Bug#385665: Fwd: Re: Bug#385665: fluidsynth needs non-free midi sound bank to function (Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 10:45 -0700)
On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 01:11:46AM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote:
> > Ok, in that case the best chance of clearing this up quickly is still to
> > show that swami is useful for authoring sound fonts and that fluidsynth
> > plays a role in this.
> Whether or not fluidsynth plays a role there isn't that relevant.
> The bug report is about whether there are free sound fonts available
> to use with fluidsynth. As soon as we discover that the user can
> create his own sound fonts, it becomes pointless to state that
> fluidsynth depends on non-free sound fonts.
If I am to argue this position to the other members of the Technical
Committee, I would like to be able to prove to myself not just that swami
can be used to author soundfonts for use with fluidsynth, but that
fluidsynth is used by swami *in the process* of authoring these soundfonts.
If hitting those piano keys to test my one-sample soundfont is in fact
running them through fluidsynth, then I'm content to call this a significant
free use of fluidsynth.
If, OTOH, what I've done so far didn't make use of fluidsynth, I'm not
content with the explanation that one *can* use swami to create soundfonts
when so far I haven't created anything by this method that's worth using. :)
So I think I need either a bit more handholding with swami to create a
minimally useful soundfont, or I need confirmation that fluidsynth is being
used in the authoring process with swami, to be happy recommending an
immediate vote here. Otherwise, we wander into twisty questions of what a
"dependency" is, like we have already for ndiswrapper.
Thanks,
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