19 Mar
2005
19 Mar
'05
2:56 a.m.
On Sat, 2005-03-19 at 01:46 +0100, Bluefuture wrote:
Il giorno ven, 18-03-2005 alle 15:37 -0800, Josh Green
ha scritto:
Those are the only specs I know of, but you'll note that while DLS-1 has
a download-able PDF, DLS2 is by mail order only. Even then they don't
give you a PDF, so you have a nice 3 ring binder to lug around. I've
spoken with individuals at midi.org about this, but they seem to feel
that selling the documentation is a good fund raiser, and don't see that
it limits the openness and adoption of their standard (which is what I
feel about it). Tis a shame. DLS2 has some fairly significant
extensions to DLS1, but the DLS1 doc can be used as a good starting
point. I've considered writing a little addendum that would describe
the differences between DLS1 and 2, to create a convenient electronic
source of this info. Cheers.
Josh Green
Yes, I agree it would be good to design an open
standard. SF2 is a
rather open standard, but rather limited. DLS is pretty open standard
and much more flexible, but it is hard to get free documentation on the
DLS2 format (they want you to buy it).
There are free download pdf[1] of :
DLS-1: Downloadable Sounds Level 1.x
* Overview of DLS (c1997)
* DLS Level 1 Specification Free Download (pdf)
(New! Sept 2004 edition contains a correction for response to
"Reset All Controllers".)
DLS-2: Downloadable Sounds 2.x
* DLS Level 2.1 Specification (c2000)
* Amendment 1 to DLS Level 2 ("DLS Level 2.1") (c2001) Free
Download (pdf)
(Note: Document corrections were made in September and November
2004.)
There is something other than this specs?
Cheers,
Stefano
[1] http://www.midi.org/about-midi/dls/abtdls.shtml