"J. P. Morris" wrote in message
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mark wrote:

I'm using some software called power tabs which plays back MIDI on my
PC.
It sounds like crap, what peice of hardware do I need to get better midi
sounds, a sound module?

When I faced this issue, I got myself some Roland modules. Here's why:

Basically, I was happily using an SB Live until I was offered a cheap
Roland M-VS1, which I bought on account of its superb mellotron patches.
Next to that, the SBLive even with soundfonts appeared thin and
unimpressive,

Not to knock the Roland in any way, I'm sure it's a fine piece of gear, but
I wonder if you've ever heard *good* Soundfonts. Are you basing this
strictly on the cheesy 2, 4 & 8 meg Soundfont banks that came with the card?
Have you ever heard Soundfonts built from a high quality sample library or
good homemade samples? The Audigy would obviously provide a better showcase
for them since the Live is limited to 32 megs. With the Audigy, if you've
got a couple of gigs of RAM you could for example build a nice stereo grand
piano with natural decay instead of looping, sampled on every half-step with
multiple velocity layers.