non-standard.  The standard
MIDI boxes worked off the IIGS serial port and are
supported via a driver from Apple.  Through the driver, all
software supports MIDI, including Apple's own synthLAB.

Just find an old MIDI box for the earlier Macs.  Ask for
one for a Mac LC and it will work on the IIGS.  I know
because I have one.