From: D. M. M. <ros...@gm...> - 2009-03-29 21:59:54
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On Sunday 29 March 2009, Abrolag wrote: > I may regret asking this... > Would it be practical for us to create our own GPLd soundfont using > synths (such as Zyn) to create high quality samples where there would > be no question of copyright infringement. A soundfont created from synths would sound like 1985 all over again. It would be a lot better to start with a bunch of real instruments, and somebody good at recording them, manipulating the envelopes, etc. I don't want anybody to get excited prematurely, but it's probably pointless to think about embarking on this particular adventure. We've had a professional sound guy step up and volunteer to answer this call, and we could very well have an under 10 MB totally free soundfont available in the foreseeable future. All of which is still getting further and further beyond the scope of the discussion at hand too, I should point out. This isn't about soundfonts or no soundfonts or JACK or no JACK, but about whether to do some kind of "is your sound working" first time wizard doodad. We've officially concluded that we'll try to do something sensible, and add the wizard doodad as "Help -> Linux sucks! I'm going back to Windows because my sound doesn't work!" or something like that. -- D. Michael McIntyre |