Having two sound card in a machine

[Craig White]

On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 22:20 -0500, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:
> 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. 
> 
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perhaps I'm not understanding what you are looking for but a midi
interface is not a sound card. This is what I think of when I think of a
midi interface (something to send/receive midi signals)

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=rec/navigation?N=100001+304893

Craig