[linux-audio-user] sf2 soundfont spec license

[Christoph Eckert]

Hi,


> Well, you could at least start with what you want from the
> new format.  What exactly do you want that soundfonts can't
> provide? 

Hmmm, my idea was not that much to create a new format due to 
features that soundfont lacks but to have a format which is 
absolutely free - and will ever be free.

[...]

> I agree that XML isn't necessarily hard to read, but
> imagine 3 or 4 levels of hierarchy, with between 5 and 15
> parameters in each.  The format used by sf2text (which
> doesn't even consider all parameters) is quite slim
> compared to XML-style tagging and yet the output can be
> huge.

Well, a further argument against XML is that if any device 
will ever be based on the new format, it needs lots of 
sontware in its firmware to read XML. So, perhaps a simpler 
format could be helpful.

[...]

> I'm an optimistic person.  For me the glass is always full,
> even if most of it is just full of carbon dioxide, oxygen
> and other gases.

Hehe, I'm not a pessimist at all, but I'm very pragmatic :) .


 Best regards & thanks for the thoughts


    ce