| midid(1) | General Commands Manual | midid(1) |
NAME¶
midid - Raw Midi interpreter
SYNOPSIS¶
midid [OPTIONS] [input_file]
DESCRIPTION¶
This manual page documents briefly the midid command.
midid reads STDIN or input_file and interprets it as raw MIDI data according to the General Midi standard.
The General Midi data is sent to a sound device (default), a .MID file, or to timidity(1) if you specify it.
midid includes a standalone mode for timidity(1): midid will then attempt to start and configure timidity(1) itself for you.
OPTIONS¶
Standard options¶
- -o seconds--timeout=seconds
- Turns output off after seconds of inactivity. (default: 0 - no timeout)
- -r,--resident
- Stays resident ; doesn't stop at the end of file. It works only if input_file isn't STDIN.
- -g,--emulate-gm
- Selects GM mode (default).
- -m,--emulate-mt
- Selects MT32 mode.
- -d device,--device=device
- Comma-separated list of devices to use for output.
- -l,--list-devices
- Lists devices.
- -h
- Displays a help message.
Options for .MID file output device¶
- -f,--file filename
- Sets the .MID output filename. Default: midid.mid.
- -t bpm,--tempo=bpm
- Sets the tempo (beats/minute). Default: 120.
- -q tickrate,--tick-rate=tickrate
- Sets the number of ticks/quarter note. Default: 144.
Options for timidity(1) client¶
- -s server,--server-name=server,
- Sets the timidity(1) server host name. Default: localhost.
- -p port,--port=port
- Sets the timidity(1) server control port. Default: 0. Specifying 0 enables the standalone mode: midid will attempt to start and configure timidity(1) itself.
Options for using standalone mode with timidity(1)¶
- -B path,--timidity-bin=path
- Sets the timidity binary path.
- -A args,--timidity-args=args
- Specifies some extra arguments to pass to timidity(1) . Default: -EFreverb=0 -EFchorus=0 -EFresamp=1 -EFvlpf=0 -EFns=0.
- -M,--timidity-mono
- Tells timidity(1) to produce mono sound instead of stereo.
- -L,--timidity-low
- Tells timidity(1) to produce the low-q 8bit sound instead of the 16bit.
- -U,--timidity-uns
- Tells timidity(1) to produce the unsigned samples instead of the signed ones.
- -F rate,--timidity-freq=rate
- Sets the sampling rate for timidity(1).
- -C,--timidity-capture
- Enables the capturing mode: the data produced by timidity(1) gets captured by midid and forwarded to stdout. You won't hear any sound in that mode.
SEE ALSO¶
AUTHORS¶
midid is:
Copyright (c) 1997 R.Nijlunsing <rutger@null.net>
Copyright (c) 2002 Robert Komar <rkomar@telus.net>
Copyright (c) 2002-2005 Stas Sergeev <stsp@users.sourceforge.net>
This manual page was written by Francois Wendling <frwendling@free.fr> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
| 2008-08-28 |