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.Dd June 25, 2006
.Dt MIDISH 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm midish
.Nd MIDI sequencer and filter
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm midish
.Op Fl bhv
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Midish is a MIDI sequencer/filter implemented as an interactive
command-line interpreter
(users wanting to use midish interactively may consider using the
.Xr rmidish 1
utility).
Here are some of its features:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
Multiple MIDI devices handling
.It
Synchronisation to external MIDI devices
.It
Filtering/routing (controller mapping, keyboard splitting, ...)
.It
Track recording, editing, quatisation
.It
Import and export of standard MIDI files
.It
Tempo and time-signature changes, user configurable metronome
.It
System exclusive messages handling
.El
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width "-b "
.It Fl b
Do not process
.Pa "$HOME/.midishrc"
or
.Pa "/etc/midishrc"
and stop on the first error on the standard input.
Useful for scripting
.It Fl h
Print usage information.
.It Fl v
Print additionnal info before each line of input, useful to
front-ends and for dubugging.
.El
.Pp
Once midish started, the interpreter
processes the
.Pa "$HOME/.midishrc"
file (or
.Pa "/etc/midishrc"
if the later dosn't exist)
and starts prompting for commands.
For further information about the syntax of
.Nm
refer to the
.Dq Midish user's manual .
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "$HOME/.midishrc" -compact
.It Pa "$HOME/.midishrc"
startup script
.It Pa "/etc/midishrc"
startup script (if
.Pa "$HOME/.midishrc"
doesn't exist)
.It Pa "/dev/rmidiN"
.Xr midi 4
devices used by
.Nm
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr rmidish 1 ,
.Xr smfplay 1 ,
.Xr midiplay 1 ,
.Xr midi 4
.br
User's manual and tutorial
.br
http://caoua.org/midish/