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Details for: Downloadable Sounds Audio

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Summary
Name	Downloadable Sounds Audio
Version
Other names
Identifiers	MIME: audio/dls PUID: fmt/955
Family
Classification	Audio
Disclosure
Description	DLS is a file format that holds digital musical instrument sound banks. The DLS standards include specifications for how MIDI protocol-controlled music synthesizers should render the instruments in a DLS file.
Orientation
Byte order
Related file formats	Has priority over Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF)
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	14 Sep 2016
Source description	08/2023 (v.113) - Added priority over fmt/1886 (Resource Interchange Format (RIFF)). Submitted by New York Public Libraries and Preservica.
Last updated	14 Aug 2023
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