That's the way I remember it, too -- SF2 conversion was a snap, and possibly amounted only to renaming.




Edit:

Here's something from Jennifer Hruska (whose word is good) in Electronic Musician in 2000:

DLS sound libraries are more difficult to find, but programs such as Awave and Audio Compositor allow you to open a SoundFont and save it as a DLS Level 1 or DLS Level 2 file. Be aware, however, that when you convert from a SoundFont to a DLS Level 1 file, you lose any filtering or layering programmed into the SoundFont patch.

The only ominous part is the bit about losing your layering and filters in DLS Level 1. Any good soundfont I ever made or acquired depended a lot on layering and filtering. Let's hope "DLS Level 2" preserves that stuff.

Her strong implication is that there is somewhat more involved than re-naming. But that software is common enough.

Larry
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