Please find enclosed the two man pages that go with this project. Brian Utterback wrote: > I am submitting this fastrack on behalf of Milan Cermak. Binding is patch. > the timer is set for 03/25/2009 > > Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.68 02/23/09 SMI > This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems > 1. Introduction > 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: > TiMidity++ > 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: > Author: Milan Cermak > 1.3 Date of This Document: > 18 March, 2009 > 4. Technical Description > Proposal: > > Integrate TiMidity++ into OpenSolaris > > Detail: > TiMidity++[1] is software synthetizer which reads MIDI files and renders > output sound either to file or to sound device. Aside of MIDI files, > TiMidity++ can process Amiga module files (MOD) and other similar > formats (SMF, MFi). TiMidity++ supports Sun Audio and Open Sound System > interfaces. > > TiMidity++ is currently available in version 2.13.2 released on > Oct 3rd, 2004. There are no news about new versions but community is > still active and improves the software. > > In OpenSolaris, Sun Audio drivers do not provide interface to hardware > synthetizer. Furthermore, many integrated sound chips available nowadays > do not have hardware synthetizer leaving sound rendering to software. > On the other hand, synthetized music is still in use, mainly in games. > > To render a sound from MIDI file, TiMidity++ requires a sound bank > (a sound collection of different music instruments). Such sound bank > is not part of TiMidity++. > Sound banks are usually supplied with sound cards, but are limited in > available sounds and instruments. Furthermore, they are delivered under > proprietary license. > To allow full functionality of TiMidity++ from start, OpenSolaris should > provide a sound bank on its own. Two sound banks which are delivered in > Debian GNU/Linux were evaluated; one from FreePats project[2] and > one from FluidSynth project[3]. There are other sound banks available > for free on the internet but it's hard or impossible to find their > license. > FluidSynth sound bank was chosen because it provides complete General > Midi instrument set. The bank has standard format and can be also used > by other software (or hardware synthetizer). However, it is quite large > (about 150 MB). It will be installed to /usr/share/sounds/sf2 > directory. > Because of usability by other software, the sound bank will be > packaged separately. Package will provide necessary configuration > files for TiMidity++ to allow usage of the sound bank. > > FluidSynth[3] is another project providing software synthetizer. In > advance, it can use external devices (keyboard) for input. However, > it doesn't support other input file than MIDI and does not support > Sun Audio interface. > > Exported Interfaces: > > SUNWtimidity Uncommitted Package name > SUNWfluid-soundfont-gm Uncommitted Package name > /usr/bin/timidity Committed Executable location > timidity Volatile Commandline syntax > > Documentation Impact: > > New man pages timidity(1) and timidity_cfg(5). > > References: > > [1] http://timidity.sourceforge.net > [2] http://freepats.opensrc.org > [3] http://fluidsynth.resonance.org/trac > [4] 6670236 TiMiDiTy++ 2.13.2 to be integrated into SFW consolidation > > > > 6. Resources and Schedule > 6.4. Steering Committee requested information > 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name: > sfw > 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack > 6.6. ARC Exposure: open >
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