[linux-audio-user] sf2 soundfont spec license

[John Check]

On Thursday 10 March 2005 04:53 pm, Christoph Eckert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > If it is not open enough to take advantage of then is there
> > any truly open soundfont-like standard anywhere on the
> > planet?
>
> for me it somehow looks as there's need to define a new,
> absolutely free file format for sampling data.
>

SoundFont != just sample data. If anything is an architecture for wavetable 
synthesis and a parameter storage format

> Unfortunately, this would need lots of time and resources, and
> as 'we' are not enough users, it wouldn't be spread widely
> enough.
>

It might be feasible to spec something compatible though. IMO it would 
still be redundant.

>
>  Best regards
>
>
>     ce