Faith West Releases mXMFTool Audio Software

Faith West announced a new audio product called mXMFTool which allows developers to create ringtones and audio for mobile games and other applications. The software comes with a library of 125 license-free sound effects specifically designed for use in mobile games. The sounds collection includes animal noises, human actions, sports effects, weapons, vehicular noises, and environmental sounds in standard Mobile DLS format. mXMFTool allows the creation of content for both the Mobile DLS and Mobile XMF standards and is available as a free download.

Mobile DLS (mDLS) is an open standards 3GPP-approved format for MIDI-controllable instruments, specifically designed for mobile devices. Mobile DLS is very similar to DLS-2 format used by many PC soundcards. Also a a 3GPP-approved open standards format, Mobile XMF is the mobile version of the Mobile eXtensible Music Format (mXMF) that bundles standard MIDI along with custom instruments (Mobile DLS) into one file.

Faith Technologies' mXMFTool allows for both the creation of Mobile DLS and Mobile XMF content, and can be used to import sound samples, add synthesis techniques, and create Mobile DLS custom MIDI-controlled instruments for use in ringtones, mobile games and other applications. The tool also allows for the creation of Mobile XMF content by packaging Mobile DLS along with MIDI or SP-MIDI, allowing the MIDI to play one's own custom instruments instead of a phone's built-in General MIDI instruments. mXMFTool can be used to create just one of these Mobile XMF files at a time or instantly create an entire new library of content using the batch conversion feature.

mXMFTool is also optimized for use with the Qualcomm CMX multimedia engine, which is installed on more than 250 million handsets worldwide. Developers can preview content and check compatibility with CMX-based phones using the CMX emulator. mXMFTool is the only XMF/DLS authoring tool that features CMX emulation.

The mXMFTool can be downloaded for free here and the Game Sounds Collection can be found here.