Add a SoundFont Archive to the image or optional packages

[kvdman]

It's probably pretty pointless to have a midi player if you don't have the soundfonts to play the midi files. A lot of games depend on the midi kit.

A decision will have to be made what soundfont could be used and included with Haiku. I'm not sure about licensing, or if there are any BSD/MIT licensed soundfonts, but I have found some freeware ones.

I've tried a few archives, but could only get the midi player to play midi files with this one:

​http://www.soundfonts.it/exec/zkdownload.pl?file=141-Compleet_bank__synth.zip

The file must be renamed 'big_synth.sy' and placed in /boot/beos/etc/synth

[idefix]

The direct link doesn't work, you'll have to link to the page where that soundfont is listed.

Also note the ​Copyright Notice:

For a long time I forgot to include this copyright notice on this site, so here it is.
Up to a couple of years ago this site was called "Up Metal! Studio" and was a music community with over seventhousands registered users who were allowed to upload soundfonts on their own.
Now the community is gone and the soundfonts are still here for your pleasure :-)
All the soundfonts are FREE for download, there are no restrictions on their usage in commercial projects as well as redistrubution or re-package in any form.
If it happens that you find some soundfont protected by any copyright please contact me as soon as possible so I can delete it from the list. This may happen because, as above said, I am not the author of all soundfonts except those in the list "Other SoundFonts".

So it could well be that the soundfont isn't free at all.

[kvdman]

Hmm, hard to judge then what's freely redistributable. Maybe we should be looking what FreeBSD includes?

Here's the correct link:

​http://www.soundfonts.it/?a=soundfonts&c=18#18

The file I used was:

Compleet_banksynth.sf2 - Download Size: 251 Kb

[jackburton]

dup of #1357

[michaelvoliveira]

(In #1357) Hi! awesome news! I recieve the blessing for include it into Haiku

From:	
"timbrechbill@gmail.com" <timbrechbill@gmail.com>
To:	michaelvoliveira@yahoo.com.br	
No problem, Michael. 

You have my permission. 

Tim Brechbill 

Date: 2010-06-14 00:01:59