DLS Products and Tools
The following companies have announced products supporting DLS (DLS1, DLS2,
or Mobile DLS).
All information is provided by the developers. The MMA is not responsible for any errors.
Authoring Tools (Windows)
- Crimson's DLS TOOLS is the professional editor for DLS Level-1, DLS Level-2, and Mobile DLS. It is useful for 3GPP(Mobile DLS) content authoring, MIDI sound module IC development, etc.
- Nokia Audio Suite enables authoring of SP-MIDI, Mobile DLS, and Mobile XMF content, as well as modeling the sound as played by Nokia terminals.
- Beatnik Mobile Sound Builder combines MIDI and DLS files to create XMF files, and optimizes DLS files to play on resource-constrained devices.
- Faith Technologies’ mXMFTool allows for both the creation of Mobile DLS and Mobile XMF content and is free for download.
- FMJ Software's Awave edits and creates DLS files.
- Audio Compositor is a MIDI-to-WAV file renderer, multitimbral realtime software wavetable synth and patch editor for DLS (and other) files.
Authoring Tools (Mac OS)
- BEST Software Design's PolyPhontics 1.5.1 is a full-featured DLS and SoundFont® compatible authoring tool.
- SimpleSynth is built around the DLS synth code in Mac OS X, and lets you plug in a MIDI keyboard, load up a DLS or Soundfont, and play.
DLS Files, Synths, Code Libraries, Etc.
- DLS support for Windows Applications is provided natively through Microsoft's DirectMusic Synthesizer.
- DLS support for Mac OS MIDI Applications is provided via Apple's Quicktime Synthesizer and/or CoreMIDI (OSX).
- Sonic Foundry Acid 4.0 Pro and up all include DLS capability.
- Eye and I Productions (Voice Crystal®) specializes in General MIDI & custom wavetable design and offers a wide range of GM wavetable sizes; 32KB thru 128KB for Mobile DLS1 & DLS2 applications up to 32MB for professional products. Also provides technical advice on synth functionality, testing & verification..
- SSEYO (Koan Interactive Audio Platform) includes a full-feature DLS synthesizer, compatible with both DLS Level-1 and DLS Level-2 data files.
- TekLab Custom Software: A3kDisky Pro Media plugins allow professional sampler users to import and export DLS instrument files.
- Sonic Network provides GM and custom designed DLS wavetables for use in integrated circuit products, consumer devices, and other OEM applications.
- Square Circle Software's WaveSurgeon is a breakbeat (drum loop) tool, designed to automate the process of editing samples.
- RAD Game Tools' Miles Sound System offers an integrated DLS software synthesizer (with extremely low CPU overhead), compression of DLS instruments, filtering of DLS files with MIDI files (for the smallest possible instrument memory usage), and much more!
- The PC-MIDI Project: Sample DLS Files
- Galileo Designs offers a number of DLS-based products: The MIDI Wave engine, WaveTable Pro wavetable creation/edit utility, and Streaming Media Control Libraries. Contact Russ Barker, Chief Technology Officer at (925)/516-2167
- Synoptic produces Virtual Waves, a software non-realtime synthesizer and SampleLink, an audio batch-converter and processor lets you import and export files in the DLS format. Contact Nicolas Fournel, President.
- PAC provides a DLS1 and DLS2-compliant software synthesizer designed for mobile devices with support for MIDI, SP-MIDI and XMF formats and full General MIDI and custom DLS soundbanks available for licensing in various configurations. PAC also has expertise in developing DLS authoring tools. Contact Marko Makinen, Managing Director.
- Faith West has created a library of 125 Mobile Downloadable Sounds (mDLS) designed specifically for use in mobile games. These sounds can be used freely by any developer in commercial applications as is or with your own custom modifications.
PC Sound Cards
- Aureal Vortex-based Cards
- S3-based Sound Cards
- Dream-based Sound Cards (i.e. MaxiSound)
- Some Yamaha PCI Sound Cards
- Some Creative Labs cards
- Turtle Beach Santa Cruz