[linux-audio-user] sf2 soundfont spec license

[james at dis-dot-dat.net]

On Mon, 14 Mar, 2005 at 12:10AM +0100, Christoph Eckert spake thus:
> 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.

Fair enough.  Your spec is "free SF2", then :)
 
> [...]
> 
> > 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.

Good point.

> [...]
> 
> > 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
> 
> 

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