There is also the VSC, Virtual Sound Canvas, range of PC software which provide GM and GS synthesis on Windows PCs.
[33] A four-megabyte file, titled "GM.DLS", contains the sample set in DLS format.
Under Windows 9x, Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth is available only if WDM-capable sound driver is installed.
In 1997, Apple licensed the complete Roland Sound Canvas instrument set and GS Format extensions for improved playback of MIDI music files in QuickTime 3.0.
This replaced the limited set of instrument sounds licensed from Roland in QuickTime 2.x.