The Sound Description Interchange Format (SDIF)

A standard of sound representations:
A specified data format of file storage and Internet streaming and a variety of sound descriptions

Collaboration of several research centers (IRCAM, CNMAT and Audio Institut of the P.F. University,...)

Promote interchange by providing a common format

Extensible, open, C and C++ libraries freely available
http://www.ircam.fr/sdif and
http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/SDIF

Utility programs (querysdif, sdifextract, sdiftotext, merge, ....)

Reader/writer for Matlab
OpenMusic
Max-MSP (CNMAT)
Real-time parameter reader/writer for jMax patches

Demo of SDIF

Credits: D. Schwarz, D. Virolle, P. Tisserand, A. Freed, M. Wright, X. Rodet