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Format

Downloadable Sounds Audio

Summary

Name
Downloadable Sounds Audio
Identifiers
  • MIME: audio/dls
  • PUID: fmt/955
Format type
Audio
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.
File extensions
dls
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Has priority over

Internal signatures

Downloadable Sounds Audio

Note
BOF: RIFF{4} 'DLS ' Specification: http://dev.midi.org/techspecs/

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
52494646{4}444C5320
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V114

    Release date
    22 August 2023

    Downloadable Sounds Audio: Added priority over fmt/1886. Submitted by New York Public Libraries and Preservica.

  • Added in V88

    Release date
    27 September 2016

    Downloadable Sounds Audio: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

    Downloadable Sounds Audio: Full entry added.