[linux-audio-user] MIDI on alsa with SBLIve

[Erik Steffl]

Lee Revell wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 18:24, Laura Conrad wrote:
> 
>>>>>>>"Erik" == Erik Steffl <steffl at bigfoot.com> writes:
>>
>>    >> One of the ones that produces a scary noise is called 8mbgmsfx.sf2.
>>    >> Is that what you're thinking of?  I don't seem to have an 8gmgsmt.sf2.
>>
>>    Erik>    8MBGMSFX.SF2
>>
>>I got it.  It wasn't the .sf2 file being bad -- it was having an old
>>version of sfxload hanging around in /usr/local/bin.  The new version
>>downloaded by apt-get sounds fine.
>>
> 
> 
> Also, there are much better free (as in beer) soundfonts available than
> the ones that come with the SBLive.  Google for "personal copy
> soundfont".

   Q: why are soundfonts mostly in funny formats (exe? sfArk?), instead 
of compressed *SF2 files (using some common compression program like zip 
or gzip etc.). That's not only on personal copy site but pretty much all 
the site that have soundfonts.

	erik