Re: [fluid-dev] Musica Theoria 2 soundfont

[Josh Green]

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Mike Robinson wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:12:54 +0200
> Ebrahim Mayat <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Hello all
> >
> > I would appreciate it if anybody could point me to the URL where I
> > could get the Musica Theoria 2 (mustheory2.sf2) soundfont.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Ebrahim
>
> This soundfont is available at http://www.personalcopy.com/sfarkfonts1.htm
>
> It is compressed in sfArk format, but the sfArk decompresser available at 
> http://melodymachine.com/sfark.htm runs in Wine.
>
> --Mike
>

The author of sfArk notified me that there is now a native Linux client
for sfArk. I have not tried it yet, it looks like it is only a
decompressor though. Which is fine in my opinion, since its a closed
format.

Of note is that I'll be releasing CRAM (Compress hybRid Audio Media), an
extendable file format for compressing mixed binary/audio media such as
instrument files. It will support SF2/DLS/Gig initially. Its based on zlib
and FLAC. I'll be looking into using Vorbis as well for lossy instrument
compression (some issues need to be worked out with preserving loops).
I'll announce when libInstPatch is working with this new format. I
re-worked this from the older flacPak format, to make it easier to add
additional compression formats (such as Vorbis) and to allow for multiple
files (with paths) to be compressed. Cheers.
        Josh Green