On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 12:22:39PM +0200, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > Hi Eric! > > You wrote: > > > > fluidsynth seems to need a non-free (non-distributable) midi sample > > > bank to function properly. I therefore think it belongs in contrib, > > > rather than non-free, and it shoudl have proper documentation on where > > > to get the sound bank. > > > I'm not sure I understand you completely. What bank are you referring > > to ? > > A collection of samples, which one needs to actually play midi files. > One that seems to work is the file "8MBGMSFX.SF2" from the SoundBlaster > windows drivers, but that one is of course non-free. There are no free > sample banks in SF2 format that I'm aware of.
If you aren't aware of any free sample bank, this doesn't mean they don't exist... Anyway the SF2 format itself isn't patented, so you can always create your own sound banks. There are free apps that let you do that, say swami. Whether or not the sound banks you find on internet are copyrighted isn't related in any way with the dependencies of the fluidsynth package. If you want to do a parallel, we could talk about xpdf package, and you'd say "hey all texts in pdf I find on the internet are copyrighted, so xpdf should move to non-free". This doesn't make much sense, does it ? If you agree with me, I think you could close this bug. Regards, E. -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
