Java™ Sound Enhancements in JDK™ 7
The following enhancement took effect in JDK 7.
- The Java Sound software synthesizer implementation has been
replaced with an open source solution. Due to the replacement,
the following features were dropped:
- GM soundbank support
- RMF file playback support
- OSS (Open Sound System) support on the Linux platform
The new synthesizer implementation supports soundbanks in DLS and
SoundFont (SF2) formats. (RFE 6702956)