Re: [Linuxsampler-devel] Gig format

[Christian S. <chr...@ep...>]

Es geschah am Montag, 22. Dezember 2003 10:22 als Mark Constable schrieb:
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 06:08 pm, Josh Green wrote:
> > ...
> > Personally, I think DLS is probably the best current format to support.
> > Unfortunately the documentation for DLS2 isn't as open as SoundFont
> > (still requires you to pay for it), but I believe the standard is
> > "open".
>
> . IYO do you think it is feasible at this point in time to develop a
>   high-end open instrument format ?
>
> . if paying for the DLS2 spec is a problem I'd be happy to do so if
>   I am confident whoever gets the spec will translate it into C code.

As already said, we will start to design our own format when all the basic 
features in the engine are done, so maybe mid of january. I have already 
written DLS1 and 2 loader classes (see DLS.cpp, DLS.h), but at the moment 
these are only used for the gig format (gig is based on DLS as you might 
know). Writing a custom engine for DLS won't be much effort.

But at the moment I'm more tending for an XML based format for LinuxSampler's 
own patch format. Although DLS claims to be an "open" format, the specs are 
officially not, so that is IMO a big minus for DLS and I think that opinion 
reflects most of the ones here on the list, doesn't it?

CU
Christian