Having two sound card in a machine

[Reuben D. Budiardja]

Hello,
Is it possible to have two sound card in a machine ? 

Why, you ask ? Well my motherboard has a built in one (with VIA 8237) that 
works allright. Unfortunately the it does not have a MIDI interface, which I 
need to capture MIDI from an instrument. I am thinking to get one of the 
cheapo soundcard ( < $10 ) just for the MIDI interface, so the sound from 
that card is probably not very good. 
So basically what I want is to use my current soundcard to play sound, and a 
second soundcard to capture MIDI (probably using Alsa too). Is that even 
possible? Any hints or pointer on how to configure Alsa to do something like 
that (for example if the two cards require different driver) ? Other 
suggestions are welcomed too. 

Thanks a lot.

RDB
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Reuben D. Budiardja
Dept. Physics and Astronomy
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

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