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 "id": "downloadable-sounds-audio",
 "name": "Downloadable Sounds Audio",
 "category": "audio",
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   "dls"
  ],
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  ],
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   "fmt/955"
  ],
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   "Q5205563"
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    "name": "Downloadable Sounds Audio",
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     }
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 "summary": "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.",
 "tools": [
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   "name": "Awave Studio",
   "url": "https://www.fmjsoft.com/awavestudio.html#main",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
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  {
   "name": "DirectMusic",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3495959",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Q1849222",
   "url": "https://openmpt.org/",
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   "writes": false,
   "license": "BSD licenses",
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  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q5205563",
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 "updated": "2026-10-20",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}