NAME¶
smfrec
—
record a standard MIDI file
SYNOPSIS¶
smfrec |
[-amxy] [-g measure] [-d
devname] [-i devname]
midifile |
DESCRIPTION¶
The smfrec
utility records a MIDI file. It can add
recorded events on top of an existing midi file. To stop performance, send an
interrupt signal to smfrec
(for instance by pressing
control ^C on the terminal). The options are as follows:
-a
- Append mode. Play the given midi file and append to it a new track
containing recorded events.
-m
- Use metronome.
-x
- Synchronise to the default midi(4) device instead of
using an internal clock source.
-y
- Send midi timing information to the default device. Useful if it is a
slave MIDI sequencer.
-g
measure
- Start playback and recording at the given measure number.
-d
filename
- Default midi(4) device from which to record and on which
to send midi events. If not specified, the content of the
MIDIDEV environment variable will be used
instead.
-i
filename
- Alternate input midi(4) device. Voice events (notes,
controllers, etc) received on the input device will be recorded and sent
as-is to the default device. Without this flag, the default device will be
used for input.
The smfrec
utility is an interface to
midish(1). If more specific features are needed, the user
may consider using midish(1).
EXAMPLES¶
The following will play mysong.mid and append to it
recorded events from device /dev/rmidi4; metronome
will be used.
$ smfrec -a -m -d /dev/rmidi4
mysong.mid